Helicobacter muricola sp. nov., a novel Helicobacter species isolated from the ceca and feces of Korean wild mouse (Mus musculus molossinus)

FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2002 Mar 19;209(1):45-51. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2002.tb11107.x.

Abstract

A slowly growing microaerophilic Helicobacter strain was isolated from the ceca and fecal pellets of Korean wild mice (Mus musculus molossinus). This bacterial strain possessed a pair of nonsheathed bipolar flagella, was positive for urease, catalase and oxidase, and reduced nitrate to nitrite. It proved susceptible to nalidixic acid and resistant to cephalodine, and did not hydrolyze hippurate. On the basis of phenotypic characteristics and 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, the isolate represents a new species of the genus Helicobacter, for which the name Helicobacter muricola sp. nov. is proposed; the type strain of the new species is w-06T.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bacterial Proteins / analysis
  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  • Cecum / microbiology*
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • DNA, Ribosomal / genetics
  • Feces / microbiology*
  • Female
  • Flagella / ultrastructure
  • Helicobacter / classification
  • Helicobacter / drug effects
  • Helicobacter / enzymology
  • Helicobacter / genetics
  • Helicobacter / isolation & purification*
  • Helicobacter / ultrastructure
  • Korea
  • Male
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Muridae / microbiology*
  • Phylogeny
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • RNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Species Specificity

Substances

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

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AF264783