''Cardiobacterium'' is a genus of

bacteria Bacteria (; : bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one Cell (biology), biological cell. They constitute a large domain (biology), domain of Prokaryote, prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micr ...

in the family Cardiobacteriaceae. These

Gram-negative Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that, unlike gram-positive bacteria, do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation. Their defining characteristic is that their cell envelope consists ...

bacillus ''Bacillus'', from Latin "bacillus", meaning "little staff, wand", is a genus of Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria, a member of the phylum ''Bacillota'', with 266 named species. The term is also used to describe the shape (rod) of other so-sh ...

(rod-shaped) bacteria are commonly grouped with other bacteria into the HACEK group.

Species

This genus includes the following species: *'' Cardiobacterium hominis'' Slotnick & Dougherty, 1964 *'' Cardiobacterium valvarum'' Han ''et al.'' 2004

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q24041611 Gram-negative bacteria Gammaproteobacteria Bacteria genera Taxa described in 1964