Afipia felis | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
Order: | Hyphomicrobiales |
Family: | Nitrobacteraceae |
Genus: | Afipia |
Species: | A. felis
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Binomial name | |
Afipia felis Brenner et al. 1991
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Afipia felis is the type species of the Afipia bacterial genus. [1] It was formerly thought to cause cat-scratch disease. It is a Gram-negative, oxidase-positive, nonfermentative rod in the alpha-2 subgroup of the class Proteobacteria. It is motile by means of a single flagellum. It is noted for having the longest authority citation of any accepted species. [2]
Afipia felis | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
Order: | Hyphomicrobiales |
Family: | Nitrobacteraceae |
Genus: | Afipia |
Species: | A. felis
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Binomial name | |
Afipia felis Brenner et al. 1991
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Afipia felis is the type species of the Afipia bacterial genus. [1] It was formerly thought to cause cat-scratch disease. It is a Gram-negative, oxidase-positive, nonfermentative rod in the alpha-2 subgroup of the class Proteobacteria. It is motile by means of a single flagellum. It is noted for having the longest authority citation of any accepted species. [2]