Aggregatibacter
Aggregatibacter is a genus in the phylum Pseudomonadota (Bacteria), which contains three species, namely:
- A. actinomycetemcomitans (Klinger 1912) Nørskov-Lauritsen and Kilian 2006, (type species of the genus); (from Greek noun aktis, aktinos (ἀκτίς, ἀκτῖνος), a beam; Greek mukēs -ētos, mushroom or other fungus; Neo-Latin actinomyces -etis, an actinomycete; Latin comitans, accompanying; Neo-Latin actinomycetemcomitans, accompanying an actinomycete)
- A. aphrophilus (Khairat 1940) Nørskov-Lauritsen and Kilian 2006, (from Ancient Greek aphros, foam; New Latin philus from Greek philos (φίλος) meaning friend, loving; New Latin aphrophilus, foam-loving)
- A. segnis (Kilian 1977) Nørskov-Lauritsen and Kilian 2006, (from Latin segnis, slow, sluggish, inactive)
| Aggregatibacter | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Pasteurellales |
| Family: | Pasteurellaceae |
| Genus: | Aggregatibacter Nørskov-Lauritsen and Kilian, 2006 |
| Type species | |
| Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans | |
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