P. aerogenes P. anatis P. avium P. bettyae P. caballi P. canis P. dagmatis P. gallicida P. gallinarum P. granulomatis P. langaaensis P. lymphangitidis P. mairii P. multocida P. oralis P. pneumotropica P. skyensis P. stomatis P. testudinis P. trehalosi P. ureae P. volantium Pasteurella is a genus of Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic bacteria.

[3] The genus is named after the French chemist and microbiologist, Louis Pasteur, who first identified the bacteria now known as Pasteurella multocida as the agent of chicken cholera.

[7] Common symptoms of pasteurellosis in humans include swelling, cellulitis, and bloody drainage at the site of the wound.

[6] The common occurrence of the bacteria is a reason to be medically proactive and defensive (antibacterial treatments are often necessary) if a bite occurs.

[15] Pasteurella Bisgaard taxon 45 was identified in late 2023 as the organism that killed nearly 400 elephants in Zimbabwe and Botswana during the summer of 2020[16][17] P. multocida is highly sensitive to enrofloxacin, oxytetracycline, chloramphenicol, and ampicillin.