BORDETELLA HINZII SP-NOV, ISOLATED FROM POULTRY AND HUMANS

A polyphasic taxonomic study that included DNA-rRNA hybridizations, DN A-DNA hybridizations, DNA base ratio determinations, whole-cell protei n and fatty acid analyses, and an examination of classical phenotypic characteristics was performed in order to classify human and veterinar y isolates that resemble Bordetella avium. Twelve poultry isolates and two human isolates were assigned to a new species, for which we propo se the name Bordetella hinzii. The position of this organism in, the f amily Alcaligenaceae and various genotypie, phenotypic, and chemotaxon omic characteristics are described.