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Aggregatibacter

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Aggregatibacter
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Pasteurellales
Family: Pasteurellaceae
Genus: Aggregatibacter
Nørskov-Lauritsen and Kilian, 2006
Type species
Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans

Aggregatibacter is a genus in the phylum Pseudomonadota (Bacteria), which contains three species, namely:

  • A. actinomycetemcomitans (Klinger 1912) Nørskov-Lauritsen and Kilian 2006, (type species of the genus); (from Greek noun aktis, aktinos (ἀκτίς, ἀκτῖνος), a beam; Greek mukēs -ētos, mushroom or other fungus; Neo-Latin actinomyces -etis, an actinomycete; Latin comitans, accompanying; Neo-Latin actinomycetemcomitans, accompanying an actinomycete)[1]
  • A. aphrophilus (Khairat 1940) Nørskov-Lauritsen and Kilian 2006, (from Ancient Greek aphros, foam; New Latin philus from Greek philos (φίλος) meaning friend, loving; New Latin aphrophilus, foam-loving)[1]
  • A. segnis (Kilian 1977) Nørskov-Lauritsen and Kilian 2006, (from Latin segnis, slow, sluggish, inactive)[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Nørskov-Lauritsen, N.; Kilian, M. (2006). "Reclassification of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, Haemophilus aphrophilus, Haemophilus paraphrophilus and Haemophilus segnis as Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans gen. Nov., comb. Nov., Aggregatibacter aphrophilus comb. Nov. And Aggregatibacter segnis comb. Nov., and emended description of Aggregatibacter aphrophilus to include V factor-dependent and V factor-independent isolates". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 56 (9): 2135–2146. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64207-0. PMID 16957111.