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Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 53 (2003), 811-814; DOI  10.1099/ijs.0.02484-0
© 2003 International Union of Microbiological Societies

Allofustis seminis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Gram-positive, catalase-negative, rod-shaped bacterium from pig semen

Matthew D. Collins1, Robert Higgins2, Serge Messier2, Madeleine Fortin2, Roger A. Hutson1, Paul A. Lawson1 and Enevold Falsen3

1 School of Food Biosciences, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading RG6 6AP, UK
2 Université de Montréal, Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire, St Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada
3 Culture Collection, Department of Clinical Bacteriology, University of Göteborg, Sweden

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Matthew D. Collins
M.D.Collins{at}reading.ac.uk

An unknown Gram-positive, catalase-negative, facultatively anaerobic, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped bacterium originating from semen of a pig was characterized using phenotypic, molecular chemical and molecular phylogenetic methods. Chemical studies revealed the presence of a directly cross-linked cell wall murein based on L-lysine and a DNA G+C content of 39 mol%. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequencing showed that the unidentified rod-shaped organism formed a hitherto unknown subline related, albeit loosely, to Alkalibacterium olivapovliticus, Alloiococcus otitis, Dolosigranulum pigrum and related organisms, in the low-G+C-content Gram-positive bacteria. However, sequence divergence values of >11 % from these recognized taxa clearly indicated that the novel bacterium represents a separate genus. Based on phenotypic and phylogenetic considerations, it is proposed that the unknown bacterium from pig semen be classified as a new genus and species, Allofustis seminis gen. nov., sp. nov. The type strain is strain 01-570-1T (=CCUG 45438T=CIP 107425T).

The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain CCUG 45438T is AJ410303.




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