Spirillum minus

Spirillum minus is an organism associated with rat-bite fever and sodoku[1][2][3] that has never been fully identified and was assigned to the genus Spirillum in the early 1900s based on morphology, although it is not a validly published name. As Spirillum species generally obligately microaerophiles and are not found in mammals, this organism may be misclassified. Sequencing data should help to resolve this question.

Spirillum minus
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Betaproteobacteria
Order: Nitrosomonadales
Family: Spirillaceae
Genus: Spirillum
Species:
S. minus
Binomial name
Spirillum minus

References

  1. "Spirillum" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary
  2. Gaastra W, Boot R, Ho HT, Lipman LJ (October 2008). "Rat bite fever". Vet. Microbiol. 133 (3): 211–28. doi:10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.09.079. PMID 19008054.
  3. Dendle C, Woolley IJ, Korman TM (December 2006). "Rat-bite fever septic arthritis: illustrative case and literature review". Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 25 (12): 791–7. doi:10.1007/s10096-006-0224-x. PMID 17096137.
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