NCIt definition : A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacteria in the phylum
Fusobacteria. This species is nonmotile, beta hemolytic, and ferments D sorbitol,
D xylose and maltose, but not trehalose. M. haemolytica is a commensal organism of
the upper respiratory tract of ruminants but may become pathogenic, causing pneumonia.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Mannheimia haemolytica.;