Afipia birgiae is a species in the Afipia bacterial genus.[1] It is a gram-negative, oxidase-positive rod in the alpha-2 subgroup of the class Proteobacteria. It is motile by means of a single flagellum. Its type strain is 34632T (=CIP 106344T =CCUG 43108T).
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Hyphomicrobiales |
| Family: | Nitrobacteraceae |
| Genus: | Afipia |
| Species: | A. birgiae
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| Afipia birgiae La Scola et al. 2002
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Afipia birgiae is a fastidious bacteria isolated from a hospital water supply in co-culture with amoebae. It is hypothesized that this group of bacteria are a potential cause of nosocomial infections.[2]
References
edit- ^ La Scola, B. (2002). "Description of Afipia birgiae sp. nov. and Afipia massiliensis sp. nov. and recognition of Afipia felis genospecies A". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 52 (5): 1773–1782. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02149-0. ISSN 1466-5026.
- ^ La Scola, Bernard; Mallet, Marie-Noëlle; Grimont, Patrick A. D.; Raoult, Didier (September 2002). "Description of Afipia birgiae sp. nov. and Afipia massiliensis sp. nov. and recognition of Afipia felis genospecies A". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 52 (Pt 5): 1773–1782. doi:10.1099/00207713-52-5-1773. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 12361286.
Further reading
edit- Axel Schmidt (1998). Bartonella and Afipia species emphasizing Bartonella henselae. Basel, New York: Karger. ISBN 3-8055-6649-2.
- Pagnier I, Croce O, Robert C, Raoult D, La Scola B (December 2012). "Genome sequence of Afipia birgiae, a rare bacterium associated with Amoebae". Journal of Bacteriology. 194 (24): 7018. doi:10.1128/JB.01918-12. PMC 3510551. PMID 23209256.
External links
edit- LPSN
- "Afipia birgiae" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- Type strain of Afipia birgiae at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
