| Species/Subspecies:
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Actinobacillus suis |
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| Etymology:
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Genus name: small ray rod.
Species epithet: from pigs. |
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| Significance: | [Important]
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| Taxonomy:
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| Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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| Proteobacteria | Gammaproteobacteria | Pasteurellales | Pasteurellaceae | Actinobacillus |
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| Type Strain:
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ATCC 33415 = CCUG 11624 = NCTC 12996 |
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| Macromorphology (smell):
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| Micromorphology:
| Non motile rod, usually 0.3-0.5 x 0.6-1.4 µm, but can also be more variable in length. |
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| Gram +/Gram -: | G- |
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| Metabolism:
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Fakultativt anaerob |
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| Catalase/Oxidase: | +/V |
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| Other Enzymes:
| Esculinase +, ornithine decarboxylase -, tryptophanase -, urease + |
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| Biochemical Tests:
| Methyl red -, Voges-Proskauer -, hydrogen sulfide - |
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| Fermentation of carbohydrates:
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| D-Glucose | Lactose | Maltose | L-rhamnose | Sucrose |
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| + | + | + | - | ? | | L-Arabinos | Cellobios | D-mannitol | Salicin | Trehalose |
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| + | + | - | + | + | | Glycerol | Inulin | Raffinose | D-sorbitol | Starch |
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| - | + | ? | - | v |
Other carbohydrates: Adonitol -, dulcitol -, D-fructose +, D-galactose +, inositol -, mannose +, melibiose +. |
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| Spec. Char.:
| Does not require V-factor (NAD or NADPH) for growth. Cf. other Actinobacillus spp. |
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| Hosts:
| Pigs and horses |
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| Disease (Swedish): | Septikemi och plötslig död hos spädgrisar. Hudförändringar (som liknar rödsjuka) hos äldre grisar. |
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| Disease (English): | Septicemia and sudden deaths in piglets, in adult animals meningitis, abortion , metrits and rhomboid skin lesions resembling those of erysipelas |
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| Clinical Picture:
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| Genome Sequence:
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| Acc-no | Strain | Size (bp) | Genome |
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| CP003875 | H91-0380 | 2 484 940 | 1c + 0 |
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| 16S rRNA Seq.:
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| Acc-no | Strain | Number of NT | Operon | Sequence similarity |
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| AY362899 | ATCC 33415T | 1362 | 6 | 99.9-100% |
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| Taxonomy/phylogeny:
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