Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Proteobacteria => Gammaproteobacteria => Pasteurellales => Pasteurellaceae => Mannheimia => Mannheimia ruminalis Angen,
Mutters, Caugant, Olsen and Bisgaard 1999.
Two distinct phenotypic groups: biovar 1 (do not ferment maltose or dextrin, show variable reactions for fermentation of D-Sorbitol
and D-xylose and correspond to Bisgaard Taxon 18 biovars 1 and 3 , Bisgaard et al., 1986) and biovar 2 (ferment maltose and dextrin
and correspond to M. haemolytica biogroup 8D, Angen et al., 1997).
Historical synonyms: Actinobacillus lignieresii (Phillips, 1961,1964, 1966), Bisgaard Taxon 18 biovars 1 and 3 ( Bisgaard et al., 1986)
and M. haemolytica biogrup 8D ( Angen et al., 1997)
Cells are Gram-negative, nonmotile, small rods or coccobacilli .
Regular, smooth, and graysh on blood agar; 1-2 mm in diameter, non-hemolytic
colonies. Growth on MacConkey is variable.
Isolated from the rumen of sheep or cattle.
Virulence factors have not been described. Not associated with disease.
- Mutters R., Angen Ø., Bisgaard M. 2004.Genus V. Mannheimia. In: Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Second edition,
Vol two, part B, George M. Garrity (Editor-in-Chief), pp. 907-911.
- 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.
Nitrates reduction, alkaline phosphatase, catalase, mannitol, D(-) fructose, D(+)
galactose, D(+) glucose (acid), ONPG, sucrose (saccharose) & lactose = positive.
Gelatinase, H2S (TSI), Voges-Proskauer, urease, arginine dehydrolase, lysine
decarboxylase, ornithine decarboxylase, indole, xylitol, L(+) arabinose, L(-) xylose,
dulcitol, meso-inositol, D(+) melibiose, trehalose, D(+) mannose, L(-) sorbose, inulin,
esculin, α-glucosidase (PNPG) & gas from D(+) glucose = negative.
Oxidase, glycerol, D(-) arabinose, D(-) sorbitol, L(-) fucose, raffinose & salicin = variable.
Biovar 1 - maltose & dextrin negative. Biovar 2 is maltose & dextrin positive.
(c) Costin Stoica