Lawsonia intracellularis

Lawsonia intracellularis is a species of bacterium. It is obligately intracellular and was isolated from intestines of pigs with proliferative enteropathy disease.[1]

Lawsonia intracellularis
Scientific classification
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Lawsonia
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L. intracellularis
Binomial name
Lawsonia intracellularis
McOrist et al. 1995

Pathogenicity

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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