Ornithobacterium

Ornithobacterium is a genus of Gram-negative, microaerophilic, rod-shaped bacteria from the family Weeksellaceae (formerly Flavobacteriaceae.^[2]). It comprises two known species, O. hominis and O. rhinotracheale. Both species inhabit the respiratory tract: O. hominis is found in the human nasopharynx^[3] and O. rhinotracheale in the trachea of wild and domesticated birds^[4]

Ornithobacterium
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Bacteroidota
Class:	Flavobacteriia
Order:	Flavobacteriales
Family:	Weeksellaceae
Genus:	Ornithobacterium Vandamme et al 1994[1]
Type species
Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale (Vandamme et al. 1994)
Species
O. hominis O. rhinotracheale