Actinobacillus

Taxobox
color = lightgrey
name = "Haemophilus"
regnum = Bacteria
phylum = Proteobacteria
classis = Gamma Proteobacteria
ordo = Pasteurellales
familia = Pasteurellaceae
genus = "Actinobacillus"
genus_authority = Brumpt 1910
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "A. actinomycetemcomitans"
"A. arthritidis "
"A. capsulatus"
"A. delphinicola "
"A. equuli"
"A. hominis"
"A. indolicus"
"A. lignieresii"
"A. minor"
"A. muris"
"A. pleuropneumoniae"
"A. porcinus"
"A. rossii"
"A. scotiae"
"A. seminis"
"A. succinogenes"
"A. suis"
"A. ureae"

"Actinobacillus" is a genus of gram-negative, immotile and nonspore-forming, oval to rod-shaped bacteria occurring as parasites or pathogens in mammals, birds, and reptiles.cite book |author= Chung et al|year=2008|chapter= Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae|title=Pasteurellaceae: Biology, Genomics and Molecular Aspects|publisher=Caister Academic Press|id= ISBN 978-1-904455-34-9] It is a member of the "Pasteurellaceae" family.cite book | author = Kuhnert P; Christensen H (editors). | title = Pasteurellaceae: Biology, Genomics and Molecular Aspects | publisher = Caister Academic Press | year = 2008 | id = ISBN 978-1-904455-34-9 ] The bacteria are facultatively aerobic, capable of fermenting carbohydrates (without production of gas) and of reducing nitrates. The genomic DNA contains between 40 and 47 mol % guanine plus cytosine.

"Actinobacillus (Pasteurella) ureae" and "A. hominis" occur in the respiratory tract of healthy humans and may be involved in the pathogenesis of sinusitis, bronchopneumonia, and meningitis. "Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans" occurs in the human oral microfloracite book | author = Rogers A H (editor). | title = Molecular Oral Microbiology | publisher = Caister Academic Press | year = 2008 | id = ISBN 978-1-904455-24-0 ] , and together with anaerobic or capnophilic organisms may cause endocarditis in the upper alimentary tract. Actinobacilli are susceptible to most antibiotics of the beta-lactam family, aminoglycosides, tetracyclines, chloramphenicol, and many other antibacterial chemotherapeutics.

ee also

* Pasteurellaceae
* Oral microbiology

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