Ornithobacterium Vandamme et al. 1994
General information
Name
Ornithobacterium
Valid publication
1994
Nomenclature type
Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale
Etymology
Gr. n. <i>ornis</i> -<i>ithos</i>, bird; L. neut. n. <i>bacterium</i>, rod; N.L. neut. n. <i>Ornithobacterium</i>, bird bacterium, because it was first isolated from birds.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Omithobacterium cells are gram-negative, nonmotile, nonsporulating, short, plump rods with chemoorganotrophic, mesophilic metabolism. Omithobacterium strains grow under various atmospheric conditions at temperatures between 30 and 42°C. Colonies are not pigmented on common growth media. Menaquinone 7 is the sole respiratory quinone. The branched fatty acids 15:0 iso, 15:0 iso 3OH, and 17:0 iso 3OH are the major fatty acid components. The DNA base composition ranges from 37 to 39 mol% G+C.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
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M02050401040B001 | Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale | Species | 28251 |
References
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Vandamme, P., Segers, P., Vancanneyt, M., van Hove, K., Mutters, R., Hommez, J., Dewhirst, F., Paster, B., Kersters, K., Falsen, E., Devriese, L.A., Bisgaard, M., Hinz, K.H., and Mannheim, W. Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale gen. nov., sp. nov., isolatedfrom the avian respiratory tract. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1994) 44:24-37.[DOI:10.1099/00207713-44-1-24]
[PMID:8123560]