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Cardiobacterium

Cardiobacterium is a genus of bacteria in the family Cardiobacteriaceae. These Gram-negative bacillus (rod-shaped) bacteria are commonly grouped with other bacteria into the HACEK group.

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Cardiobacterium
Cardiobacterium hominis on a blood agar plate
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Cardiobacteriales
Family: Cardiobacteriaceae
Genus: Cardiobacterium
Slotnick & Dougherty, 1964
Type species
Cardiobacterium hominis
Slotnick & Dougherty, 1964
Species1

Cardiobacterium is a genus of bacteria in the family Cardiobacteriaceae.1 These Gram-negative bacillus (rod-shaped) bacteria are commonly grouped with other bacteria into the HACEK group.

Species

This genus includes the following species:1

References

References

  1. Genus: Cardiobacterium in LPSN; Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020). "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5607–5612. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004332.