DETERMINATION OF 16S RIBOSOMAL-RNA SEQUENCES OF ENTEROCOCCI AND APPLICATION TO SPECIES IDENTIFICATION OF NONMOTILE ENTEROCOCCUS-GALLINARUM ISOLATES

The 16S rRNA sequences of enterococcal species E. faecium, E. faecalis , E, gallinarum, E, casseliflavus/flavescens, E, dispar, E. pseudoaviu m, E, sulfureus, E, malodoratus, E, raffinosus, E, cecorum, E, hirae, E. saccharolyticus, E, seriolicida, E. mundtii, E, avium, E, durans, B . columbae, and E. solitarius are presented herein. These data were ut ilized to confirm the species identification of two nonmotile E. galli narum isolates which had been previously phenotypically identified as E, faecium, The implications of this finding are discussed.