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pasteurella|pɑːstəˈrɛlə, -æ-| Pl. -ellæ, -ellas. [mod.L. (V. Trevisan 1887, in Rendiconti Reale Istituto Lombardo di Scienze e Lettere XX. 94), f. prec. + -ella, diminutive ending.] A bacterium of the genus so called, which includes those causing plague and other acute infectious diseases in man, other mammals, and birds.
1913H. J. Hutchens tr. Besson's Pract. Bacteriol. xxviii. 446 Lignières..came to the conclusion that varieties of the Pasteurella could be distinguished by means of their pathogenic properties. Ibid. 447 Organisms of the pasteurella group are..very pleomorphic. 1929G. F. Petrie in Syst. Bacteriol. (Med. Res. Council) III. 139 The plague bacillus..is generally considered to be a member of the Pasteurella group. 1929H. Schütze in Ibid. IV. 447 (heading) Pasteurellas in man. 1949Vet. Rec. 5 Feb. 64/1 (title) Pneumonia in sheep associated with infection by a pasteurella-like organism. 1961Lancet 7 Oct. 812/2 Organisms of the pasteurella group are non-motile aerobic gram-negative rods. 1963Jubb & Kennedy Path. Domestic Animals I. iii. 172/1 A complete separation of the different strains of the pathogenic pasteurellae has still to be determined. 1974Q. N. Myrvik et al. Fund. Med. Bacteriol. & Mycol. xxiv. 309 The pasteurellae..are parasites and pathogens for an unusually wide range of animal species. |