Species/Subspecies: | Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale | ||||||||
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Etymology: | Genus name: bird bacterium. Species epithet: from the nostrils and windpipe. | ||||||||
Significance: | [Important] | ||||||||
Taxonomy: | Class Flavobacteria Order Flavobacteriales Family Weeksellaceae Genus Ornithobacterium |
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Type Strain: | LMG 9086 = ATCC 51463 = CCUG 23171 | ||||||||
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Micromorphology: | Short rods (0.2-0.9 x 1-3 µm). | ||||||||
Gram +/Gram -: | G- | ||||||||
Metabolism: | Facultatively anaerobic. | ||||||||
Catalase/Oxidase: | -/+ | ||||||||
Other Enzymes: | DNase -, esculinase -, tryptophanase - (= indole -), ureas +. | ||||||||
Biochemical Tests: | Citrate -, metyl red -, Voges-Proskauer +. | ||||||||
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Disease: | Respiratory tract infections in among others chickens and turkey. |
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Hosts: | Domestic chickens, turkeys, goose and duck, and a variety of wild bird species. | ||||||||
Clinical Picture: | Impaired growth and increased mortality. | ||||||||
Diagnostics: | PCR or culture | ||||||||
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Taxonomy/phylogeny: | Only one species has been described within the genus Ornithobacterium , which is relatively closely related to the genus Flavobacterium . | ||||||||
Updated: | 2023-03-15 |
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