Biology:Actinobacillus minor

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Short description: Species of bacterium

Actinobacillus minor
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Pasteurellales
Family: Pasteurellaceae
Genus: Actinobacillus
Species:
A. minor
Binomial name
Actinobacillus minor
Møller et al., 1996
Type strain
CIP 105314, CCUG 38923, DSM 113419

Actinobacillus minor is a species of Gram-negative, nonmotile, non-spore-forming bacteria within the family Pasteurellaceae. It was first described by Møller and colleagues in 1996 following its isolation from the upper respiratory tract of pigs.[1]

Taxonomy

Actinobacillus minor was differentiated from closely related species such as Actinobacillus lignieresii and Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing, DNA-DNA hybridization, and phenotypic characteristics.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Møller, K.; Kilian, M.; Sorensen, C. M. (1996). "Taxonomy of the Actinobacillus lignieresii-Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae-Haemophilus-Pasteurella group, with the proposal of Actinobacillus porcitonsillarum sp. nov. and Actinobacillus minor sp. nov.". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 46 (4): 951–956. doi:10.1099/00207713-46-4-951. 

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