Kingella

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

Species

As of 2021, five species belong to the genus:

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

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