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Species of bacterium From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lawsonia intracellularis is a species of bacterium. It is obligately intracellular and was isolated from intestines of pigs with proliferative enteropathy disease.[1]
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Genus: | Lawsonia |
Species: | L. intracellularis |
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Lawsonia intracellularis McOrist et al. 1995 | |
Lawsonia intracellularis is highly pathogenic. The species has been associated with outbreaks of bacterial infection-associated protein losing enteropathy in horses.[2][3]
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