Asaia bogorensis is a species of acetic acid bacterium. It is Gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped and peritrichously flagellated. It was first isolated from specimens of Bauhinia purpurea and Plumbago auriculata. Its type strain is 71T (= NRIC 0311T = JCM 10569T).[1] it is potentially pathogenic.[2]

Asaia bogorensis
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A. bogorensis
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Asaia bogorensis
Yamada et al. 2000

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  1. ^ Yamada, Y.; Katsura, K.; Kawasaki, H.; Widyastuti, Y.; Saono, S.; Seki, T.; Uchimura, T.; Komagata, K. (2000). "Asaia bogorensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an unusual acetic acid bacterium in the alpha-Proteobacteria". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 50 (2): 823–829. doi:10.1099/00207713-50-2-823. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 10758893.
  2. ^ Tuuminen, T.; Heinasmaki, T.; Kerttula, T. (2006). "First Report of Bacteremia by Asaia bogorensis, in a Patient with a History of Intravenous-Drug Abuse". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 44 (8): 3048–3050. doi:10.1128/JCM.00521-06. ISSN 0095-1137. PMC 1594642. PMID 16891542.

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