Mannheimia haemolytica
| Mannheimia haemolytica | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Pasteurellales |
| Family: | Pasteurellaceae |
| Genus: | Mannheimia |
| Species: | M. haemolytica |
| Binomial name | |
| Mannheimia haemolytica (Newsom & Cross, 1932) Angen et al., 1999 | |
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Mannheimia haemolytica is a species of Gram-negative bacteria belonging to the family Pasteurellaceae. It is a facultatively anaerobic, non-spore-forming, and non-motile coccobacillus. M. haemolytica is a primary bacterial pathogen implicated in the bovine respiratory disease complex (BRDC), also commonly known as "shipping fever," particularly affecting cattle, sheep, and goats.