''Sneathia'' is a

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 ...

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, non-

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-forming and non-motile genus of bacteria from the family of

Leptotrichiaceae ''Leptotrichiaceae'' is a family of bacteria in the order Fusobacteriales. The family includes several genera, such as '' Leptotrichia'', '' Streptobacillus'', '' Sneathia'', '' Caviibacter'', '' Oceanivirga'', '' Sebaldella'', '' Pseudolepto ...

. Species have been identified as pathogens associated with

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. ''Sneathia'' is named of the microbiologist H. A. Snaeth.

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the

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(LPSN) and

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Phylogeny

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