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Enterococcus phoeniculicola sp. nov., a novel member of the enterococci isolated from the uropygial gland of the Red-billed Woodhoopoe, Phoeniculus purpureus

¹ Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town, Private Bag 1, Rondebosch, 7701, Cape Town, South Africa
² Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, Private Bag 1, Rondebosch, 7701, Cape Town, South Africa

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Paul R. Meyers
pmeyers{at}science.uct.ac.za

A facultatively anaerobic, Gram-positive, coccoid, non-spore-forming, non-motile, catalase-negative bacterium was isolated from the uropygial (preen) gland of wild Red-billed Woodhoopoes (Phoeniculus purpureus) and designated strain JLB-1^T. Physiological and biochemical testing suggested that this homofermentative, lactic-acid-producing bacterium could belong to the genus Enterococcus or the genus Streptococcus. Comparison of the 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain JLB-1^T with other 16S rDNA sequences in the GenBank database by BLAST analysis showed that its closest relatives are Enterococcus faecium, Enterococcus avium and Enterococcus asini. Strain JLB-1^T may be differentiated from these species by the fact that it does not produce acid from lactose, D-mannitol, D(+)-melezitose or D-sorbitol. Furthermore, it does not hydrolyse arginine or hippurate and cannot grow in the presence of 6·5 % NaCl or 40 % bile. It differs from the streptococci in that it does not lyse erythrocytes. Strain JLB-1^T is a novel member of the enterococci, for which the name Enterococcus phoeniculicola sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is JLB-1^T (=ATCC BAA-412^T=DSM 14726^T).

The GenBank accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of Enterococcus phoeniculicola JLB-1^T is AY028437.

A phylogenetic tree showing the relationship between E. phoeniculicola and related species is available as supplementary data in IJSEM Online.

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