Kingella

Kingella
Kingella kingae in sheep blood agar
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Betaproteobacteria
Order: Neisseriales
Family: Neisseriaceae
Genus: Kingella
Henriksen and Bøvre 1976

Kingella is a genus of bacteria of the family Neisseriaceae. It belongs to the HACEK group of fastidious Gram-negative bacteria that tend to cause endocarditis. Kingella kingae is its type species.

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