Lawsonia intracellularis McOrist et al., 1995
- Dataset
- English Wikipedia - Species Pages
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- phylum
- Thermodesulfobacteriota
- class
- Desulfovibrionia
- order
- Desulfovibrionales
- family
- Desulfovibrionaceae
- genus
- Lawsonia
- species
- Lawsonia intracellularis
Abstract
Lawsonia intracellularis is a species of bacterium. It is obligately intracellular and was isolated from intestines of pigs with proliferative enteropathy disease.
Pathogenicity
Lawsonia intracellularis is highly pathogenic. The species has been associated with outbreaks of bacterial infection-associated protein losing enteropathy in horses.