| Species/Subspecies: | Arcobacter butzleri | ||||||||
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| Etymology: | Genus name: bent rod.
Species epithet: named after the Belgian microbiologist J-P Butzler. | ||||||||
| Significance: | [Of minor importance] | ||||||||
| Taxonomy: | Class Epsilonproteobacteria Order Campylobacterales Family Campylobacteraceae Genus Arcobacter |
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| Type Strain: | D2686 = ATCC 49616 = CCUG 30485 = NCTC 12481 | ||||||||
| Macromorphology (smell): | |||||||||
| Micromorphology: | Motile bent rod (0.2-0.4 x 1.0-3.0 µm) | ||||||||
| Gram +/Gram -: | G- | ||||||||
| Metabolism: | Oxygen tolerant | ||||||||
| Catalase/Oxidase: | +/? | ||||||||
| Other Enzymes: | DNase +, urease - | ||||||||
| Biochemical Tests: | Hydrogensulfide (H2S) +, methyl red -, Voges-Proskauer - | ||||||||
| Fermentation of carbohydrates: | Arcobacter spp. cannot ferment or oxidize carbohydrates. | ||||||||
| Spec. Char.: | Temperature optimum: 25-30°C | ||||||||
| Hosts: | Cattle, pigs, humans | ||||||||
| Disease: | diarrhea, abortion | ||||||||
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| Taxonomy/phylogeny:
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Genus Arcobacter consists of about 20 species and is closely related to the following genera: Campylobacter and Helicobacter. | ||||||||
| Updated: | 2016-05-04 |