Aggregatibacter

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style="background:#Template:Taxobox colour;" | Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria Phylum: Proteobacteria Class: Gammaproteobacteria Order: Pasteurellales Family: Pasteurellaceae Genus: Aggregatibacter
Type species
A. actinomycetemcomitans

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

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Overview

Aggregatibacter is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria), which contains three species, namely:

• A. actinomycetemcomitans ( (Klinger 1912) Nørskov-Lauritsen and Kilian 2006, (type species of the genus); Greek noun aktis, aktinos (ἀκτίς, ἀκτῖνος), a beam; Greek mukēs -ētos, mushroom or other fungus; New Latin actinomyces -etis, an actinomycete; Latin comitans, accompanying; New Latin actinomycetemcomitans, accompanying an actinomycete)
• A. aphrophilus (Khairat 1940) Nørskov-Lauritsen and Kilian 2006, 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,Latin segnis, slow, sluggish, inactive)

See also

• Microbiology