the following information is not yet verified
Taxonomy
Family: Veillonellaceae
Natural habitats
Is widely distributed in the oral, genitourinary, respiratory, and intestinal biotas of humans and animals.
Clinical significance
Veionella species strains are frequently isolated from clinical specimens in aerobic-anaerobic polymicrobial cultures.
Rarely, Veillonella species have been the only etiologic agents identified in serious infections such as meningitis, osteomyelitis, prosthetic joint infection, pleuropulmonary infection, endocarditis, and bacteremia.
The prevalence of these organisms as pathogens is clearly increasing.
the following information is not yet verified
Gram negativecocci
0.3 to 0.5 µm,
Obligate anaerobic
BBAØ
The colonies are small, almost transparant, gray white, smooth, opaque, buttery.
BBEØ
No growth
Fluorescence under long-wave UV light (Woods lamp)
Red fluorescence immediately after opening the anaerobic jar.