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Pasteurella
Pasteurella
is a
genus
of
Gram-negative
,
facultatively anaerobic
bacteria
.
Pasteurella
species are non
motile
and
pleomorphic
. Most species are
catalase
- and
oxidase
-positive. The genus is named after the French
chemist
and
microbiologist
,
Louis Pasteur
, who first identified the bacteria now known as
Pasteurella multocida
as the agent of
chicken cholera
.
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