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Helcococcus sueciensis sp. nov., isolated from a human wound

¹ School of Food Biosciences, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6AP, UK
² Culture Collection, Department of Clinical Bacteriology, University of Göteborg, SE-413 46 Göteborg, Sweden

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Paul A. Lawson
p.a.lawson{at}reading.ac.uk

A previously undescribed, Gram-positive, catalase-negative, coccus-shaped organism that originated from a human wound was subjected to taxonomic study. On the basis of its cellular morphology and the results of biochemical testing, the unknown organism was identified tentatively as a member of the genus Helcococcus, but it did not correspond to either of the two recognized species of this genus. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequencing studies confirmed that the bacterium was associated phylogenetically with the genus Helcococcus, with the unidentified organism forming a hitherto unknown subline within the genus. On the basis of biochemical, molecular chemical and molecular phylogenetic evidence, it is proposed that the unknown organism that was recovered from a human wound should be classified as a novel species of the genus Helcococcus, namely Helcococcus sueciensis sp. nov. The type strain is CCUG 47334^T (=CIP 108183^T).

The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain CCUG 47334^T is AJ579914.

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