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Genus: | Lawsonia
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Species: | L. intracellularis
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Lawsonia intracellularis McOrist et al. 1995
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Lawsonia intracellularis is a species of bacterium. It is obligately intracellular and was isolated from intestines of pigs with proliferative enteropathy disease.[1]
Lawsonia intracellularis is highly pathogenic. The species has been associated with outbreaks of bacterial infection-associated protein losing enteropathy in horses.[2][3]