Helicobacter cholecystus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
Class: | Epsilon Proteobacteria |
Order: | Campylobacterales |
Family: | Helicobacteraceae |
Genus: | Helicobacter |
Species: | H. cholecystus |
Binomial name | |
Helicobacter cholecystus Franklin et al. 1997 |
Helicobacter cholecystus is a bacterium first isolated from gallbladders of golden hamster with cholangiofibrosis and centrilobular pancreatitis. It is filamentous, Gram-negative, and motile, with a single polar-sheathed flagellum. It is also microaerophilic.