Erysipelothrix
Sign in to saveErysipelothrix is a genus of bacteria containing four described species: Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, Erysipelothrix tonsillarum, Erysipelothrix inopinata and Erysipelothrix larvae. Additional species have been proposed based on DNA-DNA hybridization studies. "The hallmark of Erysipelothrix is the presence of a type B cell wall, in which the peptide bridge is formed between amino acids at positions 2 and 4 of adjacent peptide side-chains and not, as in the vast majority of bacteria, between amino acids at positions 3 and 4."
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GENUS
- KingdomBacteria
- PhylumFirmicutes
- ClassBacilli
- OrderErysipelotrichales
- FamilyErysipelotrichaceae
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Research
1,961 papers- Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae.Veterinary microbiology · 2010
- Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae: an occupational pathogen.Clinical microbiology reviews · 1989
- Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae: bacteriology, epidemiology and clinical manifestations of an occupational pathogen.Journal of medical microbiology · 1999
- Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 1970
- Pathogenicity of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae: virulence factors and protective immunity.Microbes and infection · 2000
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Erysipelothrix is a genus of bacteria containing four described species: Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, Erysipelothrix tonsillarum, Erysipelothrix inopinata and Erysipelothrix larvae. Additional species have been proposed based on DNA-DNA hybridization studies. "The hallmark of Erysipelothrix is the presence of a type B cell wall, in which the peptide bridge is formed between amino acids at positions 2 and 4 of adjacent peptide side-chains and not, as in the vast majority of bacteria, between amino acids at positions 3 and 4."
The best-known species within the genus is Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, which is the cause of erysipelas of domestic pigs, poultry and other animal species. In humans, E. rhusiopathiae infections are termed erysipeloid. Erysipelothrix tonsillarum has been described as a pathogen for dogs and has been isolated from the tonsils of healthy pigs and cattle. Disease caused by E. inopinata or E. larvae has not been described.
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