Pasteurella testudinis

Pasteurella testudinis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Pasteurellales
Family: Pasteurellaceae
Genus: Pasteurella
Species:
P. testudinis
Binomial name
Pasteurella testudinis
Snipes and Biberstein 1982[1]

Pasteurella testudinis is a Gram-negative, nonmotile, rod-shaped species of bacteria from the family Pasteurellaceae. Strains of this species were isolated from desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizi).[1]

Pasteurella testudinis may be pathogenic in tortoises.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 SNIPES, K. P.; BIBERSTEIN, E. L. (1 April 1982). "Pasteurella testudinis sp. nov.: A Parasite of Desert Tortoises (Gopherus agassizi)". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 32 (2): 201–210. doi:10.1099/00207713-32-2-201.
  2. ↑ Dickinson, Vanessa M.; Duck, Timothy; Schwalbe, Cecil R.; Jarchow, James L.; Trueblood, Mark H. (April 2001). "NASAL AND CLOACAL BACTERIA IN FREE-RANGING DESERT TORTOISES FROM THE WESTERN UNITED STATES". Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 37 (2): 252–257. doi:10.7589/0090-3558-37.2.252.
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