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Pasteurella testudinis

Pasteurella testudinis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Gamma Proteobacteria
Order: Pasteurellales
Family: Pasteurellaceae
Genus: Pasteurella
Species: Pasteurella testudinis
Snipes and Biberstein 1982

Pasteurella testudinis is a Gram-negative, nonmotile, rod-shaped species of bacteria belonging to the Pasteurellaceae family. Strains of this species were isolated from desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizi).

P. testudinis may be pathogenic in tortoises.


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