Taylorella

Taylorella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Proteobacteria
Class:	Betaproteobacteria
Order:	Burkholderiales
Family:	Alcaligenaceae
Genus:	Taylorella
Species
T. equigenitalis T. asinigenitalis

Taylorella is a genus of the Alcaligenaceae of the ordo of the Burkholderiales. The cells are usually rod-shaped^[1].

There are two species of Taylorella:

Taylorella equigenitalis: causes the Contagious Equine Metritis in horses.
Taylorella asinigenitalis: was isolated in the genital tract of donkeys and is obviously non-pathogenic.

References

^ Garrity, George M.; Brenner, Don J.; Krieg, Noel R.; Staley, James T. (eds.) (2005). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Volume Two: The Proteobacteria, Part C: The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria. New York, New York: Springer Verlag. ISBN 978-0-387-24145-6.

External links

DSMZ: Taylorella