Afipia felis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
Order: | Rhizobiales |
Family: | Bradyrhizobiaceae |
Genus: | Afipia |
Species: |
Afipia felis Brenner al. 1991 |
Afipia felis is the type species of the Afipia bacterial genus. It was formerly thought to cause cat scratch disease. It is a gram-negative, oxidase-positive, non-fermentative rod in the alpha-2 subgroup of the class Proteobacteria. It is motile by means of a single flagellum.