Bibersteinia (Pasteurella) trehalosi
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Phylum Pseudomonadota (Proteobacteria), Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Pasteurellales, Family Pasteurellaceae, Genus
Biberstenia,
Bibersteinia trehalosi (Sneath and Stevens 1990) Blackall et al. 2007, type species of the genus.
Old synonym:
Pasteurella trehalosi Sneath and Stevans, 1990.
Species
incertae sedis; the species includes the biovar T of the former Pasteurella haemolytica.
Gram-negative small rods and coccobacilli.
Colonies are beta-hemolytic on sheep blood agar and  V-factor independent.
Growth on MacConkey is positive.
Present in nasopharynx and tonsils (almonds) of sheep and goats.
Mastitis in sheep and septicaemia in lambs. Rarely human infections.
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Positive results for nitrates reduction, oxidase, alkaline phosphatase, acid production
from: meso-inositol, mannitol, D(-) sorbitol, D(+) glucose (without gas), D(+) mannose,
maltose, sucrose (saccharose), trehalose, esculin and salicin.

Negative results for arginine dyhydrolase, catalase, citrate (Simmons), gelatinase, urease, lysine decarboxylase, ornithine
decarboxylase, ONPG, Voges-Proskauer, indole production, acid production from: inulin, L(+) arabinose, D(+) xylose, dulcitol, D(+)
galactose, lactose, D(+) melibiose, raffinose, and gas from D(+) glucose.

Acid production from cellobiose is variable.
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