Campylobacter fetus Sebald and Veron 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)
General information
Name
Campylobacter fetus
Basonym
'Vibrio fetus' Smith and Taylor 1919
Valid publication
1980
Effective publication
1963
Nomenclature type
ATCC 27374
;CCTM La3023;CCUG 6823 A
;CECT 564;CIP 53.96;CIP 5396;DSM 5361
;JCM 2527
;LMG 6442
;LMG 8849
;NCTC 10842;NIAH 1049
Etymology
L. n. <i>fetus</i> -<i>us</i>, young, offspring, fruit; L. gen. n. <i>fetus</i>, of a fetus.
Ecology
Source
isolate from animals and human clinical specimens.
Morphology
Cells are non-spore-forming, slender curved rods (0.2-0.3 × 1.5-5 µm). They appear comma-, S-, and gull-shaped. The ends of the cells are pointed. Loosely wound spiral filaments up to 8 µm long appear in old cultures. Spherical or coccoid forms are also found in old cultures especially when grown on agar plates. Very actively motile with a characteristic darting and corkscrewlike motion. Motility and rotation of the cells are so rapid the curvature of the cells may be overlooked. Several types of colonies are found on agar on primary isolation. Smooth colonies, the most frequently found, are small, 0.5 mm in diameter, round, slightly raised, smooth, colorless, and slightly translucent. "Cut-glass" colonies are 1 mm in diameter, round, raised, translucent, and granular with reflecting facets. Rough colonies are rare and similar to smooth colonies with the exception of being granular and more opaque. Mucoid colonies are similar to smooth and cut-glass colonies but are electrophoresis does not separate the two taxa.
Morphology standardized
cell shape | length | width |
---|---|---|
rod | 1.5-5 | 0.2-0.3 |
motility |
---|
- |
Physiology
Nutrition type
chemoorganotroph
GC
GC_content |
---|
32-36 |
Gram
staining |
---|
negative |
Growth temperature
range |
---|
35.0-37.0 |
C/N source
positive results | |
---|---|
fumarate | formate |
negative results | |||
---|---|---|---|
starch | gelatin | tyrosine | casein |
Biochemistry
Fattyacids
Name | Account |
---|---|
C18:1 ω7c/12t/9t | 27.5 |
C16:0 3-OH | 6 |
C16:1 ω7c | 15.7 |
C16:0 | 23.6 |
C14:0 3-OH and/or iso-C16:1 I | 12.4 |
C14:0 | 9.7 |
Nitrate rdc
+
Enzymology
Enzyme | Activity |
---|---|
oxidase | + |
Taxonomy marker
Genomics
Submitter date: 2016/10/13 00:00 Update date: 2016/10/21 00:00
Source
Centro de Pesquisas Rene Rachou
Coverage
36.23
Assembly status
Contig
Assembly class
haploid
Strain List
References
1
Smith, T. and M.S. Taylor. Some Morphological and Biological Characters of the Spirilla (Vibro fetus, n. sp.) associated with disease of the fetal membranes in cattle. J. Exp. Med. (1919) 30:299-311.[DOI:10.1084/jem.30.4.299]
2
Sebald, M., and Veron, M. Teneur en bases de lADN et classification des vibrions. Ann. Inst. Pasteur (1963) 105:897-910.
3
Skerman, V.B.D., McGowan, V., and Sneath, P.H.A. (editors). Approved lists of bacterial names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1980) 30:225-420.[DOI:10.1099/00207713-30-1-225]
Note
The fatty acid profile of Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus CCUG 6823 A T is from the CCUG homepage (http://www.ccug.se/default.cfm?navID=1).