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Listeria ivanovii subsp. londoniensis subsp. nov.

¹Istituto Cantonale Batteriologico, Via Ospedale 6, 6904 Lugano, Switzerland, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
²Unité d'Ecologie Bactérienne, Centre National de Référence pour la Lysotypie et le Typage Moléculaire de Listeria and WHO Collaborating Center for Foodborne Listeriosis, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
³Unité des Entérobactéries, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité INSERM 199, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France

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ABSTRACT

An analysis of 23 Listeria ivanovii strains in which we used multilocus enzyme electrophoresis at 18 enzyme loci showed that this bacterial species could be divided into two main genomic groups. The results of DNA-DNA hybridizations and rRNA gene restriction patterns confirmed this finding. The DNA homology data suggested that the two genomic groups represent two subspecies, L. ivanovii subsp. ivanovii and L. ivanovii subsp. londoniensis subsp. nov. The two subspecies can be distinguished biochemically on the basis of the ability to ferment ribose and N-acetyl-β-D-mannosamine. The type strain of L. ivanovii subsp. londoniensis is strain CLIP 12229 (=CIP 103466).