 "F. branchiophilum" causes the bacterial gill disease on trout.Another member of this genus, "F. okeanokoites" is the original source for the type IIs restriction endonuclease "Fok"I, used in Zinc finger nucleases and TALENs.Nylon-eating bacteria are a strain of "Flavobacterium" that is capable of digesting certain by-products of nylon 6 manufacture.