Pasteurella multocida facts for kids
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Gamma Proteobacteria
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Pasteurellales
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Pasteurellaceae
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Pasteurella
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Pasteurella multocida |
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Pasteurella multocida is a gram-negative, non-motile coccobacillus that is penicillin-sensitive. Pasteurella multocida often exists as a commensal in the upper respiratory tracts of many livestock, poultry, and domestic pet species, especially cats and dogs.
Pasteurella multocida was first found in 1878 in fowl cholera-infected birds. However, it was not isolated until 1880 by Louis Pasteur, the man in whose honor Pasteurella is named.
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In Spanish: Pasteurella multocida para niños
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