Lawsonia intracellularis

Lawsonia intracellularis
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Thermodesulfobacteriota
Class: Desulfovibrionia
Order: Desulfovibrionales
Family: Desulfovibrionaceae
Genus: Lawsonia
McOrist et al. 1995
Species:
L. intracellularis
Binomial name
Lawsonia intracellularis
McOrist et al. 1995

Lawsonia intracellularis is a species of bacterium. It is the only species in the genus Lawsonia. It is obligately intracellular and was isolated from intestines of pigs with proliferative enteropathy disease.

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