Genus Lawsonia Phylum Proteobacteria Rank Species | Family Desulfovibrionaceae Scientific name Lawsonia intracellularis Higher classification Lawsonia | |
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Similar Lawsonia, Brachyspira, Serpulina hyodysenteriae, Brachyspira pilosicoli, Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae | ||
Lawsonia intracellularis
Lawsonia intracellularis is a species of bacterium. It is obligately intracellular and was isolated from intestines of pigs with proliferative enteropathy disease.
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Pathogenicity
Lawsonia intracellularis is highly pathogenic. The species has been associated with outbreaks of bacterial infection-associated protein losing enteropathy in horses.
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