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R E G N U M
PROKARYOTAE
Family Pasteurellaceae
Pohl 1981
Straight cells, cocoid to rod-shaped, 0.2-0.4 / 0.4-2.0 µm, Gram-negative, nonmotile. Aerobic, with varying degrees of
microaerophilia, or facultatively anaerobic. Acid is produced through fermentation of D-glucose. Characteristically,
oxidase, catalase, and alkaline phosphatase reactions are positive, but negative reactions can be detected in some
species. Nitrates are reduced to nitrites. For isolation, complex media are required. Obligate parasites in vertebrates. Type
genus: Pasteurella Trevisan 1887.
(c) Costin Stoica
Genus Actinobacillus
Brumpt 1910
Genus Aggregatibacter
Norskov-Lauritsen and Kilian 2006
Genus Avibacterium
Blackall et al. 2005
Genus Bibersteinia
Blackall et al. 2007
Genus Gallibacterium
Christensen et al. 2003
Genus Haemophilus
Winslow et al. 1917
Genus Mannheimia
Angen et al. 1999
Genus Muribacter
Nicklas et al. 2015
Genus Pasteurella
Trevisan 1887
Genus Phocoenobacter
Foster et al. 2000
Genus Volucribacter
Christensen et al. 2004
Genus Glaesserella
Dickerman et al. 2020
Genus Basfia
Kuhnert et al. 2010
Genus Bisgaardia
Foster et al. 2011
Genus Canicola
Christensen et al. 2021
Genus Caviibacterium
Adhikary et al. 2018
Genus Chelonobacter
Gregersen et al. 2009
Genus Conservatibacter
Adhikary et al. 2018
Genus Cricetibacter
Christensen et al. 2014
Genus Mesocricetibacter
Christensen et al. 2014
Exercitatus varius *
Genus Exercitatus
Christensen et al. 2023
Genus Frederiksenia
Korczak et al. 2014
NOTES

Haemophilus agni and H.
somnus
may be synonyms
of
Histophilus somnis
(formerly
Histophilus ovis).
De Ley et al., (1990)
suggested that
H. agni and
H. somnus to be
transferred to genus
Histophilus,
Histophilus
ovis
being a senior
synonym for
H. agni.

According to Bisgaard and
Christensen (2023),
Mannheimia pernigra is an
earlier heterotypic synonym
of
Mannheimia ovis Li et al.
2021.

According to Gaillot et al.
(2013), Pasteurella
lymphangitidis is a later
heterotypic synonym of
Yersinia
pseudotuberculosis.

According to Li (2024),
Rodentibacter heylii is a
later heterotypic synonym
of
Rodentibacter
caecimuris.
Genus Histophilus
Angen et al. 2003
Genus Lonepinella
Osawa et al. 1996
Genus Mergibacter
De Luca et al. 2023
LEGEND
* marked species are
not included in ABIS
identificationl
database
Genus Necropsobacter
Christensen et al. 2011
Genus Nicoletella
Kuhnert et al. 2005
Genus Otariodibacter
Hansen et al. 2012
Genus Rodentibacter
Adhikary et al. 2017
Genus Seminibacterium
Vela et al. 2015
Genus Spirabiliibacterium
Bisgaard and Christensen 2021
Genus Testudinibacter
Hansen et al. 2016
Genus Ursidibacter
Hansen et al. 2015
Genus Vespertiliibacter
Muhldorfer et al. 2014
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