| Species/Subspecies:
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Streptobacillus moniliformis |
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| Etymology:
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Genus name: a twisted small rod.
Species epithet: necklace-shaped. |
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| Significance: | [Of minor importance]
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| Taxonomy:
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| Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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| Fusobacteria | Fusobacteriia | Fusobacteriales | Leptotrichiaceae | Streptobacillus |
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| Type Strain:
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ATCC 14647 = CCUG 2469 = CCUG 13453 = DSM 12112 NCTC 10651. |
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| Macromorphology (smell):
| Round, grayish and buttery colonies |
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| Micromorphology:
| Nonmotile, pleomorphic or rod shaped (0.3-0.7 x 1-5 µm). Appears in filaments or chains. |
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| Gram +/Gram -: | G- |
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| Metabolism:
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Facultatively anaerobic |
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| Catalase/Oxidase: | -/- |
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| Other Enzymes:
| Gelatinase -, tryptophanase -, urease - |
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| Biochemical Tests:
| Citrate -, hydrogensulfide + |
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| Fermentation of carbohydrates:
| Glucose +, but glucose (gas) - |
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| Spec. Char.:
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| Hosts:
| Rodents, turkey and primates (including man) |
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| Disease (Swedish): | Råttbettsfeber på människa, som är en zoonos. Septikemi, artrit, otit, hepatit och kastning hos gnagare. Polyartrit och synovit hos kalkon. |
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| Disease (English): | Rat-bite fever in humans. Septicemia, arthritis, otitis media, hepatitis and abortion in rodents. Polyarthritis and synovitis in turkey. |
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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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| NC_013115 | DSM 12112T | 1 662 578 | 1c + 1c |
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| 16S rRNA Seq.:
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| Acc-no | Strain | Number of NT | Operon | Sequence similarity |
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| CP001779 | DSM 12112T | 1 506 | 5 | 100% |
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| Taxonomy/phylogeny:
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Only one species has been described within this genus, which is most closely related to genus Fusobacterium |
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| Reference(s):
| No. 88 |
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