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Afipia felis

Afipia felis
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.



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