Category:Actinobacillus species
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Overview
- Mainly pathogens of farm animals
- Commensals of mucosa of upper respiratory tract and oral cavity
- Cannot survive long in the environment, therefore carrier animals are important in their transmission
- Cause granulomatous inflammation
Actinobacillus characteristics
- Small Gram negative coccobacilli
- Oxidase negative
- Do not grow on MacConkey
- Non-motile
- Facultative anaerobes which ferment carbohydrates to produce acid
Pages in category "Actinobacillus species"
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