Alloiococcus

Alloiococcus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Lactobacillales
Family:	Carnobacteriaceae
Genus:	Alloiococcus Aguirre and Collins 1992 [1]
Type species
Alloiococcus otitis [1]
Species
A. otitis [1]

Alloiococcus is a genus of Gram-positive and nonmotile bacteria from the family of Carnobacteriaceae. ^{[1] [2]} Only one species of this genus is known ( Alloiococcus otitis ). ^{[1] [3]}

References

1. LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
2. UniProt
3. De Vos, Paul; et al., eds. (2009). Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology (2nd ed.). Dordrecht: Springer. ISBN   978-0-387-68489-5.

Further reading

• Harimaya, A.; Takada, R.; Hendolin, P. H.; Fujii, N.; Ylikoski, J.; Himi, T. (3 March 2006). "High Incidence of Alloiococcus otitidis in Children with Otitis Media, Despite Treatment with Antibiotics". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 44 (3): 946–949. doi:10.1128/JCM.44.3.946-949.2006. PMC   1393137 . PMID   16517881.
• Marsh, Robyn L; Binks, Michael J; Beissbarth, Jemima; Christensen, Peter; Morris, Peter S; Leach, Amanda J; Smith-Vaughan, Heidi C (2012). "Quantitative PCR of ear discharge from Indigenous Australian children with acute otitis media with perforation supports a role for Alloiococcus otitidis as a secondary pathogen". BMC Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders. 12 (1): 11. doi: 10.1186/1472-6815-12-11 . PMC   3546424 . PMID   23033913.