Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
Definition: a species that causes swine erysipelas, human erysipeloid, nonsuppurative polyarthritis in lambs, and septicemia in mice, and commonly infects fish handlers; it is the type species of the genus Erysipelothrix.
Synonym(s): Erysipelothrix insidiosa
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