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Tatumella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Enterobacterales
Family: Erwiniaceae
Genus: Tatumella
Hollis, 1982
Species
  • T. citrea
  • T. morbirosei
  • T. ptyseos
  • T. punctata
  • T. saanichensis

Tatumella is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria. It is a rod shaped facultative anaerobe. The type species of this genus is Tatumella ptyseos.

The generic name was derived from the name of Harvey Tatum, a CDC microbiologist who worked on enteric Gram-negative rods[1]

References

  1. ^ Hollis, D G; Hickman, F W; Fanning, G R; Farmer, J J; Weaver, R E; Brenner, D J (Jul 1981). "Tatumella ptyseos gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Enterobacteriaceae found in clinical specimens". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 14 (1): 79–88. doi:10.1128/jcm.14.1.79-88.1981. ISSN 0095-1137. PMC 271905. PMID 7263854.

Category:Enterobacterales

Category:Bacteria genera