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Weeksella

Weeksella is a Gram-negative, aerobic and non-motile genus of bacteria from the family of Weeksellaceae. Strains from the species Weeksella occurs in the female genital tract and male genital tract.

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Weeksella
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Bacteroidota
Class: Flavobacteriia
Order: Flavobacteriales
Family: Weeksellaceae
Genus: Weeksella
Holmes et al. 19871
Species

W. massiliensis1
W. virosa1

Weeksella is a Gram-negative, aerobic and non-motile genus of bacteria from the family of Weeksellaceae.21345 Strains from the species Weeksella occurs in the female genital tract and male genital tract.678

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References

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  4. Parker, Charles Thomas; Wigley, Sarah; Garrity, George M. (2009). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (eds.). "Taxonomy of the genus Weeksella Holmes et al. 1987". doi:10.1601/tx.8202. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. Cowan, Samuel Tertius (1993). Cowan and Steel's Manual for the Identification of Medical Bacteria. Cambridge University Press. p. 117. ISBN 978-0-521-54328-6.
  6. Corry, Janet E. L.; Curtis, Gordon D. W.; Baird, R. M. (7 December 2011). Handbook of Culture Media for Food and Water Microbiology. Royal Society of Chemistry. p. 537. ISBN 978-1-84755-145-0.
  7. Darai, Gholamreza; Handermann, Michaela; Sonntag, Hans-Günther; Zoller, L.; Tidona, Christian A. (2009). Lexikon der Infektionskrankheiten des Menschen: Erreger, Symptome, Diagnose, Therapie und Prophylaxe; mit 43 Tabellen (in German). Springer Science & Business Media. p. 315. ISBN 978-3-540-39005-3.
  8. Reina, J; Gil, J; Salva, F; Gomez, J; Alomar, P (October 1990). "Microbiological characteristics of Weeksella virosa (formerly CDC group IIf) isolated from the human genitourinary tract". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 28 (10): 2357–2359. doi:10.1128/JCM.28.10.2357-2359.1990. ISSN 0095-1137. PMC 268178. PMID 2229364.