Pasteurellaceae
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The Pasteurellaceae are a family of Proteobacteria, given their own order. They include several pathogens of vertebrates, most notably Haemophilus influenzae. This species causes several diseases in humans (though not the flu, as was originally thought) and was the second organism, after Helicobacter pylori, to have its genome sequenced.
Like other Proteobacteria, the Pasteurellaceae have Gram-negative stains. They are typically rod-shaped, and are a notable group of facultative anaerobes. They can distinguished from the related Enterobacteriaceae by the presence of oxidase, and from most other similar bacteria by the absence of flagella.
See also
- Haemophilus influenzae
- Chancroid (H. ducreyi)
