[srmorton]

The genus of the organism, while formerly Pasteurella, is now Yersinea. It was moved to the Enterobacteriaceae (the family to which most normal intestinal gram negative rods belong) because it ferments glucose and is oxidase negative. Most members of the genus Pasteurella are oxidase positive.

[Myrddin]

My age is showing. My "current" copy of Bergey's manual dates to 1973. My last academic work with bacteria dates to the Spring of 1977. Thanks for the physiology update and reasoning for reclassification.