Arcanobacterium phocae

Arcanobacterium phocae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinobacteria
Class: Actinobacteria
Order: Actinomycetales
Family: Actinomycetaceae
Genus: Arcanobacterium
Species: A. phocae
Binomial name
Arcanobacterium phocae
Pascual Ramos et al. 1997

Arcanobacterium phocae is a bacterial species.[1] It is pathogenic for some sea mammals.[2][3]

References

  1. Pascual Ramos, C.; Foster, G.; Collins, M. D. (1997). "Phylogenetic Analysis of the Genus Actinomyces Based on 16S rRNA Gene Sequences: Description of Arcanobacterium phocae sp. nov., Arcanobacterium bernardiae comb. nov., and Arcanobacterium pyogenes comb. nov.". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 47 (1): 46–53. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-1-46. ISSN 0020-7713.
  2. Center, Pacific Marine Mammal. "Arcanobacterium phocae-associated Pathology in California Sea Lions Stranded Along the Southern California Coast." (2010).
  3. Johnson SP, Jang S, Gulland FM, Miller MA, Casper DR, Lawrence J, et al. (2003). "Characterization and clinical manifestations of Arcanobacterium phocae infections in marine mammals stranded along the central California coast.". J Wildl Dis. 39 (1): 136–44. doi:10.7589/0090-3558-39.1.136. PMID 12685077.

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