Laribacter

Laribacter is a bacterial genus in the family of Neisseriaceae.[1][2] Laribacter hongkongensis is the only species in the genus, and it has been isolated from human cases of diarrhea. However, its role in causing diarrhea is unproven, even though it has been hypothesized.

Laribacter
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Proteobacteria
Class:
Beta Proteobacteria
Order:
Neisseriales
Family:
Neisseriaceae
Genus:
Laribacter

Yuen et al. 20024[1]
Type species
Laribacter hongkongensis
Species

L. hongkongensis[1]

Further reading
  • Yuen, K.-Y.; Woo, P. C. Y.; Teng, J. L. L.; Leung, K.-W.; Wong, M. K. M.; Lau, S. K. P. (1 December 2001). "Laribacterhongkongensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a Novel Gram-Negative Bacterium Isolated from a Cirrhotic Patient with Bacteremia and Empyema". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 39 (12): 4227–4232. doi:10.1128/JCM.39.12.4227-4232.2001. PMC 88529. PMID 11724825.
  • editors, Don J. Brenner, Noel R. Krieg, James T. Staley (2005). Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology (2nd ed.). New York: Springer. ISBN 0-387-29298-5.
  • Junghanss, Jeremy Farrar, Peter J. Hotez, Thomas (2013). Manson's tropical diseases (23rd ed.). Oxford: Elsevier/Saunders. ISBN 0-7020-5306-6.

References
  1. LPSN bacterio.net
  2. UniProt


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