Actinobacillus

Actinobacillus /ak′tinōbasil″əs/ , a genus of small, gram-negative bacillus, with members that are pathogenic for humans and other animals. The species Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans is the cause of actinomycosis in humans.

Actinobacillus (Mahon, Lehman, and Manuselis, 2007)