Md. Collins et al., PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF SOME AEROCOCCUS-LIKE ORGANISMS FROM CLINICALSOURCES - DESCRIPTION OF HELCOCOCCUS-KUNZII GEN-NOV, SP-NOV, International journal of systematic bacteriology, 43(3), 1993, pp. 425-429
16S rRNA gene sequencing studies were performed on some unusual gram-p
ositive catalase-negative cocci of unknown taxonomic position isolated
from human clinical sources. Comparative analysis of the sequence dat
a demonstrated that the clinical isolates represent a hitherto-unknown
line of descent within the low-G+C-content gram-positive bacteria. On
the basis of the phylogenetic findings and the phenotypic distinctive
ness of the organisms, it is proposed that they be classified in a new
genus, Helcococcus, as Helcococcus kunzii sp. nov. The type strain of
H. kunzii is NCFB 2900.