Globicatella

{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}}

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{{Taxobox

| name = Globicatella

| domain = Bacteria

| phylum = Bacillota

| classis = Bacilli

| ordo = Lactobacillales

| familia = Aerococcaceae

| genus = Globicatella

| genus_authority = Collins et al. 1995{{cite journal|last1=Parte|first1=A.C.|title=Globicatella|journal=LPSN|url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/globicatella}}

| type_species = Globicatella sanguinis

| subdivision_ranks =Species

| subdivision =G. sanguinis

G. sulfidifaciens

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Globicatella is a non-spore-forming and non-motile genus of bacteria from the family of Aerococcaceae.{{cite journal|title=Globicatella|website=www.uniprot.org|url=https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/13075|language=en}}{{cite journal|last1=Parker|first1=Charles Thomas|last2=Garrity|first2=George M|editor-first1=Charles Thomas |editor-first2=George M. |editor-last1=Parker |editor-last2=Garrity |title=Nomenclature Abstract for Globicatella Collins et al. 1995.|journal=The NamesforLife Abstracts|date=2018 |doi=10.1601/nm.5482|language=en}}{{cite journal|last1=Collins|first1=Matthew D.|title=Globicatella|journal=Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria|date=2015|pages=1–4 |doi=10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00585|publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Ltd|isbn=978-1-118-96060-8 |language=en}}

The Globicatella sanguinis species can in rare cases cause infections of the bloodstream, heart, central nervous system, or urinary tract.

A novel and unnamed species has been identified causing soft tissue infection following a cat bite.{{cite journal |vauthors=Jones NK, Coelho J, Logan JM, Broughton K, Hopkins KL, Pichon B, Potterill I, Wan Y, Reid AW, Gouliouris T |title=Soft Tissue Infection of Immunocompetent Man with Cat-Derived Globicatella Species |journal=Emerg Infect Dis |volume=29 |issue=8 |pages=1684–1687 |date=August 2023 |pmid=37486350 |pmc=10370850 |doi=10.3201/eid2908.221770 |url=}}