Campylobacter rectus
| Campylobacter rectus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Campylobacterota |
| Class: | "Campylobacteria" |
| Order: | Campylobacterales |
| Family: | Campylobacteraceae |
| Genus: | Campylobacter |
| Species: | C. rectus
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| Binomial name | |
| Campylobacter rectus Vandamme et al. 1991
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Campylobacter rectus is a species of Campylobacter. It is implicated as a pathogen in chronic periodontitis, which can induce bone loss. This motile bacillus is a Gram negative, facultative anaerobe. C. rectus is associated with hypertension together with Prevotella melaninogenica and Veillonella parvula.[1]
References
Further reading
- Arce, R.M.; Diaz, P.I.; Barros, S.P.; Galloway, P.; Bobetsis, Y.; Threadgill, D.; Offenbacher, S. (March 2010). "Characterization of the invasive and inflammatory traits of oral Campylobacter rectus in a murine model of fetoplacental growth restriction and in trophoblast cultures". Journal of Reproductive Immunology. 84 (2): 145–153. doi:10.1016/j.jri.2009.11.003. PMC 2904603. PMID 20089314.
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