Ornithobacterium
Genus of bacteria
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Ornithobacterium is a genus of Gram-negative, microaerophilic, rod-shaped bacteria from the family Weeksellaceae (formerly Flavobacteriaceae.[2]). It comprises two known species, O. hominis and O. rhinotracheale. Both species inhabit the respiratory tract: O. hominis is found in the human nasopharynx[3] and O. rhinotracheale in the trachea of wild and domesticated birds[4]
| Ornithobacterium | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Bacteroidota |
| Class: | Flavobacteriia |
| Order: | Flavobacteriales |
| Family: | Weeksellaceae |
| Genus: | Ornithobacterium Vandamme et al 1994[1] |
| Type species | |
| Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale (Vandamme et al. 1994) | |
| Species | |