Alloiococcus

lloiococcus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Firmicutes
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Lactobacillales
Family:	Lactobacillaceae
Genus:	Alloiococcus Aguirre and Collins 1992[1]
Type species
Alloiococcus otitis[1]
Species
A. otitis[1]

Alloiococcus is a genus of Gram-positive and nonmotile bacteria from the family of Lactobacillaceae.^[1][2] Up to now there is only one species of this genus known(Alloiococcus otitis).^[1][3]

Further reading

• Harimaya, A.; Takada, R.; Hendolin, P. H.; Fujii, N.; Ylikoski, J.; Himi, T. (3 March 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.
• Marsh, Robyn L; Binks, Michael J; Beissbarth, Jemima; Christensen, Peter; Morris, Peter S; Leach, Amanda J; Smith-Vaughan, Heidi C (2012). "Quantitative PCR of ear discharge from Indigenous Australian children with acute otitis media with perforation supports a role for Alloiococcus otitidis as a secondary pathogen". BMC Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders 12 (1): 11. doi:10.1186/1472-6815-12-11.

References

1. LPSN bacterio.net
2. UniProt
3. editors, Paul De Vos ... [et al.], (2009). Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology. (2nd ed. ed.). Dordrecht: Springer. ISBN 0-387-68489-1.

External identifiers for Alloiococcus
Encyclopedia of Life	98123