Classification of Alcaligenes faecalis-like isolates from the environment and human clinical samples as Ralstonia gilardii sp. nov

Int J Syst Bacteriol. 1999 Apr:49 Pt 2:405-13. doi: 10.1099/00207713-49-2-405.

Abstract

A polyphasic taxonomic study that included DNA-DNA hybridizations, DNA base ratio determinations, 16S rDNA sequence analysis, whole-cell protein and fatty acid analyses, AFLP (amplified fragment length polymorphism) fingerprinting and an extensive biochemical characterization was performed on 10 strains provisionally identified as Alcaligenes faecalis-like bacteria. The six environmental and four human isolates belonged to the genus Ralstonia and were assigned to a new species for which the name Ralstonia gilardii sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is LMG 5886T.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Proteins / chemistry
  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  • Base Composition
  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • DNA, Ribosomal / chemistry
  • DNA, Ribosomal / genetics
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
  • Environmental Microbiology
  • Fatty Acids / analysis
  • Gram-Negative Aerobic Rods and Cocci / chemistry
  • Gram-Negative Aerobic Rods and Cocci / classification*
  • Gram-Negative Aerobic Rods and Cocci / genetics
  • Gram-Negative Aerobic Rods and Cocci / isolation & purification
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Nucleic Acid Hybridization
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • DNA, Ribosomal
  • Fatty Acids
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AF076645
  • GENBANK/AF085226