Kingella is a genus of bacteria of the family Neisseriaceae. It belongs to the HACEK group of fastidious Gram-negative bacteria that tend to cause endocarditis. Kingella kingae is its type species.
Species As of 2021, five species belong to the genus:
Kingella denitrificans Snell & Lapage 1976 Kingella kingae (Henriksen & Bøvre 1968) Henriksen & Bøvre 1976 Kingella negevensis El Houmami et al. 2017 Kingella oralis corrig. Dewhirst et al. 1993 Kingella potus Lawson et al. 2005
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