Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is a gram-positive bacterium that causes erysipelas in animals and erysipeloid in humans. We found two adhesive surface proteins of E. rhusiopathiae and determined the nucleotide sequences of the genes, which were colocalized and designated rspA and rspB. The two genes were present in all of the serovars of E. rhusiopathiae strains examined. The deduced RspA and Rsp...

Genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism analysis identified clonal 1 lineages of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae responsible for the recent increased 2 incidence of acute swine erysipelas in Japan 3 4 5 6 Running title: Genome-wide SNP analysis of E. rhusiopathiae strains 7 8 Yohsuke Ogawa , Kazumasa Shiraiwa , Yoshitoshi Ogura , Tadasuke Ooka , 9 Sayaka Nishikawa , Masahiro Eguchi , Tetsuya Ha...

Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae infections re-emerged as a matter of great concern particularly in the poultry industry. In contrast to porcine isolates, molecular epidemiological traits of avian E. rhusiopathiae isolates are less well known. Thus, we aimed to (i) develop a multilocus sequence typing (MLST) scheme for E. rhusiopathiae, (ii) study the congruence of strain grouping based on pulsed-f...

For some time it had been thought locally that the incidence of erysipeloid of Rosenbach among fish workers was much higher in Aberdeen than elsewhere. For this reason we began a systematic study of the disorder, and our findings over the period June 1, 1952, to September 30, 1953, are presented in this paper. Doctors generally are not familiar with the lesion known as erysipeloid. Because of i...

Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae has been recognised as a cause of infection in animals and man since the late 1880s. It is the aetiological agent of swine erysipelas, and also causes economically important diseases in turkeys, chickens, ducks and emus, and other farmed animals such as sheep. The organism has the ability to persist for long periods in the environment and survive in marine locations...