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Actinobacillus species (view source)

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===Overview===

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*Mainly pathogens of farm animals

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*Commensals of mucosa of upper respiratory tract and oral cavity

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*Cannot survive long in the environment, therefore carrier animals are important in their transmission

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*Oxidase negative

*Do not grow on MacConkey

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*Non-motile

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*Facultative anaerobes which ferment carbohydrates to produce acid

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