| Species/Subspecies: | Fusobacterium equinum | ||||||||
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| Etymology: | Genus name: small spindle shaped rod. Species epithet: of horses. | ||||||||
| Significance: | [Of minor importance] | ||||||||
| Taxonomy: | Class Fusobacteriia Order Fusobacteriales Family Fusobacteriaceae Genus Fusobacterium |
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| Type Strain: | VPB 4027 = NCTC 13176. | ||||||||
| Macromorphology (smell): | |||||||||
| Micromorphology: | Pleomorphic rods (coccoid to rod shaped). | ||||||||
| Gram +/Gram -: | G- | ||||||||
| Catalase/Oxidase: | -/? | ||||||||
| Other Enzymes: | Esculinase -, lipase +, Tryptophanase + (= indole +). | ||||||||
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| Disease: | Necrotizing pneumonia, pleuritis and paraoral infections. |
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| Hosts: | Horse | ||||||||
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| Virulence Factors: | F. equinum produces a leucotoxin. | ||||||||
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| Taxonomy/phylogeny:
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Within the genus Fusobacteria, 14 species have been described and 2 of these are divided into 7 sub-species. Fusobacteria are related to genus Streptobacillus, but the latter belongs to another family, namely Leptotrichiaceae. | ||||||||
| Comment: | Opportunist, which exists in the normal intestinal flora of the horse. | ||||||||
| Updated: | 2023-03-15 |
