Name: Aggregatibacter

Rank: Genus

Lineage:
Bacteria;Proteobacteria;Gammaproteobacteria;Pasteurellales;Pasteurellaceae;Aggregatibacter

Description:
Aggregatibacter is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria), which contains three species, namely: (1) A. actinomycetemcomitans ( (Klinger 1912) Norskov-Lauritsen and Kilian 2006, (type species of the genus); Greek noun aktis, aktinos, a beam; Greek mukes - etos, mushroom or other fungus; New Latin actinomyces - etis, an actinomycete; Latin comitans, accompanying; New Latin actinomycetemcomitans, accompanying an actinomycete);(2) A. aphrophilus (Khairat 1940) Norskov-Lauritsen and Kilian 2006, Ancient Greek aphros, foam; New Latin philus from Greek philos meaning friend, loving; New Latin aphrophilus, foam-loving;(3) A. segnis (Kilian 1977) Norskov-Lauritsen and Kilian 2006,Latin segnis, slow, sluggish, inactive).

Reference Material:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggregatibacter