Chimaeribacter

Chimaeribacter
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Enterobacterales
Family: Yersiniaceae
Genus: Chimaeribacter
Rossi and Fisher 2020
Type species
Chimaeribacter arupi
Rossi and Fisher 2020[1]
Species

Chimaeribacter is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria in the family Yersiniaceae. Species within this genus were isolated from clinical samples that were submitted to ARUP laboratories between 2012 and 2016 and have traits of several bacteria genera.[2]

  1. ^ Parte, A.C. "Chimaeribacter". LPSN.
  2. ^ Rossi, A.; Fisher, M.A. (April 2020). "Characterization of six clinical isolates of Chimaeribacter gen. nov., a novel genus related to the Yersiniaceae family and the three species Chimaeribacter arupi sp. nov., Chimaeribacter coloradensis sp. nov , and Chimaeribacter californicus sp. nov". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (4): 2703–2712. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004094. PMID 32141808.