Spirillum minus
| Spirillum minus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Betaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Nitrosomonadales |
| Family: | Spirillaceae |
| Genus: | Spirillum |
| Species: | S. minus
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| Binomial name | |
| Spirillum minus | |
Spirillum minus is an organism associated with rat-bite fever and sodoku[1][2][3] that has never been fully identified and was assigned to the genus Spirillum in the early 1900s based on morphology, although it is not a validly published name. As Spirillum species generally obligately microaerophiles and are not found in mammals, this organism may be misclassified. Sequencing data should help to resolve this question.
References
- ^ "Spirillum" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary
- ^ Gaastra W, Boot R, Ho HT, Lipman LJ (October 2008). "Rat bite fever". Vet. Microbiol. 133 (3): 211–28. doi:10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.09.079. PMID 19008054.
- ^ Dendle C, Woolley IJ, Korman TM (December 2006). "Rat-bite fever septic arthritis: illustrative case and literature review". Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 25 (12): 791–7. doi:10.1007/s10096-006-0224-x. PMID 17096137.