Spirillum minus
Spirillum minus is an organism associated with rat-bite fever (specifically sodoku) that has never been fully identified and was assigned to the genus Spirillum in 1887 based on morphology, although it is not a validly published name. As Spirillum species generally obligately microaerophiles and are not found in mammals, this organism may be misclassified. Sequencing data should help to resolve this question.
| Spirillum minus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Betaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Nitrosomonadales |
| Family: | Spirillaceae |
| Genus: | Spirillum |
| Species: | S. minus |
| Binomial name | |
| Spirillum minus Carter, 1887 | |
This organism is presumed to be a bacterium. It stains gram-negative and has a coiled rod shape. It does not grow in vitro, and requires inoculation in animals for growth. No attempts to sequence the organism are known as of 2015.
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