| Species/Subspecies:
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Gallibacterium anatis |
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| Etymology:
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Genus name: bacterium of chicken.
Species epithet: of a duck. |
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| Significance: | [Of minor importance]
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| Old Species Name(s): | Pasteurella anatis |
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| Taxonomy:
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| Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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| Proteobacteria | Gammaproteobacteria | Pasteurellales | Pasteurellaceae | Gallibacterium |
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| Type Strain:
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F 149 = ATCC 43329 = CCUG 15563 = CCUG 26456 = NCTC 11413. |
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| Macromorphology (smell):
| Biovar haemolytica gives hemolysis on blood agar, but not biovar anatis. |
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| Micromorphology:
| Nonmotile cockoid rods. |
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| Gram +/Gram -: | G- |
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| Metabolism:
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Facultatively anaerobic |
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| Catalase/Oxidase: | +/V |
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| Other Enzymes:
| Ornithine decarboxylase -, tryptophanase -, urease -. |
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| Biochemical Tests:
| Citrate -, hydrogen sulphide (H2S) -, methyl red -, Voges-Proskauer -. |
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| Fermentation of carbohydrates:
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| D-glucose | lactose | maltose | L-rhamnose | sucrose |
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| + | v | - | ? | + | | L-arabinose | cellobiose | D-mannitol | salicin | trehalose |
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| - | - | + | ? | + | | glycerol | inulin | raffinose | D-sorbitol | starch |
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| (+) | - | v | - | ? |
Other carbohydrates: Glucose (gas) -, mannose +. |
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| Spec. Char.:
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| Hosts:
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| Disease (Swedish): | Septikemi hos höns. |
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| Disease (English): | Septicemic disease in chickens |
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| Clinical Picture:
| Lesions in multiple organs |
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| Virulence Factors:
| G. anatis has a large RTX-like toxin (GtxA), which induces a strong leukotoxic effect on avian macrophages. Furthermore, this bacterium also has a capsule and fimbriae. |
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| 16S rRNA Seq.:
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| Acc-no | Strain | Number of NT | Operon |
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| AF228001 | F 149T | 1 471 | |
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Taxonomy/phylogeny:
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Four species have been described within genus Gallibacterium, which are relatively close to members of the genus Avibacterium. |
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| Comment: | There are two biovars: anatis and haemolytica. |
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| Updated: | 2018-11-14 |
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