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Helicobacter felis

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Kingdom
  
Bacteria

Family
  
Helicobacteraceae

Genus
  
Helicobacter

Order
  
Campylobacterales

Class
  
Epsilon Proteobacteria

Phylum
  
Proteobacteria

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Helicobacter, Helicobacter heilmannii, Helicobacter hepaticus, Helicobacter cinaedi, Mycoplasma haemofelis

Medical vocabulary what does helicobacter felis mean


Helicobacter felis is a bacterium in the Helicobacteraceae family, Campylobacterales order. It can be pathogenic. It is part of the gastric mucosa of cats, and is Gram-negative, microaerophilic, urease-positive, and spiral-shaped. Its type strain is CS1T (= ATCC 49179T).

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