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Haemophilus influenzae
Haemophilus influenzae
(formerly called
Pfeiffer's bacillus
or
Bacillus influenzae
) is a
Gram-negative
,
coccobacillary
,
facultatively anaerobic
pathogenic bacterium
belonging to the
Pasteurellaceae
family.
H. influenzae
was first described in 1892 by
Richard Pfeiffer
during an
influenza
pandemic
.
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