- Source: Afipia felis
Afipia felis is the type species of the Afipia bacterial genus. It was formerly thought to cause cat-scratch disease. It is a Gram-negative, oxidase-positive, nonfermentative rod in the alpha-2 subgroup of the class Proteobacteria. It is motile by means of a single flagellum. It is noted for having the longest authority citation of any accepted species.
References
Further reading
Birkness KA, George VG, White EH, Stephens DS, Quinn FD (June 1992). "Intracellular growth of Afipia felis, a putative etiologic agent of cat scratch disease". Infection and Immunity. 60 (6): 2281–7. doi:10.1128/IAI.60.6.2281-2287.1992. PMC 257155. PMID 1587595.
Giladi M, Avidor B, Kletter Y, et al. (September 1998). "Cat scratch disease: the rare role of Afipia felis". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 36 (9): 2499–502. doi:10.1128/JCM.36.9.2499-2502.1998. PMC 105152. PMID 9705382.
Luhrmann, A.; Streker, K.; Schuttfort, A.; Daniels, J. J. D.; Haas, A. (2001). "Afipia felis induces uptake by macrophages directly into a nonendocytic compartment". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98 (13): 7271–7276. Bibcode:2001PNAS...98.7271L. doi:10.1073/pnas.121190398. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 34658. PMID 11404461.
Axel Schmidt (1998). Bartonella and Afipia species emphasizing Bartonella henselae. Basel, New York: Karger. ISBN 3-8055-6649-2.
External links
LPSN
"Afipia felis". The Encyclopedia of Life.
Type strain of Afipia felis at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase