| Mergibacter | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Pasteurellales |
| Family: | Pasteurellaceae |
| Genus: | Mergibacter De Luca et al. 20221 |
| Type species | |
| Mergibacter septicus1 | |
| Species | |
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M. septicus1 | |
Mergibacter is a genus of Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria from the class of Pasteurellaceae with one known species (Mergibacter septicus).123 The type species, M. septicus, was originally isolated from seabirds in Florida, specifically the common tern.1 It was originally known as Bisgaard Taxon 40 before further testing led to the creation of the novel genus and species.4 M. septicus was subsequently isolated from a seabird in Germany.4
The genus is named from the Latin word mergus, which means "seabird". The lone species, M. septicus, is so named because it was isolated from an outbreak of sepsis in seabirds.1
M. septicus grows on sheep's blood agar, but not MacConkey agar. It grows aerobically at 28 °C, 37 °C 42 °C. The bacteria are β-hemolytic, are positive for oxidase and catalase, and negative for urease and indole.14
References
References
- De Luca, Eliana; Álvarez-Narváez, Sonsiray; Maboni, Grazieli; Baptista, Rodrigo P.; Nemeth, Nicole M.; Niedringhaus, Kevin D.; Ladner, Jason T.; Lorch, Jeffrey M.; Koroleva, Galina; Lovett, Sean; Palacios, Gustavo F.; Sanchez, Susan (22 November 2021). "Comparative Genomics Analyses Support the Reclassification of Bisgaard Taxon 40 as Mergibacter gen. nov., With Mergibacter septicus sp. nov. as Type Species: Novel Insights Into the Phylogeny and Virulence Factors of a Pasteurellaceae Family Member Associated With Mortality Events in Seabirds". Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. Bibcode:2021FrMic..1267356D. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.667356. PMC 8645869. PMID 34880834.
- "Muribacter". www.uniprot.org.
- Munson, Erik; Burbick, Claire R.; Lawhon, Sara D.; Krueger, Trinity; Ruiz-Reyes, Elena (October 2024). "Valid and accepted novel bacterial taxa isolated from non-domestic animals and taxonomic revisions published in 2023". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 62 (10): e01042–24. doi:10.1128/jcm.01042-24. PMC 11481486. PMID 39352133.
- Abdel-Glil, Mostafa Y.; Braune, Silke; Bouwhuis, Sandra; Sprague, Lisa D. (28 August 2023). "First Description of Mergibacter septicus Isolated from a Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) in Germany". Pathogens. 12 (9): 1096. doi:10.3390/pathogens12091096. PMC 10536934. PMID 37764904.