| Catonella | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Clostridia |
| Order: | Eubacteriales |
| Family: | Lachnospiraceae |
| Genus: | Catonella Moore and Moore 1994 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Catonella morbi [1] Moore & Moore 1994 | |
| Species | |
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Catonella is a Gram-negative, obligately anaerobic, non-spore-forming and non-motile bacterial genus from the family of Lachnospiraceae with one known species ( Catonella morbi ). [2] [1] [3] [4] [5] Catonella morbi occur in the gingival crevice of humans. [2]