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Species/Subspecies: Gallibacterium anatis
Category: Causes hemolysis
Etymology: Genus name: bacterium of chicken.
Species epithet: of a duck.
Significance:  [Of minor importance]   
Alternative Species Name(s):Pasteurella anatis
Taxonomy:
Phylum
Proteobacteria
Class
Gammaproteobacteria
Order
Pasteurellales
Family
Pasteurellaceae 
Genus
Gallibacterium
Type Strain: F 149 = ATCC 43329 = CCUG 15563 = CCUG 26456 = NCTC 11413.
Macromorphology (smell): Biovar haemolytica gives hemolysis on blood agar, but not biovar anatis.
Micromorphology: Nonmotile cockoid rods.
Gram +/Gram -:G-
Metabolism: Facultatively anaerobic
Catalase/Oxidase:+/V
Other Enzymes: Ornithine decarboxylase -, tryptophanase -, urease -.
Biochemical Tests: Citrate -, hydrogen sulphide (H2S) -, methyl red -, Voges-Proskauer -.
Fermentation of carbohydrates:
D-glucose
+
lactose
v
maltose
-
L-rhamnose
?
sucrose
+
L-arabinose
-
cellobiose
-
D-mannitol
+
salicin
?
trehalose
+
glycerol
(+)
inulin
-
raffinose
v
D-sorbitol
-
starch
?
Other carbohydrates: Glucose (gas) -, mannose +.
Spec. Char.:
Disease:Septicemic disease in poultry
Hosts:
Clinical Picture: Lesions in multiple organs, such as salpingitis and oophoritis
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.
16S rRNA Seq.:
Acc-noStrainNumber of NTOperon
AF228001 F 149T 1 471  

Taxonomy/phylogeny:
 
Four species have been described within genus Gallibacterium, which are relatively close to members of the genus Avibacterium.
Comment:There are two biovars: anatis and haemolytica.
Updated:2019-05-21

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