L. Hoyles et al., Characterization of a Gemella-like organism isolated from an abscess of a rabbit: description of Gemella cuniculi sp nov., INT J SY EV, 50, 2000, pp. 2037-2041
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13
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
An unknown Gram-positive, catalase-negative, ovoid-shaped bacterium isolate
d from the submandibular abscess of a rabbit was subjected to a polyphasic
taxonomic analysis. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequencing demonstrated the u
nknown coccus represents a new subline within the genus Gemella, The unknow
n isolate was readily distinguished from other recognized members of the ge
nus Gemella, namely Gemella haemolysans, Gemella bergeri, Gemella morbillor
um, Gemella palaticanis and Gemella sanguinis, by biochemical tests and ele
ctrophoretic analysis of whole-cell proteins, Based on both phylogenetic an
d phenotypic evidence, it is proposed that the unknown bacterium is classif
ied in the genus Gemella as Gemella cuniculi sp, nov. The type strain is CC
UG 42726(T).