Arcanobacterium phocae

{{Short description|Species of bacterium}}

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| taxon = Arcanobacterium phocae

| authority = Pascual Ramos et al. 1997

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Arcanobacterium phocae is a bacterial species.{{cite journal|last1=Pascual Ramos|first1=C.|last2=Foster|first2=G.|last3=Collins|first3=M. D.|title=Phylogenetic Analysis of the Genus Actinomyces Based on 16S rRNA Gene Sequences: Description of Arcanobacterium phocae sp. nov., Arcanobacterium bernardiae comb. nov., and Arcanobacterium pyogenes comb. nov.|journal=International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology|volume=47|issue=1|year=1997|pages=46–53|issn=0020-7713|doi=10.1099/00207713-47-1-46|pmid=8995800|doi-access=free}} It is pathogenic for some sea mammals.Center, Pacific Marine Mammal. "Arcanobacterium phocae-associated Pathology in California Sea Lions Stranded Along the Southern California Coast." (2010).{{cite journal |vauthors=Johnson SP, Jang S, Gulland FM, Miller MA, Casper DR, Lawrence J, etal | title=Characterization and clinical manifestations of Arcanobacterium phocae infections in marine mammals stranded along the central California coast. | journal=J Wildl Dis | year= 2003 | volume= 39 | issue= 1 | pages= 136–44 | pmid=12685077 | doi= 10.7589/0090-3558-39.1.136| s2cid=1882205 | url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12685077 | doi-access=free }}