Helicobacter rodentium | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
Class: | Epsilon Proteobacteria |
Order: | Campylobacterales |
Family: | Helicobacteraceae |
Genus: | Helicobacter |
Species: | H. rodentium |
Binomial name | |
Helicobacter rodentium Shen et al., 1997 |
Helicobacter rodentium is a bacterium in the Helicobacteraceae family, Campylobacterales order. It is a spiral-shaped bacterium with a bipolar, single, nonsheathed flagellum. It is resistant to cephalothin and nalidixic acid. Its type strain is MIT 95-1707 (= ATCC 700285). Its name refers to the species first being isolated from mice.