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Globicatella

Globicatella is a non-spore-forming and non-motile genus of bacteria from the family of Aerococcaceae. Globicatella sanguinis can in rare cases cause infections of the bloodstream, heart, central nervous system, or urinary tract.

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Globicatella
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Lactobacillales
Family: Aerococcaceae
Genus: Globicatella
Collins et al. 19951
Type species
Globicatella sanguinis1
Species1

Globicatella sanguinis
Globicatella sulfidifaciens

Globicatella is a non-spore-forming and non-motile genus of bacteria from the family of Aerococcaceae.1234 Globicatella sanguinis can in rare cases cause infections of the bloodstream, heart, central nervous system, or urinary tract.

A novel and unnamed species has been identified causing soft tissue infection following a cat bite.5

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References

  1. Parte, A.C. "Globicatella". LPSN.
  2. "Globicatella". www.uniprot.org.
  3. Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (2018). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M. (eds.). "Nomenclature Abstract for Globicatella Collins et al. 1995". The NamesforLife Abstracts. doi:10.1601/nm.5482.
  4. Collins, Matthew D. (2015). "Globicatella". Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. pp. 1–4. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00585. ISBN 978-1-118-96060-8.
  5. Jones NK, Coelho J, Logan JM, Broughton K, Hopkins KL, Pichon B, Potterill I, Wan Y, Reid AW, Gouliouris T (August 2023). "Soft Tissue Infection of Immunocompetent Man with Cat-Derived Globicatella Species". Emerg Infect Dis. 29 (8): 1684–1687. doi:10.3201/eid2908.221770. PMC 10370850. PMID 37486350.
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