Species/Subspecies: | Brachyspira aalborgi | ||||||||
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Categories: | Causes hemolysis; motile; primarily of interest in human medicin | ||||||||
Etymology: | Genus name: short spiral Species epithet: from Aalborg. | ||||||||
Significance: | [Of minor importance] | ||||||||
Taxonomy: | Class Spirochaetia Order Brachyspirales Family Brachyspiraceae Genus Brachyspira |
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Type Strain: | 513A | ||||||||
Macromorphology (smell): | Weak hemolysis on blood agar. | ||||||||
Micromorphology: | Thin (0.2 x 1.7-6 µm), spiral shaped and motile. Have 8-10 periplasmic flagella (endoflagella or (axial filaments) per cell. | ||||||||
Gram +/Gram -: | G- (Uppträder som G-, men har en annan typ av cellvägg). | ||||||||
Metabolism: | Anaerobic, but aerotolerant. | ||||||||
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Other Enzymes: | Tryptophanase -, α-galactosidase -, β-glucosidase - | ||||||||
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Disease: | Human intestinal spirocheaetosis (HIS). |
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Hosts: | Human | ||||||||
Clinical Picture: | Chronic diarrhoea, rectal bleeding and abdominal pain. | ||||||||
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Taxonomy/phylogeny:
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Seven species with standing in nomenclature has been described within genus Brachyspira. About 10 additional species have been reported, but their names have not been approved. Some of these species have been included in the phylogenetic trees and their names are given within quotation marks (see Fig. 97:5 and 6). All species within the genus Brachyspira are very closely related, but "B. corvi", B. aalborgi and B. pilosicoli differ significantly from the other species. | ||||||||
Updated: | 2023-03-08 |
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