Campylobacter showae

Campylobacter showae is a species of Campylobacter found in humans. It is gram-negative, straight rod-shaped, motile by means of multiple unipolar flagella. It is asaccharolytic and prefers an anaerobic atmosphere. SU A4 (= ATCC 51146) is its type strain.[1] Its genome has been sequenced.[2]

Campylobacter showae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Proteobacteria
Class:
Epsilonproteobacteria
Order:
Campylobacterales
Family:
Campylobacteraceae
Genus:
Campylobacter
Species:
C. showae
Binomial name
Campylobacter showae
Etoh et al. 1993

References
  1. Etoh, Y.; Dewhirst, F. E.; Paster, B. J.; Yamamoto, A.; Goto, N. (1993). "Campylobacter showae sp. nov., Isolated from the Human Oral Cavity". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 43 (4): 631–639. doi:10.1099/00207713-43-4-631. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 7694633.
  2. Tay, A. P.; Kaakoush, N. O.; Deshpande, N. P.; Chen, Z.; Mitchell, H.; Wilkins, M. R. (2013). "Genome Sequence of Campylobacter showae UNSWCD, Isolated from a Patient with Crohn's Disease". Genome Announcements. 1 (1): e00193–12–e00193–12. doi:10.1128/genomeA.00193-12. ISSN 2169-8287. PMC 3569271.

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