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Eperythrozoon muris

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Eperythrozoon muris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Mycoplasmatota
Class: Mollicutes
Order: Mycoplasmoidales
Family: Mycoplasmoidaceae
Genus: Eperythrozoon
Species:
E. muris
Binomial name
Eperythrozoon muris
(Mayer 1921) Gupta et al. 2018
Synonyms
  • Haemobartonella muris (Mayer 1921) Tyzzer and Weinman 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)
  • Bartonella muris Mayer 1921
  • "Ca. Mycoplasma haemomuris" Neimark et al. 2001[1]

"Eperythrozoon muris" is a Gram-negative bacillus.[2] It is known to cause anemia in rats and mice.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Neimark, H; Johansson, KE; Rikihisa, Y; Tully, JG (March 2002). "Revision of haemotrophic Mycoplasma species names". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 52 (Pt 2): 683. doi:10.1099/00207713-52-2-683. PMID 11931184.
  2. ^ Gupta, R.S.; Sawnani, S.; Adeolu, M.; Alnajar, S.; Oren, A. (2018). "Phylogenetic framework for the phylum Tenericutes based on genome sequence data: proposal for the creation of a new order Mycoplasmoidales ord. nov., containing two new families Mycoplasmoidaceae fam. nov. and Metamycoplasmataceae fam. nov. harbouring Eperythrozoon, Ureaplasma and five novel genera". Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 111 (9): 1583–1630. doi:10.1007/s10482-018-1047-3. PMID 29556819. S2CID 254226604.
  3. ^ Marmorston-Gottesman, J; Perla, D (Oct 31, 1932). "The etiology of Bartonella muris anemia of the albino rat : the isolation of bartonella muris". The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 56 (5): 763–75. doi:10.1084/jem.56.5.763. PMC 2132187. PMID 19870100.

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