Afipia clevelandensis
| Afipia clevelandensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Hyphomicrobiales |
| Family: | Nitrobacteraceae |
| Genus: | Afipia |
| Species: | A. clevelandensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Afipia clevelandensis Brenner al. 1991
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Afipia clevelandensis is a species of the Afipia bacterial genus.[1] It is a gram-negative, oxidase-positive, non-fermentative rod in the alpha-2 subgroup of the class Proteobacteria. It is motile by means of a single flagellum.
References
[edit]- ^ Brenner DJ, Hollis DG, Moss CW, et al. (November 1991). "Proposal of Afipia gen. nov., with Afipia felis sp. nov. (formerly the cat scratch disease bacillus), Afipia clevelandensis sp. nov. (formerly the Cleveland Clinic Foundation strain), Afipia broomeae sp. nov., and three unnamed genospecies". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 29 (11): 2450–60. doi:10.1128/JCM.29.11.2450-2460.1991. PMC 270354. PMID 1774249.
Further reading
[edit]- Drancourt M, Brouqui P, Raoult D (November 1997). "Afipia clevelandensis antibodies and cross-reactivity with Brucella spp. and Yersinia enterocolitica O:9". Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology. 4 (6): 748–52. doi:10.1128/CDLI.4.6.748-752.1997. PMC 170653. PMID 9384302.
- Axel Schmidt (1998). Bartonella and Afipia species emphasizing Bartonella henselae. Basel, New York: Karger. ISBN 3-8055-6649-2.
External links
[edit]- LPSN
- "Afipia clevelandensis" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- Type strain of Afipia clevelandensis at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
