Lawsonia intracellularis

Lawsonia intracellularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Proteobacteria
Class:	Deltaproteobacteria
Order:	Desulfovibrionales
Family:	Desulfovibrionaceae
Genus:	Lawsonia
Species:	L. intracellularis
Binomial name
Lawsonia intracellularis McOrist et al. 1995

Lawsonia intracellularis is a species of bacterium. It is obligately intracellular and was isolated from intestines of pigs with proliferative enteropathy disease.

Lawsonia intracellularis is highly pathogenic. The species has been associated with outbreaks of bacterial infection-associated protein losing enteropathy in horses.

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