Pasteurella testudinis
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| Class: | Gamma Proteobacteria
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| Genus: | Pasteurella
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| Species: | Pasteurella testudinis Snipes and Biberstein 1982[1]
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Pasteurella testudinis is a Gram-negative, nonmotile, rod-shaped species of bacteria belonging to the Pasteurellaceae family. Strains of this species were isolated from desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizi).[1]
P. testudinis may be pathogenic in tortoises.[2]
References
- ^ a b SNIPES, K. P.; BIBERSTEIN, E. L. (1 April 1982). "Pasteurella testudinis sp. nov.: A Parasite of Desert Tortoises (Gopherus agassizi)". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 32 (2): 201–210. doi:10.1099/00207713-32-2-201.
- ^ Dickinson, Vanessa M.; Duck, Timothy; Schwalbe, Cecil R.; Jarchow, James L.; Trueblood, Mark H. (April 2001). "NASAL AND CLOACAL BACTERIA IN FREE-RANGING DESERT TORTOISES FROM THE WESTERN UNITED STATES". Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 37 (2): 252–257. doi:10.7589/0090-3558-37.2.252.
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