Species/Subspecies: | Campylobacter hyointestinalis subsp. lawsonii | ||||||||
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Category: | Causes hemolysis | ||||||||
Etymology: | Genus name: a curved rod. Species epithet: from a hog's intestine. Subspecies epithet: in honor of the Brittish bacteriologist Gordon H.K. Lawson. | ||||||||
Significance: | [Of minor importance] | ||||||||
Taxonomy: | Class Campylobacteria Order Campylobacterales Family Campylobacteraceae Genus Campylobacter |
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Type Strain: | CHY 5 = CCUG 34538 = NCTC 12901. | ||||||||
Macromorphology (smell): | Small circular and convex colonies (1.5-2.0 mm in diameter) after 48 h. Many strains give hemolysis on blld agar. | ||||||||
Micromorphology: | Loosely spiraled and bent rods (0.2 x 1.42 µm. | ||||||||
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. | ||||||||
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Reservoir: | Pig | ||||||||
Disease: | The bacterium has been isolated from the stomach of pigs, but pathogenicity has not been shown. |
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Hosts: | Pig? | ||||||||
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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. hyointestinalis is closely related to C. fetus and C. coli. | ||||||||
Updated: | 2023-03-22 |
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