Species/Subspecies: | Ehrlichia ruminantium | ||||||||
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Etymology: | Genus name: named after the German bacteriologist Paul Ehrlich (1854-1915). Species epithet: of ruminants. | ||||||||
Significance: | The disease occurs in Africa and the Caribbean, where it causes serious problems in the livestock sector. [Of minor importance] |
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Alternative Species Name(s): | Cowdria ruminantium | ||||||||
Taxonomy: | Class Alphaproteobacteria Order Rickettsiales Family Anaplasmataceae Genus Ehrlichia |
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Type Strain: | Welgevonden. | ||||||||
Macromorphology (smell): | Cannot be cultivated on cell free substrates (e.g. agar plates). | ||||||||
Micromorphology: | Coccoid to elipsoid cells (about 0,5 µm i diameter), which are nonmotile. A morula can be up to 4 µm in diameter. | ||||||||
Gram +/Gram -: | G- | ||||||||
Metabolism: | Aerobic | ||||||||
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Fermentation of carbohydrates: | Is not used for identification of Ehrlichia spp. Furthermore, many intracellular bacteria lack enzymes for carbohydrate metabolism because of evolutionary gene reduction. | ||||||||
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Vector: | Tick (Amblyomma variegatum and A. cajennensis). | ||||||||
Reservoir: | Ruminants | ||||||||
Disease: | Heartwater or cowdriosis. |
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Hosts: | Cattle, sheep, goats and other ruminants. | ||||||||
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Taxonomy/phylogeny:
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Seven species have been described within the genus Ehrlichia, which is most closely related to the genus Anaplasma. | ||||||||
Comment: | Strictly intracellular and grows in inclusions (morulae) in monocytes. Morula refers to the mulberry-like structure (Morus= mulberry in Latin) of the inclusions . | ||||||||
Updated: | 2023-03-22 |
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