| Species/Subspecies:
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Histophilus somni |
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| Etymology:
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Genus name: tissue friend.
Species epithet: of sleep (refers to one of the disease conditions). |
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| Significance: | [Important]
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| Old Species Name(s): | Haemophilus agni, Histophilus ovis, Haemophilus somnus, Haemophilus somnifer |
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| Taxonomy:
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| Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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| Proteobacteria | Gammaproteobacteria | Pasteurellales | Pasteurellaceae | Histophilus |
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| Type Strain:
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8025 = ATCC 43625 = CCUG 36157. |
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| Macromorphology (smell):
| No hemolysis on blood agar. Forms small colonies (0.2-0.5 mm in diameter), which contain a yellow pigment. |
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| Micromorphology:
| Small nonmotile rods |
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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:
| Esculinase -, tryptophanase (+), urease -. |
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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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| v | ? | ? | ? | + | | Glycerol | Inulin | Raffinose | D-sorbitol | Starch |
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| - | - | - | ? | ? |
Other carbohydrates: dulcitol V, D-galactose V, inositol V, melezitose -, melibiose -, xylitol ?. |
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| Spec. Char.:
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| Hosts:
| Cattle, sheep, goats |
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| Disease (Swedish): | Bronkopneumoni |
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| Disease (English): | Respiratory disease |
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| Clinical Picture:
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| Genome Sequence:
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| Acc-no | Strain | Size (bp) | Genome | Ref. |
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| NC_008309 | 129PT | 2 007 700 | 1c + 1c | Nr 90 |
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| 16S rRNA Seq.:
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| Acc-no | Strain | Number of NT | Operon |
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| AF549387 | (T) | 1361 | 5 |
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| Taxonomy/phylogeny:
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| Reference(s):
| No. 63 |
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