Mannheimia varigena

Mannheimia varigena is a bacterium, predominantly encountered in ruminants and historically classified within the former bacterial Pasteurella haemolytica complex, a group of bacteria involved in bovine respiratory disease (BRD) .[1] It is pathogenic.[2][3]

Mannheimia varigena
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Proteobacteria
Class:
Gamma Proteobacteria
Order:
Pasteurellales
Family:
Pasteurellaceae
Genus:
Mannheimia
Species:
M. varigena

Angen et al. 1999

References
  1. Angen, O.; Mutters, R.; Caugant, D. A.; Olsen, J. E.; Bisgaard, M. (1999). "Taxonomic relationships of the [Pasteurella] haemolytica complex as evaluated by DNA-DNA hybridizations and 16S rRNA sequencing with proposal of Mannheimia haemolytica gen. nov., comb, nov., Mannheimia granulomatis comb. nov., Mannheimia glucosida sp. nov., Mannheimia ruminalis sp. nov. and Mannheimia varigena sp. nov". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 49 (1): 67–86. doi:10.1099/00207713-49-1-67. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 10028248.
  2. Poulsen, Louise L; Reinert, Turið M; Sand, Rikke L; Bisgaard, Magne; Christensen, Henrik; Olsen, John E; Stuen, Snorre; Bojesen, Anders M (2006). "Occurrence of haemolytic Mannheimia spp. in apparently healthy sheep in Norway". Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica. 48 (1): 19. doi:10.1186/1751-0147-48-19. ISSN 1751-0147. PMC 1949873. PMID 17076903.
  3. Catry B, Opsomer G, Decostere A, Feyen B, de Kruif A, Haesebrouck F (December 2004). "Fatal meningitis in a calf caused by Mannheimia varigena". Research in Veterinary Science. 77 (3): 187–8. doi:10.1016/j.rvsc.2004.04.002. PMC 7130721. PMID 15276768.

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