Anaplasma platys

Anaplasma platys (formerly Ehrlichia platys)[1] is a Gram-negative bacterium.

Ehrlichiaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Proteobacteria
Class:
Alphaproteobacteria
Order:
Rickettsiales
Family:
Anaplasmataceae
Genus:
Anaplasma
Species:
A. platys
Binomial name
Anaplasma platys
Dumler et al., 2001

References
  1. Dumler JS, Barbet AF, Bekker CP, et al. (2001). "Reorganization of genera in the families Rickettsiaceae and Anaplasmataceae in the order Rickettsiales: unification of some species of Ehrlichia with Anaplasma, Cowdria with Ehrlichia and Ehrlichia with Neorickettsia, descriptions of six new species combinations and designation of Ehrlichia equi and 'HGE agent' as subjective synonyms of Ehrlichia phagocytophila". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 51 (Pt 6): 2145–65. doi:10.1099/00207713-51-6-2145. PMID 11760958.


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