bining form in such specific epithets as aviseptica, boviseptica, suiseptica, etc. Names of this type were apparently introduced about 1896.
The confusion that exists in regard to the scientific name of this species should be clarified by appropriate action taken by the International Judicial Commission on Bacteriological Nomenclature. A strict application of the Priority Rule in the Bacteriological Code would apparently result in the introduction of a specific epithet gallicidus never used in the literature except by its author. A careful review of the early literature might even reveal some other binomial validly published before 1883. No attempt is made here to list the various names that have been used for this species as found in various animals such as man, children, calves, buffaloes, goats, sheep, swine, horses, cats, dogs, ferrets, rats, mice, rabbits, guinea pigs, fowls, ducks, swans, wild pigeons, pheasants, canaries, etc.
Source: Early isolations were from fowls, cattle and rabbits.
Habitat: The cause of chicken cholera and hemorrhagic septicemia in warm-blooded animals.
2. Pasteurella septicaemiae (Bergey et al., 1925) Breed, comb. nov. (Bacillus septicaemiae anserum exsudativae Riemer, Cent. f. Bakt., I Abt., Orig., 37, 1904, 648; Eberthella septicaemiae Bergey et al., Manual, 2nd ed., 1925, 250.)
sep.ti.cae'mi.ae. Gr. adj. septicus putrefactive, septic; Gr. noun haema blood; M.L. noun septicaemia septicemia; M.L. gen. noun septicaemiae of septicemia.
Small rods, 0.1 by 0.3 to 1.0 micron, occurring singly, frequently in pairs, the one behind the other, and in threads.
Non-motile. Gram-negative.
Gelatin colonies: Small, white, circular.
Gelatin stab: Slight, infundibuliform liquefaction, becoming complete in several weeks.
Agar colonies: Circular, transparent, smooth, homogeneous, entire.
Agar slant: Soft, grayish white streak, slightly viscid, becoming transparent.
Does not grow on Endo agar.
Broth: Slight, uniform turbidity; slight pellicle formation.
Litmus milk: Unchanged.
Potato: No growth.
Blood serum: Yellowish white streak, the medium becoming brownish and slowly liquefied.
Indole is produced after several days.
Hydrogen sulfide is produced.
Slight acid but no gas from glucose. No acid from lactose.
Aerobic.
Optimum temperature, 37° C.
Not pathogenic for white mice, guinea pigs, chickens or pigeons. Mildly pathogenic for ducks.
Source: Isolated from blood, exudates and all of the internal organs of geese.
Habitat: Cause of a fatal septicemia in young geese.
3. Pasteurella haemolytica Newsom and Cross, 1932. (Jour. Amer. Vet. Med. Assoc, 80 (N.S. S3), 1932, 715.)
hae.mo.ly'ti.ca. Gr. noun haema blood; Gr. adj. lyticus dissolving; M.L. adj. haemolyticus blood-dissolving.
Bipolar staining. Similar in its general characteristics to Pasteurella multocida.
Blood agar: Hemolysis.
Indole not produced.
Acid from glucose, dextrin, fructose, galactose, glycerol (usually), inositol, lactose (usually), maltose, mannitol, raffinose, sorbitol, sucrose and xylose. No acid from arabinose, dulcitol, inulin, mannose, rhamnose or salicin.
No cross-agglutination between Pasteurella multocida and this species.
Avirulent for rabbits.
Source : Twenty strains were isolated from cases of pneumonia in sheep and cattle.
Habitat: Occurs in pneumonia of sheep and cattle.
4. Pasteurella anatipestifer (Hendrickson and Hilbert, 1932) Hauduroy et al., 1953. (Pfeifferella anatipestifer Hendrickson and Hilbert, The Cornell Veterinarian, 22, 1932, 239; Pasteurella (?) anapestifer (sic) Hauduroy et al., Dict. d. Bact. Path., 2eed., 1953, 367.)
a.na.ti.pes'ti.fer. L. fem.n. anas, anatis
