Cardiobacterium
Genus of bacteria
| Cardiobacterium | |
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| Cardiobacterium hominis on blood agar plate | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Cardiobacteriales |
| Family: | Cardiobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Cardiobacterium Slotnick & Dougherty, 1964 |
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Cardiobacterium is a Gram-negative bacillus (rod-shaped) bacterium commonly grouped with other bacteria into the HACEK group. Species of Cardiobacterium include Cardiobacterium hominis and Cardiobacterium valvarum.
