Helicobacter felis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
Class: | Epsilon Proteobacteria |
Order: | Campylobacterales |
Family: | Helicobacteraceae |
Genus: | Helicobacter |
Species: | H. felis |
Binomial name | |
Helicobacter felis Paster et al., 1991 |
Helicobacter felis is a bacterium in the Helicobacteraceae family, Campylobacterales order. It can be pathogenic. It is part of the gastric mucosa of cats, and is Gram-negative, microaerophilic, urease-positive, and spiral-shaped. Its type strain is CS1T (= ATCC 49179T).