Streptobacillus

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Streptobacillus
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Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Fusobacteriota
Class: Fusobacteriia
Order: Fusobacteriales
Family: Leptotrichiaceae
Genus: Streptobacillus
Levaditi, Nicolau & Poincloux 1925
Type species
Streptobacillus moniliformis
Levaditi, Nicolau & Poincloux 1925
Species [1]
Synonyms
  • "Bactepneumonia" Tulasne & Brisou 1955
  • "Haverhillia" Parker & Hudson 1926

Streptobacillus is a genus of fastidious microaerophilic Gram-negative bacteria, which grow in culture as rods in chains. [2]

Contents

Their species associated with infection is S. moniliformis.

Their reported susceptibilities and therapies are penicillin and erythromycin.

Diseases

Associated infections: the Haverhill fever form of rat bite fever. (Notes Spirillum minus is also an agent of rat bite fever, in the form known as Sodoku.)

Haverhill fever, which is characterized by fever, rash, chills, headache, vomiting, muscle pain, arthritis, and bacteremia, and by weight loss and diarrhea in children.

Commentary

Rat bite fever is caused by either Streptobacillus moniliformis or Spirillum minor . The incidence of rat-bite fever is highest in urban areas with poor sanitation where the rat population is high, however in recent times cases have also been attributed to occupational contact with rodents such as pet shop employees or laboratory workers or through pet ownership. [3]

While the disease is usually caused by a bite, it can also occur from close contact with rodents or ingestion of contaminated food or water. The latter is known as Haverhill fever. The disease typically presents with chills and fever accompanied by headache, vomiting, and muscle pain. A rash and arthritis develop 2–4 days after the initial onset. Less commonly the infection can cause pneumonitis, endocarditis or meningitis. As these symptoms are common to many febrile diseases, this is often classified as a fever of unknown origin (FUO). If untreated, death will occur in approximately 10% of cases. [4]

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) [5] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) [1]

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024 [6] [7] [8] 120 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS220 [9] [10] [11]
Streptobacillus

S. canis

S. felis

S. ratti

S. moniliformis

S. notomytis

Streptobacillus

S. canisEisenberg et al. 2020

S. felisEisenberg et al. 2015

S. moniliformis Levaditi, Nicolau & Poincloux 1925

S. notomytisEisenberg et al. 2015

S. rattiEisenberg et al. 2015

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 Sayers, et al. "Streptobacillus". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  2. ↑ Procop, Gary W. (2017). Koneman's color atlas and textbook of diagnostic microbiology. Church, Deirdre L., 1955-, Hall, Geraldine S.,, Janda, William M., 1951-, Koneman, Elmer W., 1932-, Schreckenberger, Paul,, Woods, Gail L. (Seventh ed.). Philadelphia. ISBN   978-1-4511-1659-5. OCLC   876002916.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ↑ Papanicolas LE, Holds JM, Bak N (20 February 2012). "Lessons from practice - Meningitis and pneumonitis caused by pet rodents". The Medical Journal of Australia. 196 (3): 202–203. doi:10.5694/mja11.10841. PMID   22339528. S2CID   28761645.
  4. ↑ Elliott SP (11 January 2007). "Rat Bite Fever and Streptobacillus moniliformis". Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 20 (1): 13–22. doi:10.1128/CMR.00016-06. PMC   1797630 . PMID   17223620.
  5. ↑ J.P. Euzéby. "Streptobacillus". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  6. ↑ "The LTP" . Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  7. ↑ "LTP_all tree in newick format" . Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  8. ↑ "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  9. ↑ "GTDB release 09-RS220". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  10. ↑ "bac120_r220.sp_labels". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  11. ↑ "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 10 May 2024.
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