Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Proteobacteria, Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Pasteurellales, Family Pasteurellaceae, Genus Pasteurella, Pasteurella
mairii Sneath and Stevens, 1990.
Species "Incertae Sedis“; DNA hybridization show low degrees of relatedness with
Pasteurella sensu stricto (Mutters et al., 1985).
Coccobacillary cells.
Colonies are nonhemolytic and V-factor independent.
Growth on MacConkey is variable.
Isolated from pigs.
Isolated from abortion in pigs and from septicemia in piglets.
- 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 alkaline phosphatase, catalase, nitrates reduction, lysine decarboxylase, urease, ornithine decarboxylase,
oxidase, acid production from: L(+) arabinose, D(-) fructose, D(+) galactose, D(+) glucose (without gas), D(+) lactose, mannitol,
mannose, trehalose, sucrose and D(+) xylose.
Negative results for indole production, acid production from: dulcitol, cellobiose, esculin, D(+) melibiose, raffinose and salicin.
Variable results for ONPG, acid production from: maltose, meso-inositol, and D(-) sorbitol.
(c) Costin Stoica