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Int J Syst Bacteriol 49 (1999), 503-506; DOI 10.1099/00207713-49-2-503
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Abiotrophia balaenopterae sp. nov., isolated from the minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)

Paul A. Lawson1, Geoffrey Foster2, Enevold Falsen3, Berit Sjödén3 and Matthew D. Collins1

1Department of Microbiology, BBSRC Institute of Food Research, Reading Laboratory, Reading RG6 6BZ, UK
2SAC Veterinary Services, Inverness IV2 4JZ, UK
3Culture Collection, Department of Clinical Bacteriology, University of Goteborg, S-41346 Goteborg, Sweden

Author for correspondence: Matthew D. Collins. Tel: +44 118 935 7000. Fax: +44 118 926 7917. e-mail: david.collins{at}bbsrc.ac.uk

ABSTRACT

Phenotypic and phylogenetic studies were performed on a hitherto undescribed micro-organism isolated from a minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata). Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequencing studies demonstrated that the unknown strain constituted a new subline close to, but distinct from, Abiotrophia adiacens and Abiotrophia elegans. The unknown bacterium was readily distinguished from these two Abiotrophia species by biochemical tests and electrophoretic analysis of whole-cell proteins. On the basis of phylogenetic and phenotypic evidence, it is proposed that the unknown bacterium be classified as Abiotrophia balaenopterae sp. nov., the type strain of which is M1975/96/1T(= CCUG 37380T).

Key Words: Abiotrophia balaenopterae sp. nov. • phylogeny • taxonomy. 16S rRNA

The GenBank accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain CCUG 37380Tis Y16547.




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