Characterization of some previously unclassified Pasteurellaceae isolated from hamsters |
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Authors: | T Krause I Kunstý R Mutters |
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Institution: | Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Klinikum der Philipps-Universität, Pilgrimstein 2, D-3550 Marburg, FRG;*Institut für Versuchstierkunde und Zentrales Tierlaboratorium, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, D-3000 Hannover, FRG |
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Abstract: | Bacteria isolated from purulent processes on the jaws of European hamsters ( Cricetus cricetus ) and from intestinal inflammatory processes in Syrian hamsters ( Mesocricetus auratus ), bred as laboratory animals have been shown to be phenotypically similar but not identical with Pasteurella pneumotropica . Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)–DNA hybridization studies indicate that with one exception, the strains represent two new species of the family Pasteurellaceae. In the absence of a close genomic relatedness to members of the genera Actinobacillus or Pasteurella or allied organisms, however, the two new taxa are described without any formal designation. The one exception was identified as Actinobacillus capsulatus , a species not previously isolated from hamsters. |
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