Pasteurella multocida
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| Pasteurella | |
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| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
| Class: | Gamma Proteobacteria |
| Order: | Pasteurellales |
| Family: | Pasteurellaceae |
| Genus: | Pasteurella |
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Pasteurella multocida |
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Pasteurella multocida is a Gram-negative, non-motile coccobacillus that is penicillin-sensitive. Pasteurella multocida often exists as a commensal in the upper respiratory tracts of many livestock, poultry, and domestic pet species, especially cats and dogs.
Pasteurella multocida was first found in 1878 in fowl cholera-infected birds. However, it was not isolated until 1880, by Louis Pasteur - the man in whose honor Pasteurella is named.
