Olsenella

Olsenella is a Gram-positive, non-spore-forming, obligate anaerobic and non-motile bacterial genus from the family of Coriobacteriaceae.[1][2][3][4] Olsenella is named after the microbiologist Ingar Olsen[4][5] Olsenella bacteria are involved in endodontic infections in humans.[6]

Olsenella
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
"Actinobacteria"
Class:
Actinobacteria
Subclass:
Coriobacteridae
Order:
Coriobacteriales
Suborder:
"Coriobacterineae"
Family:
Coriobacteriaceae
Genus:
Olsenella

Dewhirst et al. 2001[1]
Type species
Olsenella uli[1]
Species

O. profusa[1]
O. scatoligenes[1]
O. uli[1]
O. umbonata[1]

References
  1. Parte, A.C. "Olsenella". LPSN.
  2. "Olsenella". www.uniprot.org.
  3. Parker, Charles Thomas; Taylor, Dorothea; Garrity, George M (2011). "Nomenclature Abstract for Olsenella Dewhirst et al. 2001 emend. Kraatz et al. 2011". The NamesforLife Abstracts. doi:10.1601/nm.5755.
  4. Dewhirst, Floyd E.; Wade, William G. (2015). "Olsenella". Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: 1–5. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00220.
  5. Whitman, William B.; Goodfellow, Michael; Kämpfer, Peter; Busse, Hans-Jürgen; Trujillo, Martha E.; Ludwig, Wolfgang; Suzuki, Ken-ichiro (2012). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology: Volume 5: The Actinobacteria. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9780387682334.
  6. Torabinejad, Mahmoud; Walton, Richard E. (2009). Endodontics: Principles and Practice. Elsevier Health Sciences. ISBN 1416038515.

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