| Species/Subspecies: | Streptobacillus moniliformis | ||||||||||
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| Category: | Zoonotic | ||||||||||
| Etymology: | Genus name: a twisted small rod. Species epithet: necklace-shaped. | ||||||||||
| Significance: | [Of minor importance] | ||||||||||
| Taxonomy: | Class Fusobacteriia Order Fusobacteriales Family Leptotrichiaceae Genus Streptobacillus |
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| Type Strain: | ATCC 14647 = CCUG 2469 = CCUG 13453 = DSM 12112 NCTC 10651. | ||||||||||
| Macromorphology (smell): | Small round, grayish and buttery colonies (1-2 mm i diameter). Do not give hemolysis on blood agar. | ||||||||||
| Micromorphology: | Nonmotile, pleomorphic or rod shaped (0.3-0.7 x 1-5 µm). Appears in filaments or chains. | ||||||||||
| Gram +/Gram -: | G- | ||||||||||
| Metabolism: | Facultatively anaerobic | ||||||||||
| Catalase/Oxidase: | -/- | ||||||||||
| Other Enzymes: | Gelatinase -, tryptophanase -, urease - | ||||||||||
| Biochemical Tests: | Citrate -, hydrogensulfide + | ||||||||||
| Fermentation of carbohydrates: | Glucose +, but glucose (gas) - | ||||||||||
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| Disease: | Rat-bite fever in humans. Septicemia, arthritis, otitis media, hepatitis and abortion in rodents. Polyarthritis and synovitis in turkey. |
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| Hosts: | Rodents, turkey and primates (including man) | ||||||||||
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Only three species have been described within the genus Streptobacillus, which is closely related to genus Fusobacterium. However, the genus Fusobacterium belongs to the family Fusobacteriaceae and the genus Streptobacillus belongs to the family Leptotrichiaceae. | ||||||||||
| Reference(s): | No. 88 | ||||||||||
| Updated: | 2023-03-15 |