Helicobacter pullorum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
Class: | Epsilon Proteobacteria |
Order: | Campylobacterales |
Family: | Helicobacteraceae |
Genus: | Helicobacter |
Species: | H. pullorum |
Binomial name | |
Helicobacter pullorum Stanley et al. 1994 |
Helicobacter pullorum is a bacterium in the Helicobacteraceae family, Campylobacterales order. It was isolated from the liver, duodenum, and caecum of broiler and layer chickens, and from humans with gastroenteritis. It is a nongastric urease-negative Helicobacter species colonizing the lower bowel.