Biology:Mannheimia varigena

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Short description: Species of bacterium

Mannheimia varigena
Scientific classification
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Gamma Proteobacteria
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Pasteurellales
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M. varigena

Angen et al. 1999

Mannheimia varigena is a bacterium, predominantly encountered in ruminants and historically classified within the former bacterial Pasteurella haemolytica complex, a group of bacteria involved in bovine respiratory disease (BRD) .[1] It is pathogenic.[2][3]

References

  1. Angen, O.; Mutters, R.; Caugant, D. A.; Olsen, J. E.; Bisgaard, M. (1999). "Taxonomic relationships of the [Pasteurella] haemolytica complex as evaluated by DNA-DNA hybridizations and 16S rRNA sequencing with proposal of Mannheimia haemolytica gen. nov., comb, nov., Mannheimia granulomatis comb. nov., Mannheimia glucosida sp. nov., Mannheimia ruminalis sp. nov. and Mannheimia varigena sp. nov.". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 49 (1): 67–86. doi:10.1099/00207713-49-1-67. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 10028248. 
  2. Poulsen, Louise L; Reinert, Turið M; Sand, Rikke L; Bisgaard, Magne; Christensen, Henrik; Olsen, John E; Stuen, Snorre; Bojesen, Anders M (2006). "Occurrence of haemolytic Mannheimia spp. in apparently healthy sheep in Norway". Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 48 (1): 19. doi:10.1186/1751-0147-48-19. ISSN 1751-0147. PMID 17076903. 
  3. "Fatal meningitis in a calf caused by Mannheimia varigena". Research in Veterinary Science 77 (3): 187–8. December 2004. doi:10.1016/j.rvsc.2004.04.002. PMID 15276768. 

Further reading

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q16985138 entry