Afipia felis
| Afipia felis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Rhizobiales |
| Family: | Bradyrhizobiaceae |
| Genus: | Afipia |
| Species: | Afipia felis Brenner al. 1991 |
Afipia felis is the type species of the Afipia bacterial genus.[1] It was formerly thought to cause cat scratch disease. It is a gram-negative, oxidase-positive, non-fermentative rod in the alpha-2 subgroup of the class Proteobacteria. It is motile by means of a single flagellum.
References
- ↑ Brenner DJ, Hollis DG, Moss CW, et al. (November 1991). "Proposal of Afipia gen. nov., with Afipia felis sp. nov. (formerly the cat scratch disease bacillus), Afipia clevelandensis sp. nov. (formerly the Cleveland Clinic Foundation strain), Afipia broomeae sp. nov., and three unnamed genospecies". Journal of Clinical Microbiology 29 (11): 2450–60. PMC 270354. PMID 1774249. Retrieved 2013-08-07.
Further reading
- Birkness KA, George VG, White EH, Stephens DS, Quinn FD (June 1992). "Intracellular growth of Afipia felis, a putative etiologic agent of cat scratch disease". Infection and Immunity 60 (6): 2281–7. PMC 257155. PMID 1587595. Retrieved 2013-08-07.
- Giladi M, Avidor B, Kletter Y, et al. (September 1998). "Cat scratch disease: the rare role of Afipia felis". Journal of Clinical Microbiology 36 (9): 2499–502. PMC 105152. PMID 9705382. Retrieved 2013-08-07.
- Luhrmann, A.; Streker, K.; Schuttfort, A.; Daniels, J. J. D.; Haas, A. (2001). "Afipia felis induces uptake by macrophages directly into a nonendocytic compartment". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 98 (13): 7271–7276. doi:10.1073/pnas.121190398. ISSN 0027-8424.
- Axel Schmidt (1998). Bartonella and Afipia species emphasizing Bartonella henselae. Basel, New York: Karger. ISBN 3-8055-6649-2.
External links
- LPSN
- Afipia felis at the Encyclopedia of Life