Enterococcus alcedinis sp. nov., isolated from commonkingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
2013
Two Gram-positive, catalase-negative bacterial strains were
isolated from the cloaca of common kingfishers (Alcedo atthis).
Repetitive sequence-based PCR fingerprinting using the (GTG)5
primer grouped these isolates into a single cluster separated
from all known enterococcal species. The two strains revealed
identical 16S rRNA gene sequences placing them within the genus
Enterococcus with Enterococcus aquimarinus LMG 16607T as the
closest relative (97.14% similarity). Further taxonomic
investigation using sequencing of the genes for the superoxide
dismutase (sodA), phenylalanyl-tRNA synthase alpha subunit
(pheS) and the RNA polymerase alpha subunit (rpoA) as well as
application of whole-cell protein fingerprinting, automated
ribotyping and extensive phenotyping confirmed that both
strains belong to the same species. Based on data from this
polyphasic study, these strains represent a novel species of
the genus Enterococcus, for which the name Enterococcus
alcedinis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is L34T (= CCM
8433T = LMG 27164T).
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