Afipia birgiae

Afipia birgiae is a species in the Afipia bacterial genus.[1] It is a gram-negative, oxidase-positive rod in the alpha-2 subgroup of the class Proteobacteria. It is motile by means of a single flagellum. Its type strain is 34632T (=CIP 106344T =CCUG 43108T).

Afipia birgiae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Hyphomicrobiales
Family: Nitrobacteraceae
Genus: Afipia
Species:
A. birgiae
Binomial name
Afipia birgiae
La Scola et al. 2002

Afipia birgiae is a fastidious bacteria isolated from a hospital water supply in co-culture with amoebae. It is hypothesized that this group of bacteria are a potential cause of nosocomial infections.[2]

References
  1. La Scola, B. (2002). "Description of Afipia birgiae sp. nov. and Afipia massiliensis sp. nov. and recognition of Afipia felis genospecies A". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 52 (5): 1773–1782. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02149-0. ISSN 1466-5026.
  2. La Scola, Bernard; Mallet, Marie-Noëlle; Grimont, Patrick A. D.; Raoult, Didier (September 2002). "Description of Afipia birgiae sp. nov. and Afipia massiliensis sp. nov. and recognition of Afipia felis genospecies A". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 52 (Pt 5): 1773–1782. doi:10.1099/00207713-52-5-1773. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 12361286.

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