Aggregatibacter

{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Aggregatibacter | authority = Nørskov-Lauritsen and Kilian, 2006 | type_species = ''Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans'' | subdivision_ranks = Species }}

'''''Aggregatibacter''''' is a genus in the phylum Pseudomonadota (Bacteria), which contains three species, namely: * ''A. actinomycetemcomitans'' (Klinger 1912) Nørskov-Lauritsen and Kilian 2006, (type species of the genus); (from Greek noun {{Transliteration|grc|aktis, aktinos}} (ἀκτίς, ἀκτῖνος), a beam; Greek ''mukēs -ētos'', mushroom or other fungus; Neo-Latin ''actinomyces'' -''etis'', an actinomycete; Latin ''comitans'', accompanying; Neo-Latin ''actinomycetemcomitans'', accompanying an actinomycete)<ref name=Nørskov-Lauritsen>{{Cite journal | last1 = Nørskov-Lauritsen | first1 = N. | last2 = Kilian | first2 = M. | title = Reclassification of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, Haemophilus aphrophilus, Haemophilus paraphrophilus and Haemophilus segnis as Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans gen. Nov., comb. Nov., Aggregatibacter aphrophilus comb. Nov. And Aggregatibacter segnis comb. Nov., and emended description of Aggregatibacter aphrophilus to include V factor-dependent and V factor-independent isolates | journal = International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology | volume = 56 | issue = 9 | pages = 2135–2146 | year = 2006 | doi = 10.1099/ijs.0.64207-0 | pmid=16957111| doi-access = free }}</ref> * ''A. aphrophilus'' (Khairat 1940) Nørskov-Lauritsen and Kilian 2006, (from Ancient Greek {{Transliteration|grc|aphros}}, foam; New Latin {{lang|la|philus}} from Greek {{Transliteration|grc|philos}} (φίλος) meaning friend, loving; New Latin ''aphrophilus'', foam-loving)<ref name=Nørskov-Lauritsen/> * ''A. segnis'' (Kilian 1977) Nørskov-Lauritsen and Kilian 2006, (from Latin ''segnis'', slow, sluggish, inactive)<ref name=Nørskov-Lauritsen/>

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Category:Bacteria genera Category:Pasteurellales