Globicatella is a non-spore-forming and non-motile genus of bacteria from the family of Aerococcaceae.[1][2][3][4] The Globicatella sanguinis species can in rare cases cause infections of the bloodstream, heart, central nervous system, or urinary tract.
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| Genus: | Globicatella Collins et al. 1995[1]
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| Globicatella sanguinis[1] | |
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A novel and unnamed species has been identified causing soft tissue infection following a cat bite.[5]
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- ^ a b c d e Parte, A.C. "Globicatella". LPSN.
- ^ "Globicatella". www.uniprot.org.
- ^ Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M. "Nomenclature Abstract for Globicatella Collins et al. 1995". The NamesforLife Abstracts. doi:10.1601/nm.5482 (inactive 2024-04-17).
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of April 2024 (link) - ^ Collins, Matthew D. (2015). "Globicatella". Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: 1–4. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00585. ISBN 978-1-118-96060-8.
- ^ 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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