| Species/Subspecies: | Helicobacter mustelae | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category: | Motile | ||||||||
| Etymology: | Genus name: a helix shaped rod. Species epithet: of a ferret. | ||||||||
| Significance: | [Of minor importance] | ||||||||
| Taxonomy: | Class Campylobacteria Order Campylobacterales Family Helicobacteraceae Genus Helicobacter |
||||||||
| Type Strain: | R85-13-6 = ATCC 43772 = CCUG 25715 = NCTC 12198. | ||||||||
| Macromorphology (smell): | |||||||||
| Micromorphology: | Coccoid rods (0.5-1 x 3-5 µm), which have 4-8 peritrika flageller | ||||||||
| Gram +/Gram -: | G- | ||||||||
| Catalase/Oxidase: | +/? | ||||||||
| Other Enzymes: | Urease + | ||||||||
| Fermentation of carbohydrates: | Helicobacter spp. can neither ferment nor oxidize carbohydrates. Exception: H. pylori, which can oxidize glucose to acetate. | ||||||||
| Spec. Char.: | |||||||||
| Special Media: | |||||||||
| Disease: | H. mustelae causes chronic gastritis as well as gastric and duodenal ulcers. |
||||||||
| Hosts: | Ferret | ||||||||
| Clinical Picture: | |||||||||
| 16S rRNA Seq.: |
| ||||||||
| Taxonomy/phylogeny:
|
About 35 species have been described within the genus Helicobacter, and this genus is most closely related to Campylobacter, Arcobacter and Sulfurospirillum. H. mustelae is closely related to H. bilis, H. canis and H. hepaticus. | ||||||||
| Updated: | 2023-03-22 |