Helicobacter cinaedi
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Helicobacter cinaedi is a bacterium in the Helicobacteraceae family, Campylobacterales
Campylobacterales
The Campylobacterales are an order of Proteobacteria. They make up the epsilon subdivision, together with the small family Nautiliaceae. Like all Proteobacteria, they are Gram-negative. Most of the species are microaerophilic....

 order. It was formerly known as Campylobacter cinaedi until molecular analysis in 1991 led to a major revision of the Campylobacter
Campylobacter
Campylobacter is a genus of bacteria that are Gram-negative, spiral, and microaerophilic. Motile, with either unipolar or bipolar flagella, the organisms have a characteristic spiral/corkscrew appearance and are oxidase-positive. Campylobacter jejuni is now recognized as one of the main causes...

genus. H. cinaedi can cause cellulitis
Cellulitis
Cellulitis is a diffuse inflammation of connective tissue with severe inflammation of dermal and subcutaneous layers of the skin. Cellulitis can be caused by normal skin flora or by exogenous bacteria, and often occurs where the skin has previously been broken: cracks in the skin, cuts, blisters,...

 and bacteremia
Bacteremia
Bacteremia is the presence of bacteria in the blood. The blood is normally a sterile environment, so the detection of bacteria in the blood is always abnormal....

 in immunocompromised people.

Description

This species has the ability to dart around using a single polar flagella. The cells are spiral rod-shaped.
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