| Pasteurella caballi |
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Phylum Proteobacteria, Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Pasteurellales, Family Pasteurellaceae, Genus Pasteurella, Pasteurella
caballi Schlater, Brenner, Steigerwalt, Moss, Lambert and Packer 1989/1990.
Species incertae sedis; strains are different from true members of the genus by their aerogenic capacity and their negative catalase
reaction
caballi Schlater, Brenner, Steigerwalt, Moss, Lambert and Packer 1989/1990.
Species incertae sedis; strains are different from true members of the genus by their aerogenic capacity and their negative catalase
reaction
Coccobacillary, Gram-negative cells.
Colonies are nonhemolytic and V-factor independent.
Growth on MacConkey is negative.
Growth on MacConkey is negative.
Isolates are obtained from respiratory and genital tract infections in horses and also from humans who have had contact with horses.
Respiratory and genital tract infections in horses and also infections in humans who have had contact with horses. A wound infection
after horse bite has been reported.
after horse bite has been reported.
- R. Mutters, H. Christensen, M. Bisgaard, 2004. Genus I. Pasteurella. In: Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Second
edition, Vol two, part B, George M. Garrity (Editor-in-Chief), pp. 857-866. - W.M. Janda, R. Mutters, 2006. Pasteurella, Mannheimia, Actinobacillus, Eikenella, Kingella, Capnocytophaga, and other
miscellaneous Gram-negative rods. In: Topley & Wilson’s Microbiology and Microbial Infections, 10 edition, Vol. 2, Bacteriology,
Edward Arnold Ltd. - J. G. Holt et al., 1994. Facultatively Anaerobic Gram-Negative Rods. Subgroup 3. Family Pasteurellaceae. In: Begey’s Manual of
Determinative Bacteriology, 9th-edition, Williams & Wilkins, pp 194-196.
Positive results for nitrates reduction, alkaline phosphatase, ornithine decarboxylase,
ONPG, acid production from: D(-) fructose, lactose, D(+) glucose (with gas
production), D(+) mannose, D(+) galactose, sucrose (saccharose) and maltose.
Negative results for oxidase, catalase, gelatinase, Voges-Proskauer, urease, arginine
dehydrolase, lysine decarboxylase, indole production, acid production from: L(+)
arabinose, dulcitol, meso-inositol, D(-) sorbitol, cellobiose, trehalose, L(+) rhamnose,
inulin, esculin and salicin.
Variable results for mannitol, raffinose and D(+) xylose.
ONPG, acid production from: D(-) fructose, lactose, D(+) glucose (with gas
production), D(+) mannose, D(+) galactose, sucrose (saccharose) and maltose.
Negative results for oxidase, catalase, gelatinase, Voges-Proskauer, urease, arginine
dehydrolase, lysine decarboxylase, indole production, acid production from: L(+)
arabinose, dulcitol, meso-inositol, D(-) sorbitol, cellobiose, trehalose, L(+) rhamnose,
inulin, esculin and salicin.
Variable results for mannitol, raffinose and D(+) xylose.
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