Phocoenobacter

Phocoenobacter is a Gram-negative and rod-shaped genus of bacteria from the family of Pasteurellaceae with one known species (Phocoenobacter uteri).^[1][2][3][4] Phocoenobacter uteri has been isolated from the uterus of a harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) from Inverness in Scotland.^[4][5][6]

Phocoenobacter
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Pasteurellales
Family:	Pasteurellaceae
Genus:	Phocoenobacter Foster et al. 2000[1]
Type species
Phocoenobacter uteri[1]
Species
P. uteri[1]

References

1. "Phocoenobacter". LPSN.
2. "Phocoenobacter". www.uniprot.org.
3. Parker, Charles Thomas; Wigley, Sarah; Garrity, George M. (2009). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (eds.). "Taxonomy of the genus Phocoenobacter Foster et al. 2000". doi:10.1601/tx.3450 (inactive 1 November 2024). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link)
4. Foster, G; Ross, HM; Malnick, H; Willems, A; Hutson, RA; Reid, RJ; Collins, MD (January 2000). "Phocoenobacter uteri gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Pasteurellaceae Pohl (1979) 1981 isolated from a harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 50 Pt 1: 135–9. doi:10.1099/00207713-50-1-135. PMID 10826796.
5. "Details: DSM-15746". www.dsmz.de.
6. Buller, Nicky B. (2014). Bacteria and Fungi from Fish and other Aquatic Animals, 2nd Edition: A Practical Identification Manual. CABI. ISBN 9781845938055.

Further reading

• Brenner, Don J.; Krieg, Noel R.; Staley, James R. (2007). Bergey's Manual® of Systematic Bacteriology: Volume 2: The Proteobacteria, Part B: The Gammaproteobacteria. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9780387280226.
• Kuhnert, Peter; Christensen, Henrik (2008). Pasteurellaceae: Biology, Genomics and Molecular Aspects. Horizon Scientific Press. ISBN 9781904455349.