Wohlfahrtiimonas

{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}} {{Italic title}} {{Automatic_taxobox | taxon = Wohlfahrtiimonas | authority = Tóth et al. 2008<ref name=Wohlfahrtiimonas>{{cite journal |last1=Parte |first1=A.C. |title=Wohlfahrtiimonas |journal=LPSN |url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/wohlfahrtiimonas}}</ref> | type_species = ''Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica'' | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision =''W. chitiniclastica''<ref name=Wohlfahrtiimonas/><br> ''W. larvae''<ref name=Wohlfahrtiimonas/><br> ''W. populi''<ref name=Wohlfahrtiimonas/> | synonyms = }}

'''''Wohlfahrtiimonas''''' is a genus of bacteria from the class Gammaproteobacteria.<ref name=Wohlfahrtiimonas/><ref>{{cite journal |title=Wohlfahrtiimonas |website=www.uniprot.org |url=https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/582472 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Parker |first1=Charles Thomas |last2=Wigley |first2=Sarah |last3=Garrity |first3=George M |editor-first1=Charles Thomas |editor-first2=George M |editor-last1=Parker |editor-last2=Garrity |title=Taxonomic Abstract for the genera. |journal=The NamesforLife Abstracts |date=1 January 2003 |doi=10.1601/tx.13173 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Falkiewicz-Dulik |first1=Michalina |last2=Janda |first2=Katarzyna |last3=Wypych |first3=George |title=Handbook of Material Biodegradation, Biodeterioration, and Biostablization |date=2015 |publisher=Elsevier |isbn=9781927885024 |language=en}}</ref>

It was first described by Tóth et al. in 2008, and is named after its first described vector: the larvae of Wohlfahrtia magnifica, a species of parasitic fly.<ref name="Toth">{{cite journal |last1=Toth |first1=E. M. |last2=Schumann |first2=P. |last3=Borsodi |first3=A. K. |last4=Keki |first4=Z. |last5=Kovacs |first5=A. L. |last6=Marialigeti |first6=K. |title=Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica gen. nov., sp. nov., a new gammaproteobacterium isolated from Wohlfahrtia magnifica (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) |journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology |date=1 April 2008 |volume=58 |issue=4 |pages=976–981 |doi=10.1099/ijs.0.65324-0|pmid=18398205 |doi-access=free }}</ref> Other species of flies, such as Lucilia sericata, Chrysomya megacephala and Musca domestica have also been linked closely to the spread of Wohlfahrtiimonas, as human wounds that have been infected with fly larvae are breeding grounds for the bacteria.<ref name="schrottner"/><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hladík |first1=Martin |last2=Lipovy |first2=Bretislav |last3=Kaloudova |first3=Yvona |last4=Hanslianova |first4=Marketa |last5=Vitkova |first5=Ivana |last6=Deissova |first6=Tereza |last7=Kempny |first7=Tomas |last8=Svoboda |first8=Martin |last9=Kala |first9=Zdenek |last10=Brychta |first10=Pavel |last11=Borilova Linhartova |first11=Petra |title=Human Infections by Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica: A Mini-Review and the First Report of a Burn Wound Infection after Accidental Myiasis in Central Europe |journal=Microorganisms |date=11 September 2021 |volume=9 |issue=9 |pages=1934 |doi=10.3390/microorganisms9091934|pmid=34576832 |pmc=8465362 |doi-access=free }}</ref> Other potential sources of transmission include soil and chicken meat.<ref name="schrottner">{{cite journal |last1=Schröttner |first1=P. |last2=Rudolph |first2=W. W. |last3=Damme |first3=U. |last4=Lotz |first4=C. |last5=Jacobs |first5=E. |last6=Gunzer |first6=F. |title=Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica : current insights into an emerging human pathogen |journal=Epidemiology and Infection |date=May 2017 |volume=145 |issue=7 |pages=1292–1303 |doi=10.1017/S0950268816003411|pmid=28162132 |s2cid=22169128 |doi-access=free |pmc=9203347 }}</ref>

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== Further reading == * {{cite journal |last1=Dios |first1=Angel de |last2=Jacob |first2=Seby |last3=Tayal |first3=Amit |last4=Fisher |first4=Mark A. |last5=Dingle |first5=Tanis C. |last6=Hamula |first6=Camille L. |title=First Report of Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica Isolation from a Patient with Cellulitis in the United States |journal=Journal of Clinical Microbiology |date=1 December 2015 |volume=53 |issue=12 |pages=3942–3944 |doi=10.1128/JCM.01534-15 |language=en |issn=0095-1137|pmc=4652122 |pmid=26378273}}

Category:Gammaproteobacteria Category:Bacteria genera Category:Enigmatic bacteria taxa