Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Proteobacteria, Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Pasteurellales, Family Pasteurellaceae, Genus Pasteurella, Pasteurella
dagmatis Mutters, Ihm, Pohl, Frederiksen and Mannheim 1985.
Non-motile, Gram-negative, coccoid or short rods.
Non-hemolytic, smooth and grayish white colonies. V-factor independent growth.
Optimum temperature 36 ºC. Does not grow on MacConkey agar.
Isolated from dogs, cats and from human local infections resulting from animal bites and from pneumonia, septicaemia and
endocarditis.
It is a part of the oral flora of dogs and cats and is associated with human local infections.
- 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, oxidase, alkaline phosphatase, catalase, urease,
indole production, alpha-glucosidase, acid production from: D(+) glucose (without gas),
sucrose, dextrin, D(-) fructose, D(+) galactose, D(+) mannose and maltose.
Negative results for gelatinase, H2S production (TSI), Voges-Proskauer, arginine dehydrolase, lysine decarboxylase, ornithine
decarboxylase, citrate (Simmons), acid production from: xylitol, L(+) arabinose, D(+) xylose, dulcitol, meso-inositol, mannitol, D(-)
sorbitol, L(+) rhamnose, L(-) sorbose, cellobiose, D(+) melibiose, inulin, esculin and salicin.
Variable results for ONPG, acid production from: glycerol, D(-)arabinose, trehalose, L(-) fucose, raffinose and lactose.
(c) Costin Stoica