Riemerella columbina Vancanneyt et al., 1999
- Dataset
- English Wikipedia - Species Pages
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Classification
- phylum
- Bacteroidota
- class
- Flavobacteriia
- order
- Flavobacteriales
- family
- Weeksellaceae
- genus
- Riemerella
- species
- Riemerella columbina
Abstract
Riemerella columbina is a Gram-negative bacterium from the genus of Riemerella which can cause respiratory disease in pigeons. R. columbina is naturally competent to undergo genetic transformation during growth, especially during the logarithmic phase.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. Natural Transformation of Riemerella columbina and Its Determinants. Front Microbiol. 2021 Mar 3;12:634895. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.634895. PMID: 33746928; PMCID: PMC7965970 R. columbina preferentially takes up its own genomic DNA rather than heterologous DNA.