Taylorella equigenitalis

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Taylorella equigenitalis
Systematics
Department : Proteobacteria
Class : Betaproteobacteria
Order : Burkholderiales
Family : Alcaligenaceae
Genre : Taylorella
Type : Taylorella equigenitalis
Scientific name
Taylorella equigenitalis
(Taylor et al., 1983) Sugimoto et al., 1984

Taylorella equigenitalis is a species of the genus Taylorella from the family of Alcaligenaceae , which belongs to the order Burkholderiales .

It causes the sexually transmitted disease in horses, contagious uterine inflammation of the horse .

features

Like all proteobacteria, Taylorella equigenitalis is gram negative . The shape of the cells is cocoid to rod-shaped. The bacterium has no flagella, it cannot actively move. Furthermore, it is not viable without oxygen, so it is obligatory aerobic .

The oxidase test is positive and catalase is also produced. The optimal temperature for cultivation in the laboratory is 37 ° C. After 48 hours round, shiny colonies with a smooth surface form. The color of the colonies is greyish and can later change to yellow-brown.

Systematics

Taylorella equigenitalis type species of the genus. Originally the species was referred to as Haemophilus equigenitali ( Pasteurellaceae ) and assigned to the gamma proteobacteria . Due to studies of the DNA it was later placed as Taylorella equigenitalis in the family Alcaligenaceae of the Betaproteobacteria . There is a close phylogenetic relationship within the family to the species Alcaligenes xylosoxidans and Bordetella bronchiseptica . The latter is also an important causative agent of various animal diseases.

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  1. ^ Hans-Jürgen Busse, Georg Auling: Family III. Alcaligenaceae. In: George M. Garrity (Ed.): Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology . 2nd edition, Volume 2: The Proteobacteria. Part C: The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteabacteria. Springer, New York 2005, ISBN 0-387-24145-0 .

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