Species/Subspecies: | Yersinia enterocolitica subsp. enterocolitica | ||||||||||||
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Categories: | Zoonotic; motile | ||||||||||||
Etymology: | Genus name: named after the French bacteriologist A.J.E. Yersin, who in 1894 first isolated the bacterium, which causes the plague. Species epithet: refers to intestine and colon. Subspecies epithet: see Species epithet. | ||||||||||||
Significance: | [Very important] | ||||||||||||
Taxonomy: | Class Gammaproteobacteria Order Enterobacterales Family Yersiniaceae Genus Yersinia |
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Type Strain: | ATCC 9610 = CCUG 11291 och 12369 = NCTC 12982. | ||||||||||||
Macromorphology (smell):
| Forms small greyish colonies, which do not produce hemolysis on blood agar. | ||||||||||||
Micromorphology: | Motile rods (0.5-0.8 x 1-3 µm) with peritrichous flagella. | ||||||||||||
Gram +/Gram -: | G- | ||||||||||||
Metabolism: | Fakultatively anaerobic | ||||||||||||
Catalase/Oxidase: | +/- | ||||||||||||
Other Enzymes: | Ornithine decarboxylase +, tryptophanase (-) and urease (+) | ||||||||||||
Fermentation of carbohydrates: | Glucose (gas) -, Lactose -, Mannitol +, Rhamnose -, Sorbitol + och Suc +. Cf. other Yersinia spp. | ||||||||||||
Spec. Char.: | Psychrotrophic | ||||||||||||
Special Media:
| Small (1-2 mm in diameter) translucent colonies, which become dark red in the centre ("bull's eye") on CIN-agar. | ||||||||||||
Reservoir: | Pig | ||||||||||||
Disease: |
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Genome Sequence: |
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Taxonomy/phylogeny:
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Within the genus Yersinia, 20 species have been described, all species belong to the family Enterobacteriaceae. | ||||||||||||
Legislation: | Y. enterocolitica belongs to category B as a potential bioterrorism agent according to NIAID | ||||||||||||
Comment: | Mannitol and a pH indicator (neutral red) are included among other components in the CIN agar | ||||||||||||
Reference(s): | No. 21, 174 | ||||||||||||
Updated: | 2023-01-25 |
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