Oligella (bacterium)

Oligella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Betaproteobacteria
Order:	Burkholderiales
Family:	Alcaligenaceae
Genus:	Oligella Rossau et al. 1987 [1]
Type species
Oligella urethralis
Species
O. ureolytica O. urethralis

Oligella ureolytica

Oligella is a genus of Gram-negative, aerobic bacteria from the family Alcaligenaceae. ^{[2] [3]}

The genus Oligella includes at least two species. Oligella ureolytica is more prominent than O. urethralis .

Clinical significance

Clinical infections due to these organisms are rare. The common causes are related to the genitourinary tract and urinary tract obstruction. ^[4] Oligella spp. have also been detected in the ear canal and middle ear of people with chronic otitis media, ^{[5] [6]} however the clinical relevance of these species for otitis media is poorly understood.

References

1. "Genus: Oligella". lpsn.dsmz.de.
2. "Oligella". web2.uwindsor.ca.
3. "Oligella". www.uniprot.org.
4. Baqi, Mahin; Mazzulli, Tony (1996-01-01). "Oligella infections: Case report and review of the literature". The Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases. 7 (6): 377–379. doi: 10.1155/1996/153512 . ISSN   1180-2332. PMC   3327428 . PMID   22514466.
5. Taylor, Steven; et., al (2022-01-13). "Ear microbiota and middle ear disease: a longitudinal pilot study of Aboriginal children in a remote south Australian setting". BMC Microbiology. 22 (1): 24. doi: 10.1186/s12866-022-02436-x . ISSN   1471-2180. PMC   8756658 . PMID   35026986.
6. Santos-Cortez, Regie; al., et (2016-11-11). "Middle ear microbiome differences in indigenous Filipinos with chronic otitis media due to a duplication in the A2ML1 gene". Infectious Diseases of Poverty. 5: 97. doi: 10.1186/s40249-016-0189-7 . PMC   5088646 . PMID   27799062.