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PROTEOBACTERIA >> Epsilon >> Helicobacter >> Helicobacter mustelae
HELICOBACTER MUSTELAE
| Class: | Epsilon Proteobacteria |
| Genus: | Helicobacter |
| Species: | Helicobacter mustelae |
| Description: | Helicobacter mustelae is the natural colonizer of ferret gastric mucosa where it is found in association with a diffuse antral chronic gastritis and gastric ulcers. Inoculation of this bacteria into uninfected ferrets results in an inflammatory response similar to that seen in naturally infected animals, however, an association between gastric ulcers and Helicobacter mustelae infection has not yet been documented.All strains of this species have been reported to be urease, catalase and oxidase positive. They are able to reduce nitrate, hydrolyze indoxyl acetate, but not hippurate, and have no activity for leucine arylamidase. Helicobacter mustelae is sensitive to 1.5% NaCl, metronidazole, and nalidixic acid and resistant to cephalothin and 5-fluorouracil. The bacteria readily adhere to the epithelial surface with evidence of endocytosis, a feature not commonly seen with other helicobacters except for Helicobacter pylori. |
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| Source: | Isolated from the gastric mucosa of a ferret. |
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| Genbank: | NC_013949.1 [Genome] [Nucleotide] |
| Size (Mb): | 1.58 |
| GC %: | 42.5 |
| Genes: | 1,512 |
| CDS Number: | 1,467 |
| Reference: | DEWHIRST (F.E.), SEYMOUR (C.), FRASER (G.J.), PASTER (B.J.) and FOX (J.G.): Phylogeny of Helicobacter isolates from bird and swine feces and description of Helicobacter pametensis sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 553-560. |
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