Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

**Semantic type:** Bacterium

**Definition:** A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacteria in the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is motile, urease positive and negative for ornithine decarboxylase, oxidase, indole, and pyrazinamidase. It is able to ferment rhamnose, and melibiose but not cellobiose, sorbitol, sorbose, sucrose, fucose, or raffinose. Y. pseudotuberculosis is found in many animal hosts and is a pathogen that can cause gastroenteritis in humans and many types of zoonotic infections.

**Synonyms:** - Pasteurella pseudotuberculosis - Pasteurella pseudotuberculosis - YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS