| Species/Subspecies: | Campylobacter jejuni subsp. doylei | ||||||||
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| Category: | Primarily of interest in human medicin | ||||||||
| Etymology: | Genus name: a curved rod. Species epithet: of jejunum (the middle part of the small intestine). Subspecies epithet: named in honor of the American veterinarian L.P. Doyle. | ||||||||
| Significance: | [Important] | ||||||||
| Taxonomy: | Class Campylobacteria Order Campylobacterales Family Campylobacteraceae Genus Campylobacter |
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| Type Strain: | 093 = ATCC 49349= CCUG 24567 = NCTC 11951. | ||||||||
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| Gram +/Gram -: | G - | ||||||||
| Metabolism: | Microaerophilic | ||||||||
| Catalase/Oxidase: | (+)/+ | ||||||||
| Other Enzymes: | Hippuricase + (hippurate +), urease -. | ||||||||
| Fermentation of carbohydrates: | Campylobacter spp. can neither ferment nor oxidize carbohydrates. | ||||||||
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| Disease: | Bacteremia, diarrhea, food-borne gastroenteritis. |
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| Hosts: | Humans | ||||||||
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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. jejuni is closely related to C. lari and C. volucris. | ||||||||
| Updated: | 2023-03-22 |