Alloiococcus otitis

Alloiococcus otitis is a species of bacteria first isolated from human middle-ear fluid, the type species of its monotypic genus. The type strain is NCFB 2890.^[1]

Alloiococcus otitis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Lactobacillales
Family:	Carnobacteriaceae
Genus:	Alloiococcus
Species:	A. otitis
Binomial name
Alloiococcus otitis Aguirre and Collins 1992

References

1. Aguirre, M.; Collins, M. D. (1992). "Phylogenetic Analysis of Alloiococcus otitis gen. nov., sp. nov., an Organism from Human Middle Ear Fluid". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 42 (1): 79–83. doi:10.1099/00207713-42-1-79. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 1371065.

Further reading

• Harimaya, A.; Takada, R.; Hendolin, P. H.; Fujii, N.; Ylikoski, J.; Himi, T. (2006). "High Incidence of Alloiococcus otitidis in Children with Otitis Media, Despite Treatment with Antibiotics". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 44 (3): 946–949. doi:10.1128/JCM.44.3.946-949.2006. ISSN 0095-1137. PMC 1393137. PMID 16517881.
• Tano K, von Essen R, Eriksson PO, Sjöstedt A (2008). "Alloiococcus otitidis--otitis media pathogen or normal bacterial flora?". APMIS. 116 (9): 785–90. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0463.2008.01003.x. PMID 19024598. S2CID 40849181.
• Beswick, Alan J; Lawley, Blair; Fraise, Adam P; Pahor, Ahmes L; Brown, Nigel L (1999). "Detection of Alloiococcus otitis in mixed bacterial populations from middle-ear effusions of patients with otitis media". The Lancet. 354 (9176): 386–389. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(98)09295-2. ISSN 0140-6736. PMID 10437868. S2CID 31151766.

External links

• "Alloiococcus otitis" at the Encyclopedia of Life
• LPSN
• Type strain of Alloiococcus otitis at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase