| Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus | Species/Subspecies |
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| Species/Subspecies: | Dermatophilus congolensis | ||||||||||
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| Etymology: | Genus name: skin loving Species epithet: of Congo | ||||||||||
| Significance: | [Important] | ||||||||||
| Taxonomy: |
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| Type Strain: | ATCC 14637 = NCTC 13039. | ||||||||||
| Macromorphology (smell):
| Small yellow pigmented colonies (1-3 mm in diameter) with a rough surface. Give hemolysis on blood agar. | ||||||||||
| Micromorphology: | Has two formas: filamentous, pleomorphic and nonmotile and motile zoospores (0.6-1 µm in diameter). | ||||||||||
| Gram +/Gram -: | G+ | ||||||||||
| Metabolism: | Facultatively anaerobic | ||||||||||
| Catalase/Oxidase: | +/- | ||||||||||
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| Hosts: | Horse, cattle, sheep and goat | ||||||||||
| Disease (Swedish): | Streptotrikos, pseudomykos, dermatofilos eller regnskållor. | ||||||||||
| Disease (English): | Dermatophilosis (mud fever), streptotrichosis or rain-scald. | ||||||||||
| Clinical Picture: | Crust formation (scab) in the skin and hair loss | ||||||||||
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| Comment: | Opportunist |