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Phylum Pseudomonadota (Proteobacteria), Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Pasteurellales, Family Pasteurellaceae, Genus
Mannheimia, Mergibacter septicus De Luca et al. 2023, type species of the genus.
Synonym: Bisgaard Taxon 40.
Mannheimia, Mergibacter septicus De Luca et al. 2023, type species of the genus.
Synonym: Bisgaard Taxon 40.
Gram-negativerods. No flagella or pili have been observed.
Colonies are beta-hemolytic, shiny, circular, and whitish-cream. Grows on 5% sheep
blood agar after 48 h of aerobic incubation at 42 ºC. No growth on MacConkey.
blood agar after 48 h of aerobic incubation at 42 ºC. No growth on MacConkey.
Isolated from brain, liver, heart, and spleen samples from common terns (Sterna hirundo).
Involved in mortality events of sea birds with evidence of septicemia.
- De Luca E, Alvarez-Narvaez S, Maboni G, Baptista RP, Nemeth NM, Niedringhaus KD, Ladner JT, Lorch JM, Koroleva G, Lovett S,
et al. Comparative Genomics Analyses Support the Reclassification of Bisgaard Taxon 40 as Mergibacter gen. nov., With
Mergibacter septicus sp. nov. as Type Species: Novel Insights Into the Phylogeny and Virulence Factors of a Pasteurellaceae
Family Member Associated With Mortality Events in Seabirds. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:667356.
Positive results for catalase, oxidase, acid production from: D-cellobiose, dextrin, D-galactose, D-glucose, D-maltose,
N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, N-acetyl-beta-D-mannosamine, N-acetyl-neuraminic acid, D-mannose, D-glucose-6-PO4, D-fructose-6-PO4,
and acetoacetic acid.
Negative results for indole production, urease, acid production from: D-mannitol, D-sorbitol (most strains), L-fucose, sucrose and
trehalose.
Variable results for acid production from D-mannose (most strains are positive).
N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, N-acetyl-beta-D-mannosamine, N-acetyl-neuraminic acid, D-mannose, D-glucose-6-PO4, D-fructose-6-PO4,
and acetoacetic acid.
Negative results for indole production, urease, acid production from: D-mannitol, D-sorbitol (most strains), L-fucose, sucrose and
trehalose.
Variable results for acid production from D-mannose (most strains are positive).
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