Granulicatella

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Granulicatella
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Lactobacillales
Family: Carnobacteriaceae
Genus: Granulicatella
Collins and Lawson 2000 [1]
Species

G. adiacens [1]
G. balaenopterae [1]
G. elegans [1]
G. paraadiacens [1]

Granulicatella is a genus of bacteria from the family of Carnobacteriaceae. [1] [2] These bacteria occurs in the upper respiratory tract, in the gastrointestinal tract, and the urogenital tract. [3] [4] [5] Granulicatella bacteria can cause disease in humans in rare cases. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Genus: Granulicatella". LPSN.DSMZ.de.
  2. "Granulicatella". www.uniprot.org.
  3. Procop, Gary W.; Church, Deirdre L.; Hall, Geraldine S.; Janda, William M. (July 2020). Koneman's Color Atlas and Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology. Jones & Bartlett Learning. p. 774. ISBN   978-1-284-32237-8.
  4. McVey, D. Scott; Kennedy, Melissa; Chengappa, M. M. (30 May 2013). Veterinary Microbiology. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN   978-1-118-65062-2.
  5. Christensen, J. J.; Facklam, R. R. (1 October 2001). "Granulicatella and Abiotrophia Species from Human Clinical Specimens". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 39 (10): 3520–3523. doi: 10.1128/JCM.39.10.3520-3523.2001 . PMC   88382 . PMID   11574566.
  6. Schwede, Ilona; Handrick, Werner; Henrichs, Martin; Linß, Günter; Berthold, Frank (1 January 2007). "Endokarditis durch Granulicatella adiacens". Medizinische Klinik (in German). 102 (1): 56–58. doi:10.1007/s00063-007-1009-4. ISSN   1615-6722. PMID   17221353.