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Pseudoclavibacter

Pseudoclavibacter is a Gram-positive non-spore-forming, strictly aerobic and non-motile genus from the family Microbacteriaceae. Pseudoclavibacter bacteria can cause endocarditis in rare cases.

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Pseudoclavibacter
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetes
Order: Micrococcales
Family: Microbacteriaceae
Genus: Pseudoclavibacter
Manaia et al. 2004
Type species
Pseudoclavibacter helvolus
Manaia et al. 20041
Species2
Synonyms
  • "Caespitibacter" Vandamme et al. 2022
  • Zimmermannella Lin et al. 2004

Pseudoclavibacter is a Gram-positive non-spore-forming, strictly aerobic and non-motile genus from the family Microbacteriaceae.1234 Pseudoclavibacter bacteria can cause endocarditis in rare cases.5

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References

  1. Manaia CM, Nogales B, Weiss N, Nunes OC. (2004). "Gulosibacter molinativorax gen. nov., sp. nov., a molinate-degrading bacterium, and classification of "Brevibacterium helvolum" DSM 20419 as Pseudoclavibacter helvolus gen. nov., sp. nov". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 54 (3): 783–789. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02851-0. hdl:10400.14/6782. PMID 15143025.
  2. "Pseudoclavibacter". LPSN.
  3. Manaia, Célia M.; Nogales, Balbina; Nunes, Olga C. (14 September 2015). "Pseudoclavibacter". Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. pp. 1–9. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00111. ISBN 9781118960608.
  4. Parker, Charles Thomas; Wigley, Sarah; Garrity, George M (27 April 2009). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (eds.). "Taxonomic Abstract for the genera". NamesforLife, LLC. doi:10.1601/tx.8791. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. Pailhoriès, Hélène; Lemarié, Carole; Quinqueneau, Catherine; Eveillard, Matthieu; Baufreton, Christophe; Rouleau, Frédéric; Mahaza, Chetaou; Joly-Guillou, Marie-Laure; Kempf, Marie; Munson, E. (September 2014). "First Report of Endocarditis Caused by a Pseudoclavibacter Species: FIG 1". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 52 (9): 3465–3467. doi:10.1128/JCM.01388-14. PMC 4313186. PMID 24989608.