| Species/Subspecies: | Glaesserella parasuis | ||||||||
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| Etymology: | Genus name: named after K. Glässer who first described the disease in pigs. Species epithet: (Haemophilus) suis-liknande. | ||||||||
| Significance: | [Important] | ||||||||
| Alternative Species Name(s): | Haemophilus parasuis | ||||||||
| Taxonomy: | Class Gammaproteobacteria Order Pasteurellales Family Pasteurellaceae Genus Glaesserella |
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| Type Strain: | ATCC 19417 = CCUG 3712 = NCTC 4557 | ||||||||
| Macromorphology (smell): | |||||||||
| Micromorphology: | Small non-motile rods | ||||||||
| Gram +/Gram -: | G- | ||||||||
| Metabolism: | Facultatively anaerobic | ||||||||
| Catalase/Oxidase: | +/(+) | ||||||||
| Other Enzymes: | Esculinase -, tryptophanase -, urease -. | ||||||||
| Biochemical Tests: | Hydrogen sulphide (H2S) V. | ||||||||
| Fermentation of carbohydrates: | D-glucose ? lactose v maltose + L-rhamnose - sucrose - L-arabinose - cellobiose - D-mannitol - salicin - trehalose - glycerol - inulin + raffinose - D-sorbitol ? starch ? |
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| Disease: | Glasser's disease. |
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| Hosts: | Pig | ||||||||
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| Taxonomy/phylogeny:
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About 2 species have been described within genus Glaesserella, but the relationship between members within the closely related genera Actinobacillus, Glaesserella, Haemophilus, Mannheimia and Pasteurella is very uncertain since only few of these genera forms monophyletic clusters.
Note that the name of this bacterium is still Haemophilus parasuis in the phylogenetic tree. |
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| Comment: | The V-factor is required for growth, but not the X-factor. | ||||||||
| Reference(s): | No. 150 | ||||||||
| Updated: | 2023-03-29 |