Pasteurella

Pasteurella
	Gram-stained photomicrograph depicting numerous Pasteurella multocida bacteria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Pasteurellales
Family:	Pasteurellaceae
Genus:	Pasteurella; Trevisan 1887
Species
	P. aerogenes; P. anatis; P. avium; P. bettyae; P. caballi; P. canis; P. dagmatis; P. gallicida; P. gallinarum; P. granulomatis; P. langaaensis; P. lymphangitidis; P. mairii; P. multocida; P. oralis; P. pneumotropica; P. skyensis; P. stomatis; P. testudinis; P. trehalosi; P. ureae; P. volantium

Pasteurella is a genus of Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic bacteria.^[1]^[2] Pasteurella species are nonmotile and pleomorphic, and often exhibit bipolar staining ("safety pin" appearance). Most species are catalase- and oxidase-positive.^[3] 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.

^ "Pasteurella". List of Prokaryotic Names with Standing in Nomenclature. Retrieved 2006-04-06.
^ Kuhnert P; Christensen H, eds. (2008). Pasteurellaceae: Biology, Genomics and Molecular Aspects. Caister Academic Press. ISBN 978-1-904455-34-9.
^ Health Protection Agency (2007). Identification of Pasteurella species and morphologically similar bacteria (.pdf) Archived 2009-09-22 at the Wayback Machine. National Standard Method BSOP ID 13 Issue 2.1.