Like other members in its family, it has a characteristic 16S ribosomal RNA which consists of 1474 base pairs.
[3] In 1990 Dewhirst et al. moved Kingella indologenes (Snell and Lapage, 1976) to the new genus Suttonella renaming the species Suttonella indologenes at the same time they transferred Bacteroides nodosus (Beveridge 1941) to the new genus Dichelobacter forming the new species name Dichelobacter nodosus.
Cardiobacterium hominis is part of the HACEK group of bacteria that cause infective endocarditis.
Additionally the first known case of echocardiographically documented prosthetic endocarditis caused by S. indologenes was presented in 2005.
They are straight rods that are 1.0 pm in diameter and 2 to 3 micrometers long and have rounded ends.
[3] The colony morphology of S. indologenes has a characteristic "halo" or fried egg appearance due to its twitching motility.
The epidemiology (morbidity and mortality rates) of Suttonella indologenes is unknown when it causes endocarditis.
[4] Additionally, in the incidence rate of endocarditis is likely to increase in people who have current or genetic predisposition to heart problems.
[4] The Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria can be identified through blood cultures from the heart of patient's displaying endocarditis.
The endocarditis is clearly a result in a build-up of the pathogen in the heart, most likely vegetating in a thrombus formation.
Suttonella indologenes is susceptible to ampicillin and ceftriaxone, with proper dosage it can be treated through the antibiotics.
There is some interest in the twitching motility that is most likely caused by its type 4 fimbriae which is somewhat characteristic of its family.