| Avibacterium volantium |
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Phylum Proteobacteria, Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Pasteurellales, Family Pasteurellaceae, Genus Avibacterium,
Avibacterium volantium Blackall, Christensen, Beckenham, Blackall and Bisgaard, 2005.
Basonym: Pasteurella volantium Mutters, Piechulla, Hinz and Mannheim, 1985.
Avibacterium volantium Blackall, Christensen, Beckenham, Blackall and Bisgaard, 2005.
Basonym: Pasteurella volantium Mutters, Piechulla, Hinz and Mannheim, 1985.
Gram-negative, usually cocoid cells, nonmotile.
Smooth, convex, nonhemolytic colonies. May produce yellowish pigments.
Mesophilic, facultatively aerobic, V-factor dependent.
Growth on MacConkey is negative.
Mesophilic, facultatively aerobic, V-factor dependent.
Growth on MacConkey is negative.
Isolated from the wattles of domestic fowl, one strain has been isolated from human tongue.
Unknown.
- 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. - 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, alpha-
-glucosidase, ONPG, acid production from: mannitol, fructose, galactose, glucose (without gas), mannose, maltose, sucrose,
trehalose, and dextrin.
Negative results for gelatinase, H2S production (TSI), Voges Proskauer, urease, arginine dehydrolase, indole production, glycerol,
lysine decarboxylase, citrate (Simmons), acid production from: xylitol, dulcitol, meso-inositol, rhamnose, sorbose, cellobiose,
melibiose, raffinose, inulin, esculin, and salicin.
Variable results for ornithine decarboxylase, acid production from: arabinose, xylose, sorbitol, fucose, and lactose.
-glucosidase, ONPG, acid production from: mannitol, fructose, galactose, glucose (without gas), mannose, maltose, sucrose,
trehalose, and dextrin.
Negative results for gelatinase, H2S production (TSI), Voges Proskauer, urease, arginine dehydrolase, indole production, glycerol,
lysine decarboxylase, citrate (Simmons), acid production from: xylitol, dulcitol, meso-inositol, rhamnose, sorbose, cellobiose,
melibiose, raffinose, inulin, esculin, and salicin.
Variable results for ornithine decarboxylase, acid production from: arabinose, xylose, sorbitol, fucose, and lactose.
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