| Pasteurella testudinis |
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Phylum Proteobacteria, Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Pasteurellales, Family Pasteurellaceae, Genus Pasteurella, Pasteurella
testudinis Snipes and Biberstein 1982. Species "Incertae Sedis“.
testudinis Snipes and Biberstein 1982. Species "Incertae Sedis“.
Coccobacillary Gram-negative cells.
Colonies are beta-hemolytic on sheep blood agar and V-factor independent.
Growth on MacConkey is variable.
Growth on MacConkey is variable.
Isolated from Californian desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii).
Isolated from healthy tortoises and from tortoises with upper respiratory tract disease.
- 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, indole
production, ONPG, acid production from: D(+) xylose, meso-inositol, mannitol,
D(-) sorbitol, D(+) galactose, D(+) glucose, L(+) rhamnose, maltose, D(+) melibiose,
sucrose and esculin.
Negative results for gelatinase, H2S production, Voges-Proskauer reaction, urease, arginine dehydrolase, lysine decarboxylase,
ornithine decarboxylase, gas from D-glucose, acid production from: glycerol, dulcitol, D(+) mannose, inulin, salicin, cellobiose and
lactose.
Variable results for acid production from L(+) arabinose, trehalose, raffinose and dextrin.
production, ONPG, acid production from: D(+) xylose, meso-inositol, mannitol,
D(-) sorbitol, D(+) galactose, D(+) glucose, L(+) rhamnose, maltose, D(+) melibiose,
sucrose and esculin.
Negative results for gelatinase, H2S production, Voges-Proskauer reaction, urease, arginine dehydrolase, lysine decarboxylase,
ornithine decarboxylase, gas from D-glucose, acid production from: glycerol, dulcitol, D(+) mannose, inulin, salicin, cellobiose and
lactose.
Variable results for acid production from L(+) arabinose, trehalose, raffinose and dextrin.
(c) Costin Stoica
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