Salmonella enterica subsp.enterica serovar gallinarum

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Description This bacterium is always non-motile.The presence of factor O1 is connected with lysogenization. May be subdivided into biovars based on fermentation characteristics, production of gas, and pro- duction of H2S.Does not grow on a minimal defined medium.
Synonyms Salmonella gallinarum; Salmonella enterica serovar Gallinarum.
Habitat/Source Mainly isolated from chickens and other birds as well as from calves,hogs,rabbits.It has been mostly eradicated in the United States, Canada, Japan, Western Europe and Australia.
Pathogenicity Causative agent of Fowl typhoid. It causes white diarrhoea in young chicks. Infectious for rabbits and all poultry,canaries and certain wild bird(quail,grouse,pheasant) by fedding.
GenBank Accession
Size(Mb) 4.66
GC%
Genes 4473
CDS 4165
Reference <p> (1) Barrow P.A. & Freitas Neto o.c. (2011). Pullorum disease and fowl typhoid  new thoughts on old diseases: a review. Avian Pathol., 40 (1), 1 13.</p> <p>(2) Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology Edited by John G. Holt,The Williams & Wilkins Co..</p>