Afipia felis

Afipia felis is the type species of the Afipia bacterial genus.^[1] It was formerly thought to cause cat-scratch disease. It is a Gram-negative, oxidase-positive, nonfermentative rod in the alpha-2 subgroup of the class Proteobacteria. It is motile by means of a single flagellum. It is noted for having the longest authority citation of any accepted species.^[2]

Afipia felis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Hyphomicrobiales
Family:	Nitrobacteraceae
Genus:	Afipia
Species:	A. felis
Binomial name
Afipia felis Brenner et al. 1991