''Bisgaardia miroungae'' is a bacterial species which was originally isolated from the oral cavity of an elephant seal (''

Mirounga angustirostris The northern elephant seal (''Mirounga angustirostris'') is one of two species of elephant seal (the other is the southern elephant seal). It is a member of the family (biology), family Phocidae (true seal (mammal), seals). Elephant seals derive ...

'') from the

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in the

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in 2011.

References

External links

Type strain of ''Bisgaardia miroungae'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Pasteurellales Bacteria described in 2015 {{Gammaproteobacteria-stub