Campylobacter majalis & Campylobacter suis
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Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Pseudomonadota (Proteobacteria), Class Epsilonproteobacteria, Order Campylobacterales, Family Campylobacteraceae,
Genus Campylobacter,
- Campylobacter majalis Lynch et al. 2022;
- Campylobacter suis Lynch et al. 2022.
Gram-negative. Presumably motile. Non-spore-forming.
Growth occurs on mCCDA at both 37 and 42 ºC under microaerobic conditions and at
37 ºC under anaerobic conditions. No growth at 30 ºC under microaerobic conditions.
No growth on 2% (w/v) NaCl, 1% (w/v) glycine or 0.04% (w/v) TTC.
Isolated from porcine gastrointestinal mucosa.
Undetermined.
- Miller WG, Chapman MH, Williams TG, Wood DF, Bono JL, Kelly DJ. Campylobacter californiensis sp. nov., isolated from cattle
and feral swine. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6524.
- Wang H, Gu Y, He L, Sun L, Zhou G, Chen X, Zhang X, Shao Z, Zhang J, Zhang M. Phenotypic and Genomic Characteristics of
Campylobacter gastrosuis sp. nov. Isolated from the Stomachs of Pigs in Beijing. Microorganisms 2023; 11:0.
Negative results for catalase, hippurate hydrolysis, indoxyl acetate hydrolysis, nitrate
reduction, oxidase, selenite reduction and urease.
H2S production on TSI is positive for C. majalis and negative for C. suis.
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