| Species/Subspecies: | Arcobacter skirrowii | ||||||||
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| Etymology: | Genus name: bent rod.
Species epithet: in honor of the British microbiologist Martin B. Skirrow, who was the first to describe a simple isolation method for Campylobacter jejuni. | ||||||||
| Significance: | [Of minor importance] | ||||||||
| Taxonomy: | Class Epsilonproteobacteria Order Campylobacterales Family Campylobacteraceae Genus Arcobacter |
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| Type Strain: | Skirrow 449/80 = ATCC 51132= CCUG 10374 = NCTC 12713. | ||||||||
| Macromorphology (smell): | |||||||||
| Micromorphology: | Small bent rods (0.2-0.4 x 1-3 µm) with one polar flagellum and with rapid darting motility. | ||||||||
| Gram +/Gram -: | G - | ||||||||
| Metabolism: | Microaerophilic | ||||||||
| Catalase/Oxidase: | +/? | ||||||||
| Other Enzymes: | Hippuricase -, urease - | ||||||||
| Biochemical Tests: | Methyl red -, Voges-Proskauer - | ||||||||
| Fermentation of carbohydrates: | Arcobacter spp. cannot ferment or oxidize carbohydrates. | ||||||||
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| Hosts: | Cattle, sheep and pigs. | ||||||||
| Disease: | Is present in prepuce and has been isolated from aborted foetuses. Pathogenicity has not been proved. | ||||||||
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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 |