| Avibacterium gallinarum |
| Avibacterium gallinarum colonies on sheep blood agar. |
| A. gallinarum Gram-stained cells. |
Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Proteobacteria, Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Pasteurellales, Family
Pasteurellaceae, Genus Avibacterium, Avibacterium gallinarum Blackall, Christensen,
Beckenham, Blackall & Bisgaard, 2005.
Basonym: Pasteurella gallinarum Hall, Heddleston, Legenhausen and Hughes, 1955.
Pasteurellaceae, Genus Avibacterium, Avibacterium gallinarum Blackall, Christensen,
Beckenham, Blackall & Bisgaard, 2005.
Basonym: Pasteurella gallinarum Hall, Heddleston, Legenhausen and Hughes, 1955.
Non-motile, Gram-negative, coccoid to rod shaped.
Nonhemolytic, 1.5 mm in diameter, smooth, convex, grayish, colonies. V-factor
independent growth, optimum temperature 36 ºC. Does not grow on MacConkey agar.
independent growth, optimum temperature 36 ºC. Does not grow on MacConkey agar.
Isolated from different lesions in fowl and from pigs and rats. Primarily inhabits the
respiratory tract of domestic fowl. Also, the organism was recovered from blood
culture of humans with endocarditis and gastroenteritis
respiratory tract of domestic fowl. Also, the organism was recovered from blood
culture of humans with endocarditis and gastroenteritis
Isolated from different lesions in fowl.
Recovered from blood culture of humans with endocarditis and gastroenteritis.
Recovered from blood culture of humans with endocarditis and gastroenteritis.
- 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. - H. Raducanescu, Valeria Bica-Popii, 1986. Bacteriologie veterinara. Editura Ceres, Bucuresti, p. 233.
- P.J.Blackall, H.Christensen,T. Beckenham, L.Blackall and M.Bisgaard, 2005. Reclassification of Pasteurella gallinarum,
[Haemophilus] paragallinarum, Pasteurella avium and Pasteurella volantium as Avibacterium gallinarum gen. nov., comb. nov.,
Avibacterium paragallinarum comb. nov., Avibacterium avium comb. nov. and Avibacterium volantium comb. nov.International
Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 55, 353-362.
Positive results for nitrate, reduction, oxidase, alkaline phosphatase, catalase, indole,
alpha-glucosidase, acid production from: D(+) galactose, D(+) glucose, D(-) fructose,
D(+) mannose, raffinose, sucrose, trehalose, dextrin and maltose.
Negative results for gelatinase, H2S production (TSI), Voges-Proskauer test, urease,
arginine dehydrolase, lysine decarboxylase, ornithine decarboxylase, citrate utilization
(Simmons), acid production from: xylitol, L(+) arabinose, dulcitol, mannitol, D(-)
sorbitol, gas from glucose, L(+) rhamnose, L(-) sorbose, cellobiose, D(+) melibiose,
inulin, esculin and salicin.
Variable results for ONPG, acid production from: lactose, raffinose, glycerol, D(-)
arabinose, D(+) xylose, meso-inositol and L(-) fucose.
alpha-glucosidase, acid production from: D(+) galactose, D(+) glucose, D(-) fructose,
D(+) mannose, raffinose, sucrose, trehalose, dextrin and maltose.
Negative results for gelatinase, H2S production (TSI), Voges-Proskauer test, urease,
arginine dehydrolase, lysine decarboxylase, ornithine decarboxylase, citrate utilization
(Simmons), acid production from: xylitol, L(+) arabinose, dulcitol, mannitol, D(-)
sorbitol, gas from glucose, L(+) rhamnose, L(-) sorbose, cellobiose, D(+) melibiose,
inulin, esculin and salicin.
Variable results for ONPG, acid production from: lactose, raffinose, glycerol, D(-)
arabinose, D(+) xylose, meso-inositol and L(-) fucose.
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