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Enterococcus flavescens sp. nov., a New Species of Enterococci of Clinical Origin

¹Istituto di Microbiologia, Università di Cagliari
²via Porcell 4, Cagliari, Istituto di Microbiologia, Università di Roma "La Sapienza," Rome
³Istituto di Medicina Legale
⁴Istituto di Medicina Sperimentale, Università di Chieti, Chieti, Italy

^* Corresponding author.

ABSTRACT

Four yellow-pigmented group D enterococci of uncertain taxonomic position were isolated from several humans with severe infections. The results of DNA composition, DNA-DNA hybridization, fatty acid content, and biochemical property studies demonstrated that these organisms were slightly related to other previously described yellow-pigmented enterococcal species and constitute a new species, for which we propose the name Enterococcus flavescens. The type strain of E. flavescens is strain CCM 439.

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