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Note: Aerococcus christensenii sp. nov., from the human vagina

¹ Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6AP, UK
² Culture Collection, Department of Clinical Bacteriology, University of Göteborg, S-41346 Göteborg, 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 two strains of a hitherto undescribed Aerococcus-like organism isolated from the human vagina. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequencing studies demonstrated that the unknown strains constitute a new subline within the genus Aerococcus. The unknown bacterium was readily distinguished from the two currently recognized Aerococcus species, Aerococcus viridans and Aerococcus urinae, 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 Aerococcus christensenii sp. nov. The type strain of A. christensenii is CCUG 28831^T.

Key Words: Aerococcus christensenii sp. nov. • phylogeny • taxonomy • 16S rRNA

The GenBank accession numbers for the 16S rRNA gene sequences of strains CCUG 28826 and CCUG 28831^T are Y17318 and Y17005.

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