Afipia broomeae

Afipia broomeae
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Afipia broomeae

Brenner al. 1991

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.

References

  1. 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

  • Axel Schmidt (1998). Bartonella and Afipia species emphasizing Bartonella henselae. Basel, New York: Karger. ISBN 3-8055-6649-2.


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