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Myroides

Myroides is a bacterial genus from the family of Flavobacteriaceae. Some Myroides species such as Myroides odoratimimus can cause infections in humans.

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Myroides
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Bacteroidota
Class: Flavobacteriia
Order: Flavobacteriales
Family: Flavobacteriaceae
Genus: Myroides
Vancanneyt et al. 19961
Type species
Myroides odoratus1
Species

M. guanonis1
M. injenensis1
M. marinus1
M. odoratimimus1
M. odoratus1
M. pelagicus1
M. phaeus1
M. profundi1
M. xuanwuensis1

Myroides is a bacterial genus from the family of Flavobacteriaceae.12 Some Myroides species such as Myroides odoratimimus can cause infections in humans.34

References

References

  1. LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
  2. UniProt
  3. Maraki, Sofia; Sarchianaki, Emmanouela; Barbagadakis, Sophia (July 2012). "Myroides odoratimimus soft tissue infection in an immunocompetent child following a pig bite: case report and literature review". The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases. 16 (4): 390–392. doi:10.1016/j.bjid.2012.06.004. PMID 22846131.
  4. Endicott-Yazdani, Tiana R.; Dhiman, Neelam; Benavides, Raul; Spak, Cedric W. (1 July 2015). "Myroides odoratimimus bacteremia in a diabetic patient". Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center). 28 (3): 342–343. doi:10.1080/08998280.2015.11929268. ISSN 0899-8280. PMC 4462216. PMID 26130883.
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