Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Proteobacteria => Gammaproteobacteria => Pasteurellales => Pasteurellaceae => Pasteurella => Avibacterium volantium Blackall,
Christensen, Beckenham, Blackall and Bisgaard, 2005
Basonym: Pasteurella volantium Mutters, Piechulla, Hinz and Mannheim, 1985.
Gram-negative, usually cocoid cells, non-motile
Smooth, convex, non-hemolytic colonies and may produce yellowish pigments
Mesophilic, facultatively aerobic, V-factor dependent.
Growth on MacConkey is negative.
Isolated from the wattles of domestic fowl, one strain has been isolated from human tongue.
Unknown.
- 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.
- P.J.Blackall, H.Christensen,T. Beckenham, L.Blackall and M.Bisgaard, 2005. Reclassification of Pasteurella gallinarum,
[Haemophilus] paragallinarum, Pasteurella avium and Pasteurella volantium as Avibacterium gallinarum gen. nov., comb.
nov., Avibacterium paragallinarum comb. nov., Avibacterium avium comb. nov. and Avibacterium volantium comb. nov.
International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 55, 353-362.
Nitrate reduction, oxidase, alkaline phosphatase, catalase, mannitol, fructose,
galactose, glucose (acid), mannose, ONPG, maltose, sucrose (saccharose),
trehalose, dextrin, α-glucosidase (PNPG) = positive.
Gelatinase, H2S (TSI), Voges Proskauer, urease, arginine dehydrolase, indole,
glycerol, lysine decarboxylase, xylitol, dulcitol, meso-inositol, gas from glucose,
rhamnose, sorbose, cellobiose, melibiose, raffinose, inulin, esculin, salicin =
negative.
Ornithine decarboxylase, arabinose, xylose, sorbitol, fucose, lactose = variable.
(c) Costin Stoica