Brackiella oedipodis | |
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Species: | B. oedipodis
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Brackiella oedipodis Willems et al. 2002[1]
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CCUG 47103, CIP 107426, DSM 13743, LGM 19451T, LMG 19451, NCIMB 13739, R-8845, R-8846, Reissbrodt RKI 97-01984, RKI99-01984, Willems R-8845, Willems R-8846[2] |
Brackiella oedipodis is a Gram-negative, oxidase- and catalase-positive, rod-shaped, nonmotile, chemoorganotrophic bacterium of the genus Brackiella isolated from the heart of a cotton-topped tamarin Saguinus oedipus. It can cause endocarditis.[3][4][5] Colonies of Brackiella oedipodis are greyish-white coloured.[3]