Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Proteobacteria => Gammaproteobacteria => Pasteurellales => Pasteurellaceae => Pasteurella => Pasteurella canis Mutters, Ihm,
Pohl, Frederiksen and Mannheim 1985
Non-motile, Gram-negative, coccoid to pleomorphic rods , singly or grouped in short chains or filamentous forms
Colony morphology resembles that of P. multocida biotype 1, usually reach a
diameter of 1 mm.
Nonhemolytic, V-factor independent, optimum temperature is 36 ºC. Do not grow on
MacConkey agar.
Biotype 1 is recovered mainly from the oral cavities of dogs and from dog-bite wounds in humans; biotype 2 have been isolated from
pneumonia from calves
Have been isolated from the lungs of calves with pneumonia (biotype 2) and from dog-bite wounds in humans (biotype 1).
- R. Mutters, H. Christensen, M. Bisgaard, 2004.Genus I.Pasteurella . In: Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Second
edition,Vol two, part B, George M. Garrity (Editor-in-Chief), pp. 857-866.
- W.M. Janda, R. Mutters , 2006. Pasteurella, Mannheimia, Actinobacillus, Eikenella, Kingella, Capnocytophaga, and other
miscellaneous Gram-negative rods. In: Topley & Wilson’s Microbiology and Microbial Infections, 10 edition, Vol. 2,
Bacteriology, Edward Arnold Ltd.
- J. G.Holt et al., 1994.Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 9-edition, Williams & Wilkins.
Nitrates reduction, oxidase, alkaline phosphatase, catalase, ornithine decarboxylase,
D(-) fructose, D(+) galactose, D(+) glucose, D(+) mannose & sucrose (saccharose)
positive.
Gelatinase, H2S (TSI), Voges-Proskauer, urease, arginine dehydrolase, lysine
decarboxylase, glycerol, xylitol, L(+) arabinose, D(-)arabinose, dulcitol, meso-inositol,
mannitol, D(-) sorbitol, L(-) fucose, D(+) glucose-gas, L(+) rhamnose, L(-) sorbose, D
(+)xylose, cellobiose, lactose, ONPG, maltose, D(+) melibiose, raffinose, dextrin,
inulin, esculin & salicin negative.
Trehalose, α-glucosidase (PNPG) variable.
Indole reaction is positive for biotype 1 and negative for biotype 2.
(c) Costin Stoica