Afipia felis

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, nonfermentative rod in the alpha-2 subgroup of the class Proteobacteria. It is motile by means of a single flagellum. It is noted for having the longest authority citation of any accepted species.[2]

Afipia felis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Proteobacteria
Class:
Alphaproteobacteria
Order:
Rhizobiales
Family:
Bradyrhizobiaceae
Genus:
Afipia
Species:
Afipia felis

Brenner et al. 1991

References
  1. Brenner, Don J., Hollis, Dannie G., Moss, C. Wayne, English, Charles K., Hall, Geraldine S., Vincent, Judy, Radosevic, Jon, Birkness, Kristin A., Bibb, William F., Quinn, Frederick D., Swaminathan, B., Weaver, Robert E., Reeves, Michael W., O'Connor, Steven P., Hayes, Peggy S., Tenover, Fred C., Steigerwalt, Arnold G., Perkins, Bradley A., Daneshvar, Maryam I., Hill, Bertha C., Washington, John A., Woods, Toni C., Hunter, Susan B., Hadfield, Ted L., Ajello, Gloria W., Kaufmann, Arnold F., Wear, Douglas J. & Wenger, Jay D. (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), 2450–2460.
  2. Isaak, M. (2015). Wordplay: Long and Short Names. Retrieved from http://www.curioustaxonomy.net/word/longShort.html.

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. PMC 34658. PMID 11404461.
  • Axel Schmidt (1998). Bartonella and Afipia species emphasizing Bartonella henselae. Basel, New York: Karger. ISBN 3-8055-6649-2.


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