Biology:Lawsonia intracellularis

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Short description: Species of bacterium


Lawsonia intracellularis
Scientific classification
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Lawsonia
Species:
L. intracellularis
Binomial name
Lawsonia intracellularis
McOrist et al. 1995

Lawsonia intracellularis is a species of bacterium. It is obligately intracellular and was isolated from intestines of pigs with proliferative enteropathy disease.[1]

Pathogenicity

Lawsonia intracellularis is highly pathogenic. The species has been associated with outbreaks of bacterial infection-associated protein losing enteropathy in horses.[2][3]

References

  1. McORIST, S.; Gebhart, C. J.; Boid, R.; Barns, S. M. (1995). "Characterization of Lawsonia intracellularis gen. nov., sp. nov., the Obligately Intracellular Bacterium of Porcine Proliferative Enteropathy". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 45 (4): 820–825. doi:10.1099/00207713-45-4-820. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 7547305. 
  2. "An outbreak of Lawsonia intracellularis infection in a standardbred herd in Ontario". The Canadian Veterinary Journal 48 (9): 927–30. September 2007. PMID 17966333. 
  3. Bihr TP (January 2003). "Protein-losing enteropathy caused by Lawsonia intracellularis in a weanling foal". The Canadian Veterinary Journal 44 (1): 65–6. PMID 12619560. 

Further reading

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q16992002 entry