''Campylobacter rectus'' is a species of ''
Campylobacter
''Campylobacter'' (meaning "curved bacteria") is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria. ''Campylobacter'' typically appear comma- or s-shaped, and are motile. Some ''Campylobacter'' species can infect humans, sometimes causing campylobacteriosis, a d ...
''. It is implicated as a pathogen in
chronic periodontitis, which can induce bone loss. This motile bacillus is a
Gram negative
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Originally defined as of 1795 as "the absolute weight of a volume of pure water equal to t ...
, facultative anaerobe. ''C. rectus'' is associated with
hypertension together with ''
Prevotella melaninogenica'' and ''
Veillonella parvula''.
References
Further reading
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External links
Type strain of ''Campylobacter rectus'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Campylobacterota
Bacteria described in 1991
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