| Species/Subspecies: | Pasteurella pneumotropica | ||||||||
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| Etymology: | Genus name: named after Louis Pasteur. Species epithet: with affinity for lungs. | ||||||||
| Significance: | [Important] | ||||||||
| Taxonomy: | Class Gammaproteobacteria Order Pasteurellales Family Pasteurellaceae Genus Pasteurella |
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| Type Strain: | ATCC 35149 = CCUG 12398 = NCTC 8141. | ||||||||
| Macromorphology (smell): | No hemolysis on blood agar. | ||||||||
| Micromorphology: | Short rod (0.5 x 1.2 µm) or coccoid | ||||||||
| Gram +/Gram -: | G- | ||||||||
| Metabolism: | Facultatively anaerobic | ||||||||
| Catalase/Oxidase: | +/+ | ||||||||
| Other Enzymes: | Ornithine decarboxylase +, tryptophanase (indole) +, urease +. | ||||||||
| Fermentation of carbohydrates: | D-glucose ? lactose v maltose v L-rhamnose ? sucrose + L-arabinose ? cellobiose ? D-mannitol ? salicin ? trehalose ? glycerol + inulin ? raffinose ? D-sorbitol ? starch ? Gas production: Glucose V. |
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About 12 species have been described within genus Pasteurella, but the relationship between members within the closely related genera Actinobacillus, Haemophilus, Mannheimia and Pasteurella is very uncertain since none of these genera forms monophyletic clusters. | ||||||||
| Comment: | Normally a commensal | ||||||||
| Updated: | 2024-10-23 |