| Species/Subspecies: | Campylobacter coli | ||||||||
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| Categories: | Zoonotic; motile; notifiable diseases and bacteria | ||||||||
| Etymology: | Genus name: a curved rod. Species epithet: of the colon. | ||||||||
| Significance: | [Very important] | ||||||||
| Alternative Species Name(s): | Vibrio coli | ||||||||
| Taxonomy: | Class Epsilonproteobacteria Order Campylobacterales Family Campylobacteraceae Genus Campylobacter |
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| Type Strain: | ATCC 33559 = CCUG 11283 och 14540 = NCTC 11366. | ||||||||
| Macromorphology (smell):
| Non-hemolytic, greyish and slightly pink small colonies (1-2 mm in diameter) with a metallic sheen on blood-containing agars.
The colonies can be larger and spread out to a continuous film and swarm on moist agar |
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| Micromorphology: | Curved ("seagull wing-like") or helical small and motile rods (0.2-0.3 x 1.5-5.0 microns). | ||||||||
| 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.: | Thermotolerant, can grow at temperatures up to 42-43°C. Does not grow at 25°C. | ||||||||
| Special Media:
| On charcoal-based media the campylobacter colonies are greyish to white with a metallic sheen.
The colonies can be larger and spread out to a continuous film and swarm on moist agar |
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| Reservoir: | Birds and mammals (not humans) | ||||||||
| Disease: |
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| Diagnostics: | Direct culture on selective media or culture after selective enrichment. Confirmation by MALDI-TOF, PCR or other molecular methods. Biochemical tests can also be used for confirmation. | ||||||||
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| Taxonomy/phylogeny:
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About 40 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 Helicobacter. C. coli is closely related to C.jejuni, C. hyointestinalis, C. fetus and C. lari. | ||||||||
| Legislation: | Findings of thermotolerant Campylobacter in broiler are in Sweden notifiable to the Swedish Board of Agriculture and the County Administrative Board. In Sweden, human campylobacteriosis is notifiable to the Public Health Agency of Sweden. | ||||||||
| Updated: | 2023-01-04 |