Aggregatibacter segnis

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Aggregatibacter segnis
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Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Pasteurellales
Family: Pasteurellaceae
Genus: Aggregatibacter
Species:
A. segnis
Binomial name
Aggregatibacter segnis
(Kilian 1977) Nørskov-Lauritsen and Kilian 2006 [1]
Type strain
ATCC 33393

CCUG 10787
CCUG 12838
CIP 103292
DSM 21418
HK316
NCTC 10977

Synonyms
  • Haemophilus segnisKilian 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)

Aggregatibacter segnis is a species of bacteria. [2] [3] A. segnis can be cultured on chocolate agar.

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References

  1. Norskov-Lauritsen N, Kilian M. (2006). "Reclassification of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, Haemophilus aphrophilus, Haemophilus paraphrophilus and Haemophilus segnis as Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans gen. nov., comb. nov., Aggregatibacter aphrophilus comb. nov. and Aggregatibacter segnis comb. nov., and emended description of Aggregatibacter aphrophilus to include V factor-dependent and V factor-independent isolates". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 56 (9): 2135–2146. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.64207-0 . PMID   16957111.
  2. Kilian M (March 1976). "A taxonomic study of the genus Haemophilus, with the proposal of a new species". Journal of General Microbiology. 93 (1): 9–62. doi: 10.1099/00221287-93-1-9 . PMID   772168.
  3. Nørskov-Lauritsen N (April 2014). "Classification, identification, and clinical significance of Haemophilus and Aggregatibacter species with host specificity for humans". Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 27 (2): 214–40. doi:10.1128/CMR.00103-13. PMC   3993099 . PMID   24696434.

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