An Epizootic Septicemia of Young Guinea Pigs Caused by Pseudomonas Caviae, n. sp.

A New Species of the GenusPseudomonasPathogenic for certain Reptiles

“…Bergey (1939) refers to a disease of caterpillars caused by P. septica but with so few detailed cultural characteristics given it is apparently unwise to attempt a close correlation with our bacterium. P. caviae reported by Scherago (1937) does not check culturally with our organism. Burtscher (1931) found a member of the "Bacillus fluorescersliquefaciens, FlIgge" group to be the etiological agent of mouthrot ("MundfAule") in 44 poisonous and non-poisonous snakes which included 14 species; frogs, trout, mice, and rabbits were also susceptible.…”

Further Studies on Aeromonas. II. Taxonomy of Aeromonas and C27 Strains

“…Also excluded from phenon I1 is strain 349, the Ps. caviae of Scherago (1936of Scherago ( , 1937. Though close to this phenon, it is related a t a lower level (mean % S = 73.9) than that relating phenon I1 with punctata (mean yo S=75-3).…”

“…2 or Table 3, but Fig. 1 suggests that (Scherago 1936(Scherago ,1937 'henon I Phofobacferium spp. production of arginine dihydrolase.…”

“…salmonicida. Later, Eddy (1962) altered the specific epithets for the two former species t o punctata and caviae, respectively, on grounds of priority though it was noted that Pseudomonas caviae (Scherago, 1936(Scherago, , 1937, from which the specific epithet was taken, was not wholly typical of formicans strains. From the present work it is clear that Scherago's strain is not closely enough related t o formicans strains for the epithet caviae t o be used as a synonym and so the term Aer.…”

Infectious Diseases

“…BACKGROUND Scherago (1937) reported on a fatal epizootic septicemia in a colony of young guinea pigs received from a local breeder. Animals died within 5-6 hours after showing clinical signs and "Gram-negative, non-spore-forming encapsulated rods with rounded ends and straight sides appearing singly and occasionally in pairs end to end" were found on smears from the peritoneal cavities of all examined animals.…”