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 Epsilonproteobacteria 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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Taxonomy/phylogeny:
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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 Helicobacter. C. jejuni is closely related to C. lari and C. volucris. | ||||||||
Updated: | 2020-11-05 |
News |
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New families introduced within the order Enterobacterales![]() The order Enterobacterales (formerly called Enterobacteriales) previously consisted of bacteria with different properties and phylogenetically, these bacteria were far apart. In order for the taxonomy to be more in line with phylogeny, some of these bacteria have, therefore, been sorted into 6 new families. Published 2022-04-13. Read more... |