| Species/Subspecies: | Helicobacter hepaticus | ||||||||
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| Category: | Motile | ||||||||
| Etymology: | Genus name: a helix shaped rod. Species epithet: of liver. | ||||||||
| Significance: | [Of minor importance] | ||||||||
| Taxonomy: | Class Campylobacteria Order Campylobacterales Family Helicobacteraceae Genus Helicobacter |
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| Type Strain: | Hh-2 = ATCC 51448 = CCUG 33637. | ||||||||
| Macromorphology (smell): | |||||||||
| Micromorphology: | Motile rod (0.2-0.3 x 1.5-5.0 µm), which is curved to spiral shaped, and has two bipolar flagella. | ||||||||
| Gram +/Gram -: | G - | ||||||||
| Metabolism: | Microaerophilic | ||||||||
| 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. | ||||||||
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| Disease: | Chronic hepatitis, liver cancer (hepatocarcinoma) and inflammatory bowel disease. |
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| Hosts: | Mouse | ||||||||
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About 35 species have been described within the genus Helicobacter, and this genus is most closely related to Campylobacter, Arcobacter and Sulfurospirillum. H. hepaticus is closely related to H. canis and H. bilis. | ||||||||
| Updated: | 2023-03-22 |