Pasteurella lymphangitidis explained

Pasteurella lymphangitidis is a bacterium; it causes bovine lymphangitis.^[1] Its reclassification to Yersinia has been proposed, given it poses a 99% sequence similarity to both Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and Yersinia pestis.^[2]

Further reading

• Gautier . Anne-Lise . etal . 2005 . Rapid and accurate identification of human isolates of Pasteurella and related species by sequencing the sodA gene . Journal of Clinical Microbiology . 43 . 5. 2307–2314 . 10.1128/jcm.43.5.2307-2314.2005. 15872260 . 1153776 . 10.1.1.319.8628 .
• Catry. Boudewijn. Baele. Margo. Opsomer. Geert. de Kruif. Aart. Decostere. Annemie. Haesebrouck. Freddy. tRNA-intergenic spacer PCR for the identification of Pasteurella and Mannheimia spp.. Veterinary Microbiology. March 2004. 98. 3–4. 251–260. 10.1016/j.vetmic.2003.10.027. 15036534.

External links

• • LPSN
• Type strain of Pasteurella lymphangitidis at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. Sneath. P. H. A.. Stevens. M.. Actinobacillus rossii sp. nov., Actinobacillus seminis sp. nov., nom. rev., Pasteurella bettii sp. nov., Pasteurella lymphangitidis sp. nov., Pasteurella mairi sp. nov., and Pasteurella trehalosi sp. nov.. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 40. 2. 1990. 148–153. 0020-7713. 10.1099/00207713-40-2-148. 2223608. free.
2. Olivier Gaillot. Olivier Gaillot. Olivier Lemenand. Olivier Lemenand. Michael Marceau. Michael Marceau. Michel Simonet. Michel Simonet. amp . Proposed reclassification of Pasteurella lymphangitidis Sneath & Stevens 1990 as Yersinia pseudotuberculosis . . August 2013 . 10.1099/ijs.0.051524-0 . 23919959 . 63 . Pt 10 . 3927–9. free.