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 |
Species | |
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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.