Gallibacterium anatis

{{Short description|Species of bacterium}}

{{Speciesbox

| genus = Gallibacterium

| species = anatis

| authority = (Mutters et al., 1985)

| synonyms = Pasteurella anatis

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Gallibacterium anatis, formerly Pasteurella anatis, is a Gram-negative, nonmotile, penicillin-sensitive coccobacillus in the family Pasteurellaceae.{{cite journal |last1=Mutters |first1=R. |last2=Ihm |first2=P. |last3=Pohl |first3=S. |last4=Frederiksen |first4=W. |last5=Mannheim |first5=W. |title=Reclassification of the Genus Pasteurella Trevisan 1887 on the Basis of Deoxyribonucleic Acid Homology, with Proposals for the New Species Pasteurella dagmatis, Pasteurella canis, Pasteurella stomatis, Pasteurella anatis, and Pasteurella langaa |journal=International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology |volume=35 |issue=3 |year=1985 |pages=309–322 |issn=0020-7713 |doi=10.1099/00207713-35-3-309 |doi-access=free}}{{cite journal |last1=Christensen |first1=H. |last2=Bisgaard |first2=M. |last3=Angen |first3=Ø. |last4=Olsen |first4=J. E. |title=Reclassification of Pasteurella haemolytica biovar 2 as Gallibacterium anatis comb. nov. and description of additional Gallibacterium spp. |journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology |volume=53 |issue=1 |year=2003 |pages=275–287 |doi=10.1099/ijs.0.02330-0 |pmid=12580264 |url=https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.02330-0 |access-date=10 June 2025|url-access=subscription }}

Members of this family can cause zoonotic infections in humans, typically manifesting as skin or soft tissue infections following animal bites. G. anatis is primarily found in chickens.{{cite journal|last=Lin|first=M. Y. |author2=K. J. Lin |author3=Y. C. Lan |author4=M. F. Liaw |author5=M. C. Tung|title=Pathogenicity and Drug Susceptibility of the Pasteurella anatis Isolated in Chickens in Taiwan|journal=Avian Diseases|date=September 2001|volume=45|issue=3|pages=655–658|doi=10.2307/1592907|jstor=1592907|pmid=11569739}}

Infected chickens may exhibit sinusitis, nasal discharge, a drop in egg production, and low mortality.{{cite journal |last1=Lin |first1=M. Y. |last2=Lin |first2=K. J. |last3=Lan |first3=Y. C. |last4=Liaw |first4=M. F. |last5=Tung |first5=M. C. |title=Pathogenicity and Drug Susceptibility of the Pasteurella anatis Isolated in Chickens in Taiwan |journal=Avian Diseases |date=July 2001 |volume=45 |issue=3 |pages=655–658 |doi=10.2307/1592907 |jstor=1592907 |pmid=11569739 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1592907 |access-date=6 March 2023 |url-access=subscription}}