Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is a small, facultatively aerobic, gram-positive bacterium that causes erysipelas in swine and a wide spectrum of diseases in other animals, as well as the skin disease erysipeloid in humans. Swine erysipelas caused by E. rhusiopathiae is the most prevalent and economica...
ORGANISM(S): Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
