| Species/Subspecies:
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Actinomyces bovis |
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| Etymology:
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Genus name: Greek actino ray, mykes fungus (referring to the radiating appearance of microcolonies).
Species epithet: of the ox. |
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| Significance: | [Important]
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| Taxonomy:
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| Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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| Actinobacteria | Actinobacteria | Actinomycetales | Actinomycetaceae | Actinomyces |
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| Type Strain:
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ATCC 13683 = CCUG 31996 = NCTC 11535 |
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| Macromorphology (smell):
| Small opaque colonies (0.5-1 mm in diameter). |
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| Micromorphology:
| Small bent and nonmotile rod (diameter: 0.2-1.0 µm), sometimes branching filaments up to 50 µm |
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| Gram +/Gram -: | G+ |
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| Metabolism:
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Facultatively anaerobic, prefers 10-15% CO2 |
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| Catalase/Oxidase: | -/- |
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| Other Enzymes:
| DNase +, hippuricase -, tryptophanase -, urease - |
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| Biochemical Tests:
| 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-Arabinos | Cellobios | D-mannitol | Salicin | Trehalose |
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| - | - | - | - | - | | Glycerol | Inulin | Raffinose | D-sorbitol | Starch |
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| - | - | - | - | (+) |
Other carbohydrates: Xylose - |
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| Spec. Char.:
| Temperature optimum: 35-37°C |
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| Hosts:
| Cattle, horses |
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| Disease (Swedish): | Aktinomykos eller benaktinos (äldre namn på sjukdomen: "strålsvamp" eller aktinos, jfr. Actinobacillus lignieresii) |
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| Disease (English): | Lumpy jaw in cattle and horses. |
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| Clinical Picture:
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| 16S rRNA Seq.:
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| Acc-no | Strain | Number of NT | Operon |
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| X53224 | (T) | 1367 | |
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| Taxonomy/phylogeny:
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| Comment: | Slow growing (visible growth on blood agar in 48-72 hours), type species for the genus |
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| Reference(s):
| No. 96 |
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