Riemerella columbina

Riemerella columbina
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Bacteroidota
Class: Flavobacteriia
Order: Flavobacteriales
Family: Weeksellaceae
Genus: Riemerella
Species:
R. columbina
Binomial name
Riemerella columbina
Vancanneyt et al. 1999[1]

Riemerella columbina is a Gram-negative bacterium from the genus of Riemerella which can cause respiratory disease in pigeons.[1][2][3][4][5]

R. columbina is naturally competent to undergo genetic transformation during growth, especially during the logarithmic phase.[6] R. columbina preferentially takes up its own genomic DNA rather than heterologous DNA.

References

  1. ^ a b "Species: Riemerella columbina". LPSN.DSMZ.de.
  2. ^ "Taxonomy — Riemerella columbina (species)". UniProt. 103810.
  3. ^ Vancanneyt, M.; Vandamme, P.; Segers, P.; Torck, U.; Coopman, R.; Kersters, K.; Hinz, K.-H. (1 January 1999). "Riemerella columbina sp. nov., a bacterium associated with respiratory disease in pigeons". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 49 (1): 289–295. doi:10.1099/00207713-49-1-289.
  4. ^ Parte, Aidan; Krieg, Noel R.; Ludwig, Wolfgang; Whitman, William B.; Hedlund, Brian P.; Paster, Bruce J.; Staley, James T.; Ward, Naomi; Brown, Daniel (2011). "Phylum XIV. Bacteroidetes phyl. nov. §Genus XLIV. Riemerella". The Bacteroidetes, Spirochaetes, Tenericutes (Mollicutes), Acidobacteria, Fibrobacteres, Fusobacteria, Dictyoglomi, Gemmatimonadetes, Lentisphaerae, Verrucomicrobia, Chlamydiae, and Planctomycetes. Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. Vol. 4. Springer. p. 263. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-68572-4_3. ISBN 978-0-387-68572-4.
  5. ^ Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M. (2008). "Taxonomy of the species Riemerella columbina Vancanneyt et al. 1999 emend. Rubbenstroth et al. 2013". NamesforLife. doi:10.1601/tx.8189.
  6. ^ Huang L, Liu M, Zhu D, Xie L, Huang M, Xiang C, Biville F, Jia R, Chen S, Zhao X, Yang Q, Wu Y, Zhang S, Huang J, Ou X, Mao S, Gao Q, Sun D, Tian B, Wang M, Cheng A (2021). "Natural Transformation of Riemerella columbina and Its Determinants". Front Microbiol. 12: 634895. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.634895. PMC 7965970. PMID 33746928.