Avibacterium volantium (DSM 22841, ATCC 14385, CCUG 3713)

Name: Avibacterium volantium (DSM 22841, ATCC 14385, CCUG 3713)
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BacDive ID 11696

Type strain

Strain Designation 6

Culture col. no. DSM 22841 ATCC 14385 CCUG 3713 CIP 102677 NCTC 3438 3 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 762

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG CIP

History <- CCUG; CCUG 3713 <- NCTC <- R. Lovell CIP <- 1986, NCTC, Haemophilus gallinarum <- 1931, R. Lovell: strain 6 <- C. McGaughey

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Avibacterium volantium 6 is a microaerophile, mesophilic, Gram-negative prokaryote that was isolated from fowls, respiratory passages.

Gram-negative rod-shaped microaerophile mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 70581

ATCC 14385,NCTC 3438,CCUG 3713,CIP 102677,CCM 3838,DSM 18558,DSM 22841

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:20:38

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Gammaproteobacteria

Order Pasteurellales

Family Pasteurellaceae

Genus Avibacterium

Species Avibacterium volantium

Full scientific name Avibacterium volantium (Mutters et al. 1985) Blackall et al. 2005

Synonyms (1)

Pasteurella volantium

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Avibacterium volantium** (5)	Type strain
137676	A. volantium CIP A62, CCM 5765, NCTC 4101, CCM 3839
143314	A. volantium CCUG 18397
143338	A. volantium CCUG 18551
144743	A. volantium CCUG 26443, MCCM 00488
144744	A. volantium CCUG 26444, MCCM 00035

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Confidence
123882	negative	rod-shaped
125438			93.397
125438	negative		98.5

Colony morphology

16421

Type of hemolysisgamma

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
16421	CHOCOLATE AGAR (DSMZ Medium 429b)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: CHOCOLATE AGAR (DSMZ Medium 429b) Composition: Horse blood 100.0 g/l Sheep blood 100.0 g/l Columbia agar base
40445	MEDIUM 6 - Columbia agar with 10 % horse blood		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Columbia agar (39.000 g);Horseblood (100.000 ml)
123882	CIP Medium 6	Medium recipe at CIP
123882	CIP Medium 118-b	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
16421	positive	growth	37	mesophilic
40445	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
16421	microaerophile
125439	microaerophile	97.9

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		98.8
125438		90.747

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68381	40585 ChEBI	alpha-cyclodextrin	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32STR
68381	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68377	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	+	builds acid from	from API NH
68377	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	builds acid from	from API NH
68381	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	16443 ChEBI	D-tagatose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32STR
68381	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68377	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	builds acid from	from API NH
68381	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	320055 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-glucopyranoside	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68377	18257 ChEBI	ornithine	-	degradation	from API NH
68381	27941 ChEBI	pullulan	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	30911 ChEBI	sorbitol	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32STR
68377	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API NH

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68381	15688 ChEBI	acetoin		from API rID32STR

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test
68381	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-	from API rID32STR

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68381	Alanyl-Phenylalanyl-Proline arylamidase	-		from API rID32STR
68381	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API rID32STR
68381	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API rID32STR
68381	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API rID32STR
68381	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API rID32STR
68381	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API rID32STR
68381	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API rID32STR
68377	beta-lactamase	+	3.5.2.6	from API NH
68381	beta-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.25	from API rID32STR
16421	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
16421	cytochrome-c oxidase	+	1.9.3.1
68377	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2	from API NH
68381	glycyl tryptophan arylamidase	-		from API rID32STR
68381	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API rID32STR
68377	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17	from API NH
68377	proline-arylamidase	-	3.4.11.5	from API NH
68381	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	from API rID32STR
68381	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API rID32STR
68377	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API NH

API NH

@ref	PEN	GLU	FRU	MAL	SAC	ODC	URE	LIP	PAL	beta GAL	ProA	GGT	IND
16421	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	+/-	-	-	-	+
16421	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	+/-	-	-	-

API rID32STR

@ref	ADH (Arg)	beta GLU	beta GAR	beta GUR	alpha GAL	PAL	RIB	MAN	SOR	LAC	TRE	RAF	SAC	LARA	DARL	Acid from alpha-cyclodextrinCDEX	Acetoin production (Voges Proskauer test)VP	Alanyl-Phenylalanyl-Proline arylamidaseAPPA	beta GAL	Pyrrolidonyl arylamidasePyrA	N-Acetyl-glucosaminidasebeta NAG	Glycyl-tryptophan arylamidaseGTA	HIP	GLYG	PUL	MAL	MEL	MLZ	Acidification of methyl beta-D-glucopyranosideMbeta DG	TAG	beta MAN	URE
16421	-	-	+/-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Birds	-
#Host Body-Site	#Oral cavity and airways	#Airways

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Sampling date	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
16421	fowls, respiratory passages
44683	Fowls,respiratory passages	1931	United Kingdom	GBR	Europe
123882	Animal, Fowl, respiratory tract		United Kingdom	GBR	Europe

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity animal	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
16421	yes, in single cases	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
123882		2	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	33763_C01 assembly for Avibacterium volantium NCTC3438	complete	GCA_900635775	762.5	8066292889	762	97.58

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20218	Avibacterium volantium strain CCUG 3713 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AY362928	1363		762
16421	Avibacterium volantium strain NCTC 3438 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	M75070	1481		762

GC content

16421

GC-content (mol%)43.8

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Avibacterium volantium strain NCTC3438
PATRIC: 762.5

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	98.80	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	78.20	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	85.00	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	microaerophile	97.90	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Avibacterium volantium NCTC3438
NCBI: GCA_900635775.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	98.50	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	95.35	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	83.82	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	90.75	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	97.50	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	93.40	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	A Highly Sensitive and Specific Probe-Based Real-Time PCR for the Detection of Avibacterium paragallinarum in Clinical Samples From Poultry.	Kuchipudi SV, Yon M, Surendran Nair M, Byukusenge M, Barry RM, Nissly RH, Williams J, Pierre T, Mathews T, Walner-Pendleton E, Dunn P, Barnhart D, Loughrey S, Davison S, Kelly DJ, Tewari D, Jayarao BM.	Front Vet Sci	10.3389/fvets.2021.609126	2021
Enzymology	From sequence to activity: the HgaI-homologous restriction modification system RM.MhoVI of Mycoplasma hominis.	Vogelgsang L, Dolgopolow-Schmidt M, Nisar A, Backer D, Dilthey AT, Henrich B.	BMC Microbiol	10.1186/s12866-025-04270-3	2025
	New molecular diagnostic targets for Avibacterium paragallinarum and a set of single-plex and multiplex qPCR methods for the rapid differential diagnosis of Mycoplasma gallisepticum, Mycoplasma synoviae, and Avibacterium paragallinarum.	Xu B, Wang S, Yao W, Ni B, Yuan T, Liu B, Yuan L, Wei Y, Ma S, Lyu L, Wang X, Ouyang W, Zhang Z, Feng Z.	Poult Sci	10.1016/j.psj.2025.105665	2025
Phylogeny	MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry confirms difficulties in separating species of the Avibacterium genus.	Alispahic M, Christensen H, Bisgaard M, Hess M, Hess C.	Avian Pathol	10.1080/03079457.2014.916038	2014
Phylogeny	Multilocus sequence phylogenetic analysis of Avibacterium.	Bisgaard M, Norskov-Lauritsen N, de Wit SJ, Hess C, Christensen H.	Microbiology (Reading)	10.1099/mic.0.054429-0	2012
Phylogeny	16S ribosomal RNA sequencing and molecular serotyping of Avibacterium paragallinarum isolated from Indian field conditions.	Patil VV, Mishra D, Mane DV.	Vet World	10.14202/vetworld.2017.1004-1007	2017
Phylogeny	Phylogenetic relationships of unclassified, satellitic Pasteurellaceae obtained from different species of birds as demonstrated by 16S rRNA gene sequence comparison.	Christensen H, Blackall PJ, Bisgaard M.	Res Microbiol	10.1016/j.resmic.2009.05.006	2009
Genetics	Microbial Communities of Meat and Meat Products: An Exploratory Analysis of the Product Quality and Safety at Selected Enterprises in South Africa.	Madoroba E, Magwedere K, Chaora NS, Matle I, Muchadeyi F, Mathole MA, Pierneef R.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms9030507	2021
Phylogeny	Reclassification of Pasteurella gallinarum, [Haemophilus] paragallinarum, Pasteurella avium and Pasteurella volantium as Avibacterium gallinarum gen. nov., comb. nov., Avibacterium paragallinarum comb. nov., Avibacterium avium comb. nov. and Avibacterium volantium comb. nov.	Blackall PJ, Christensen H, Beckenham T, Blackall LL, Bisgaard M	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.63357-0	2005

References

#16421	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 22841
#20215	Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )
#20218	Verslyppe, B., De Smet, W., De Baets, B., De Vos, P., Dawyndt P.: StrainInfo introduces electronic passports for microorganisms.. Syst Appl Microbiol. 37: 42 - 50 2014 ( DOI 10.1016/j.syapm.2013.11.002 , PubMed 24321274 )
#40445	; Curators of the CIP;
#44683	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 3713
#66792	Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Automatically annotated for the DiASPora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .
#68377	Automatically annotated from API NH .
#68381	Automatically annotated from API rID32STR .
#123882	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 102677
#125438	Julia Koblitz, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Rüdiger Pukall, Jörg Overmann: Predicting bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets. 2024 ( DOI 10.1101/2024.08.12.607695 )
#125439	Philipp Münch, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Hüseyin Anil Gündüz, Xiao-Yin To, Alice McHardy: deepG: Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 .
#126262	A. Lissin, I. Schober, J. F. Witte, H. Lüken, A. Podstawka, J. Koblitz, B. Bunk, P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, P. de Vos, J. Overmann, L. C. Reimer: StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers. ( DOI 10.1093/database/baaf059 )

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Avibacterium volantium (DSM 22841, ATCC 14385, CCUG 3713)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API NH

API rID32STR

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_900635775

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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