Laribacter

{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}} {{Automatic_taxobox | taxon = Laribacter | authority =Yuen et al. 20024<ref name=Laribacter>[https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/laribacter LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de]</ref> | type_species = ''Laribacter hongkongensis'' | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = ''L. hongkongensis''<ref name=Laribacter/> }}

'''''Laribacter''''' is a bacterial genus in the family of Neisseriaceae.<ref name=Laribacter/><ref>[https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/168470 UniProt]</ref> ''Laribacter hongkongensis'' is the only species in the genus, and it has been isolated from human cases of diarrhea. However, its role in causing diarrhea is unproven, even though it has been hypothesized.

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== Further reading == * {{cite journal|last1=Yuen|first1=K.-Y.|last2=Woo|first2=P. C. Y.|last3=Teng|first3=J. L. L.|last4=Leung|first4=K.-W.|last5=Wong|first5=M. K. M.|last6=Lau|first6=S. K. P.|title=Laribacterhongkongensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a Novel Gram-Negative Bacterium Isolated from a Cirrhotic Patient with Bacteremia and Empyema|journal=Journal of Clinical Microbiology|date=1 December 2001|volume=39|issue=12|pages=4227–4232|doi=10.1128/JCM.39.12.4227-4232.2001|pmid=11724825|pmc=88529}} * {{cite book|last1=editors|first1=Don J. Brenner, Noel R. Krieg, James T. Staley|title=Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology|date=2005|publisher=Springer|location=New York|isbn=0-387-29298-5|edition=2nd}} * {{cite book|last1=Junghanss|first1=Jeremy Farrar, Peter J. Hotez, Thomas|title=Manson's tropical diseases.|date=2013|publisher=Elsevier/Saunders|location=Oxford|isbn=978-0-7020-5306-1|edition=23rd}}

Category:Neisseriales Category:Monotypic bacteria genera Category:Bacteria genera Category:Gram-negative bacteria