Inquilinus limosus

Inquilinus limosus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Rhodospirillales
Family:	Azospirillaceae
Genus:	Inquilinus
Species:	I. limosus
Binomial name
Inquilinus limosus Coenye et al. 2002

Inquilinus limosus is a bacterium ^[1] first isolated from cystic fibrosis patients' lungs, and is rarely observed elsewhere, prompting extensive research into its biology. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

References

1. Coenye, T.; Goris, J.; Spilker, T.; Vandamme, P.; LiPuma, J. J. (2002). "Characterization of Unusual Bacteria Isolated from Respiratory Secretions of Cystic Fibrosis Patients and Description of Inquilinus limosus gen. nov., sp. nov". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 40 (6): 2062–2069. doi:10.1128/JCM.40.6.2062-2069.2002. ISSN   0095-1137. PMC   130740 . PMID   12037065.
2. Bittar, Fadi; Leydier, Anne; Bosdure, Emmanuelle; Toro, Alexandre; Reynaud-Gaubert, Martine; Boniface, Stéphanie; Stremler, Nathalie; Dubus, Jean-Christophe; Sarles, Jacques; Raoult, Didier; Rolain, Jean-Marc (2008). "Inquilinus limosus and Cystic Fibrosis". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 14 (6): 993–995. doi:10.3201/eid1406.071355. ISSN   1080-6040. PMC   2600277 . PMID   18507928.
3. Chiron, R.; Marchandin, H.; Counil, F.; Jumas-Bilak, E.; Freydiere, A.-M.; Bellon, G.; Husson, M.-O.; Turck, D.; Bremont, F.; Chabanon, G.; Segonds, C. (2005). "Clinical and Microbiological Features of Inquilinus sp. Isolates from Five Patients with Cystic Fibrosis". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 43 (8): 3938–3943. doi:10.1128/JCM.43.8.3938-3943.2005. ISSN   0095-1137. PMC   1233925 . PMID   16081934.
4. Wellinghausen N, Essig A, Sommerburg O (March 2005). "Inquilinus limosus in patients with cystic fibrosis, Germany". Emerging Infectious Diseases . 11 (3): 457–9. doi:10.3201/eid1103.041078. PMC   3298263 . PMID   15757565.
5. Salvador-García C, Yagüe-Guirao G, Pastor-Vivero MD, Sáez-Nieto JA (2013). "Chronic colonization of Inquilinus limosus in a patient with cystic fibrosis: First report in Spain". Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica . 31 (6): 414–5. doi:10.1016/j.eimc.2012.11.013. PMID   23352213.

Further reading

• Schmoldt, S. (2006). "Clonal analysis of Inquilinus limosus isolates from six cystic fibrosis patients and specific serum antibody response". Journal of Medical Microbiology. 55 (10): 1425–1433. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.46466-0 . ISSN   0022-2615. PMID   17005793.
• Hayes, Don; Murphy, Brian S.; Kuhn, Robert J.; Anstead, Michael I.; Feola, David J. (2009). "Mucoid Inquilinus limosus in a young adult with cystic fibrosis". Pediatric Pulmonology. 44 (6): 619–621. doi:10.1002/ppul.21003. ISSN   8755-6863. PMID   19434691. S2CID   42181853.
• Davies, Jane C., and Bruce K. Rubin. "Emerging and unusual gram-negative infections in cystic fibrosis." Seminars in respiratory and critical care medicine. Vol. 28. No. 03. Copyright© 2007 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc., 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA., 2007.

External links

• "Inquilinus limosus". The Encyclopedia of Life .
• LPSN
• Type strain of Inquilinus limosus at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase