G. Funke et al., TURICELLA OTITIDIS GEN-NOV, SP-NOV, A CORYNEFORM BACTERIUM ISOLATED FROM PATIENTS WITH OTITIS-MEDIA, International journal of systematic bacteriology, 44(2), 1994, pp. 270-273
The partial 16S rRNA gene sequences of some coryneform bacteria isolat
ed from middle ear fluids from patients with otitis media were determi
ned. A comparative analysis performed with rRNA sequences of other hig
h-G+C-content gram-positive bacteria showed that the coryneform bacter
ia isolated from otitis media patients were only remotely related to m
embers of previously described genera. On the basis of the results of
the phylogenetic analysis and previously published biochemical and che
motaxonomic data, we propose that the strains isolated from middle ear
infections should be classified in a new genus, Turicella, as Turicel
la otitidis gen. nov., sp. nov. The type strain of T. otitidis is stra
in DSM 8821.