| Species/Subspecies: | Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus | ||||||||
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| Category: | Motile | ||||||||
| Etymology: | Genus name: a curved rod. Species epithet: of a fruit. Subspecies epithet: see Species epithet. | ||||||||
| Significance: | [Very important] | ||||||||
| Old Species Name(s): | Vibrio fetus | ||||||||
| Taxonomy: | Class Epsilonproteobacteria Order Campylobacterales Family Campylobacteraceae Genus Campylobacter |
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| Type Strain: | ATCC 27374 = CCUG 6823 A = NCTC 10842. | ||||||||
| Macromorphology (smell): | Small colorless to cream-colored colonies (about 1 mm in diameter). | ||||||||
| Micromorphology: | Curved or helical rod (0.2-0.3 x 1.5-5.0 µm). Highly motile with a corkscrew-like motion. | ||||||||
| Gram +/Gram -: | G- | ||||||||
| Metabolism: | Microaerophilic | ||||||||
| Catalase/Oxidase: | +/+ | ||||||||
| Other Enzymes: | Hippuricase - (= hippurat -), urease - | ||||||||
| Biochemical Tests: | Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) + | ||||||||
| Fermentation of carbohydrates: | Campylobacter spp. can neither ferment nor oxidize carbohydrates. | ||||||||
| Spec. Char.: | Optimal growth temperature: about 37°C. | ||||||||
| Disease: | Abortion, enteritis |
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| Hosts: | Cattle, sheep | ||||||||
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About 25 species have been described within in the genus Campylobacter and some of these are further divided into subspecies. This genus is closely related to the following genera: Sulfurospirillum, Arcobacter and Helcobacter. C. fetus is closely related to C.jejuni, C. hyointestinalis, C. coli and C. lari. | ||||||||
| Updated: | 2020-09-27 |