Cardiobacteriales
| Cardiobacteriales | |
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| Cardiobacterium hominis on a blood agar plate | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Cardiobacteriales Garrity et al. 2005 |
| Type genus | |
| Cardiobacterium Slotnick and Dougherty 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)
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The Cardiobacteriales are an order of Pseudomonadota. Like other Proteobacteria, they are Gram-negative and rod-shaped. The order is better known for including the pathogenic HACEK organisms Cardiobacterium hominis and Cardiobacterium valvarum.