Pasteurella testudinis

Pasteurella testudinis
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Pasteurellales
Family: Pasteurellaceae
Genus: Pasteurella
Species:
P. testudinis
Binomial name
Pasteurella testudinis
Snipes and Biberstein 1982

Pasteurella testudinis is a Gram-negative, nonmotile, rod-shaped species of bacteria from the family Pasteurellaceae. Strains of this species were isolated from desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizi).

Pasteurella testudinis may be pathogenic in tortoises.

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