Kingella Explained

Kingella is a genus of bacteria of the family Neisseriaceae.^[1] It belongs to the HACEK group of fastidious Gram-negative bacteria that tend to cause endocarditis.^[2] Kingella kingae is its type species.

Species

As of 2021, five species belong to the genus:

• Kingella denitrificans Snell & Lapage 1976
• Kingella kingae (Henriksen & Bøvre 1968) Henriksen & Bøvre 1976
• Kingella negevensis El Houmami et al. 2017
• Kingella oralis corrig. Dewhirst et al. 1993
• Kingella potus Lawson et al. 2005

Notes and References

1. Web site: Parte. A. C.. Genus Kingella. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature. 12 April 2021.
2. Sharara . Sima L. . Tayyar . Ralph . Kanafani . Zeina A. . Kanj . Souha S. . HACEK endocarditis: a review . Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy . 2 June 2016 . 14 . 6 . 539–545 . 10.1080/14787210.2016.1184085 . 27124204.