Afipia broomeae 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.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
Order: | Hyphomicrobiales |
Family: | Nitrobacteraceae |
Genus: | Afipia |
Species: | A. broomeae
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Binomial name | |
Afipia broomeae Brenner al. 1991
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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- Axel Schmidt (1998). Bartonella and Afipia species emphasizing Bartonella henselae. Basel, New York: Karger. ISBN 3-8055-6649-2.
External links
edit- LPSN
- "Afipia broomeae" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- Type strain of Afipia broomeae at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase