Cardiobacterium

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Cardiobacterium
Cardiobacterium hominis on blood agar plate
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Cardiobacterium

Slotnick & Dougherty, 1964
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Cardiobacterium is a Gram-negative bacillus (rod-shaped) bacterium commonly grouped with other bacteria into the HACEK group. Species of Cardiobacterium include Cardiobacterium hominis and Cardiobacterium valvarum.

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