Ornithobacterium is a genus of Gram-negative, microaerophilic, rod-shaped bacteria from the family Weeksellaceae (formerly Flavobacteriaceae.[2]). It comprises two known species, O. hominis and O. rhinotracheale. Both species inhabit the respiratory tract: O. hominis is found in the human nasopharynx[3] and O. rhinotracheale in the trachea of wild and domesticated birds[4]

Ornithobacterium
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Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacteroidota
Class: Flavobacteriia
Order: Flavobacteriales
Family: Weeksellaceae
Genus: Ornithobacterium
Vandamme et al 1994[1]
Type species
Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale
(Vandamme et al. 1994)
Species

References

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  1. ^ Vandamme, P; Segers, P; Vancanneyt, M; Van Hove, K; Mutters, R; Hommez, J; Dewhirst, F; Paster, B; Kersters, K; Falsen, E; Devriese, L A; Bisgaard, M; Hinz, K H; Mannheim, W (1994). "Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale gen. nov., sp. nov., Isolated from the Avian Respiratory Tract". Microbial Genomics. 5 (2): e000247. doi:10.1099/mgen.0.000247. PMC 6421346. PMID 30720420.
  2. ^ Garcia-Lopez, M; Meier-Kolthoff, JP; Tindall, B J; Gronow, S; Woyke, T; Kyrpides, N C; Hahnke, R L; Goker, M (2019). "Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes". Frontiers in Microbiology. 10: 2083. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2019.02083. PMC 6767994. PMID 31608019.
  3. ^ Salter, S; Scott, P; Page, A J; Tracey, A; de Goffau, M C; Cormie, C; Ochoa-Montaño, B; Ling, C L; Tangmanakit, J; Turner, P; Parkhill, J (2019). "'Candidatus Ornithobacterium hominis': insights gained from draft genomes obtained from nasopharyngeal swabs". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 44 (1): 24–37. doi:10.1099/00207713-44-1-24. PMID 8123560.
  4. ^ van Empel, P C; Hafez, H M (1999). "'Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale: A review". Avian Pathology. 28 (3): 217–227. doi:10.1080/03079459994704. PMID 26915377.