Weeksella virosa

Weeksella virosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Bacteroidota
Class: Flavobacteriia
Order: Flavobacteriales
Family: Weeksellaceae
Genus: Weeksella
Species:
W. virosa
Binomial name
Weeksella virosa
Holmes et al. 1987

Weeksella virosa is a Gram-negative and aerobic bacterium from the genus of Weeksella which can cause infection in rare cases. Weeksella virosa occurs in the human genitourinary tract. W. virosa produces mucoid, slimy colonies with yellow-green pigment when grown on blood agar.

References

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  2. ↑ "Weeksella virosa". www.uniprot.org.
  3. ↑ Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M. (2008). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (eds.). "Taxonomy of the species Weeksella virosa Holmes et al. 1987 emend. Hahnke et al. 2016". doi:10.1601/tx.8203. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ↑ Slenker, A. K.; Hess, B. D.; Jungkind, D. L.; DeSimone, J. A. (1 December 2012). "Fatal Case of Weeksella virosa Sepsis". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 50 (12): 4166–4167. doi:10.1128/JCM.01761-12. PMC 3503020. PMID 23035202.
  5. ↑ Darai, Gholamreza; Handermann, Michaela; Sonntag, Hans-Günther; Zoller, L.; Tidona, Christian A. (2009). Lexikon der Infektionskrankheiten des Menschen: Erreger, Symptome, Diagnose, Therapie und Prophylaxe; mit 43 Tabellen (in German). Springer Science & Business Media. p. 315. ISBN 978-3-540-39005-3.
  6. ↑ Reina, J; Gil, J; Salva, F; Gomez, J; Alomar, P (October 1990). "Microbiological characteristics of Weeksella virosa (formerly CDC group IIf) isolated from the human genitourinary tract". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 28 (10): 2357–2359. doi:10.1128/JCM.28.10.2357-2359.1990. ISSN 0095-1137. PMC 268178. PMID 2229364.
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