Family Helicobacteraceae | Class Epsilon Proteobacteria Phylum Proteobacteria Rank Species | |
Similar Helicobacter, Helicobacter hepaticus, Helicobacter cinaedi, Campylobacterales, Clostridium piliforme |
Helicobacter rodentium is a bacterium in the Helicobacteraceae family, Campylobacterales order. It is a spiral-shaped bacterium with a bipolar, single, nonsheathed flagellum. It is resistant to cephalothin and nalidixic acid. Its type strain is MIT 95-1707 (= ATCC 700285). Its name refers to the species first being isolated from mice.
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