| Species/Subspecies: | Peptoniphilus indolicus | |||||||||
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| Category: | Causes hemolysis | |||||||||
| Etymology: | Genus name: peptone loving. Species epithet: indol producing. | |||||||||
| Significance: | [Of minor importance] | |||||||||
| Alternative Species Name(s): | Peptostreptococcus indolicus | |||||||||
| Taxonomy: | Class Clostridia Order Clostridiales Family Peptostreptococcaceae Genus Peptoniphilus |
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| Type Strain: | ATCC 29427. | |||||||||
| Macromorphology (smell):
| Small (0.5-1.0 mm), grayish colonies. Most strains give no hemolysis. | |||||||||
| Micromorphology: | Cocci (0.5-0.6 µm in diameter), which appear single, in pairs, short chains or small clusters. | |||||||||
| Gram +/Gram -: | G+ | |||||||||
| Metabolism: | Obligately anaerobic | |||||||||
| Catalase/Oxidase: | -/- | |||||||||
| Other Enzymes: | Coagulase + (most strains), tryptophanase (+), urease -. | |||||||||
| Fermentation of carbohydrates: | Peptoniphilus spp. do not ferment carbohydrates. | |||||||||
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| Disease: | Bovine summer mastitis (in combination with Trueperella pyogenes).
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| Taxonomy/phylogeny:
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About 50 species have been described within the genus Peptoniphilus and this genus belong to the order Clostridiales. However, P. indolicus is not that closely related to clostridia. | |||||||||
| Updated: | 2023-03-08 |