Neisseria animaloris
| Neisseria animaloris | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Betaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Neisseriales |
| Family: | Neisseriaceae |
| Genus: | Neisseria |
| Species: | N. animaloris
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| Binomial name | |
| Neisseria animaloris Vandamme et al. 2006
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Neisseria animaloris, formerly named CDC group EF-4a, is a gram-negative coccoid rod. The bacterium is a commensal of the upper respiratory tract of cats and dogs, and they may cause pulmonary infections in cat.[1] In humans Neisseria animaloris have been reported to cause wound infection after animal bites but also chronic otitis media, bacteremia and endophtalmitis.[2][3][4]
On blood agar colonies are haemolytic yellowish white, opaque, shiny and smooth. They are oxidase and catalase-positive but indol negative and as a distinct characteristic N amimaloris is arginine dihydrolase positive. Unlike most other Neisseria species N animaloris grows on McConkey agar.[5][6]
References
- ^ Ceyssens, K.; Devriese, L. A.; Maenhout, T. (1989-01-12). "Necrotizing Pneumonia in Cats Associated with Infection by EF-4a Bacteria". Journal of Veterinary Medicine, Series B. 36 (1–10): 314–316. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0450.1989.tb00607.x. PMID 2763762.
- ^ Heydecke, Anna; Andersson, Birgitta; Holmdahl, Torsten; Melhus, Åsa (January 2013). "Human wound infections caused by Neisseria animaloris and Neisseria zoodegmatis , former CDC Group EF-4a and EF-4b". Infection Ecology & Epidemiology. 3 (1): 20312. doi:10.3402/iee.v3i0.20312. ISSN 2000-8686. PMC 3733017. PMID 23919115.
- ^ Roebuck, J. D.; Morris, J. T. (1999-11-01). "Chronic Otitis Media Due to EF-4 Bacteria". Clinical Infectious Diseases. 29 (5): 1343–1344. doi:10.1086/313464. ISSN 1058-4838. PMID 10524999.
- ^ Dul, M J; Shlaes, D M; Lerner, P I (November 1983). "EF-4 bacteremia in a patient with hepatic carcinoid". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 18 (5): 1260–1261. doi:10.1128/jcm.18.5.1260-1261.1983. ISSN 0095-1137. PMC 272878. PMID 6643671.
- ^ Vandamme, Peter; Holmes, Barry; Bercovier, Hervé; Coenye, Tom (2006-08-01). "Classification of Centers for Disease Control Group Eugonic Fermenter (EF)-4a and EF-4b as Neisseria animaloris sp. nov. and Neisseria zoodegmatis sp. nov., respectively". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 56 (8): 1801–1805. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64142-0. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 16902011.
- ^ Warnock, David (2019). Manual of Clinical Microbiology (12th ed.). Washington DC: ASM Press. p. 649. ISBN 978-1-555-81983-5.
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