Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
Order: | Pasteurellales |
Family: | Pasteurellaceae |
Genus: | Actinobacillus |
Species: | A. pleuropneumoniae
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Binomial name | |
Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (Pohl, 1983)
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Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (previously Haemophilus pleuropneumoniae), is a Gram-negative, facultative anaerobic, respiratory pathogen found in pigs. It was first reported in 1957, and was formally declared to be the causative agent of porcine pleuropneumonia in 1964.[1][2] It was reclassified in 1983 after DNA studies showed it was more closely related to A. lignieresii.[3]