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Yokenella

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Kingdom
  
Bacteria

Family
  
Enterobacteriaceae

Phylum
  
Proteobacteria

Order
  
Enterobacteriaceae

Class
  
Gammaproteobacteria

Genus
  
Yokenella; Kosako, 1984

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Enterobacteriaceae, Ewingella americana, Kluyvera, Escherichia vulneris, Escherichia hermannii

Yokenella is a genus of bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae. Yokenella are Gram-negative, motile, rod-shaped bacteria. Strains of bacteria forming this genus were originally isolated from clinical samples and from insects. There is only one species in this genus: Yokenella regensburgei.

References

Yokenella Wikipedia