Anaerococcus degenerii sp. nov., isolated from human clinical specimens

A C M Veloo; P E Elgersma; A J van Winkelhoff

doi:10.1016/j.anaerobe.2015.02.002

Anaerococcus degenerii sp. nov., isolated from human clinical specimens

Anaerobe. 2015 Jun:33:71-5. doi: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2015.02.002. Epub 2015 Feb 10.

Authors

A C M Veloo¹, P E Elgersma², A J van Winkelhoff³

Affiliations

¹ University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Medical Microbiology, The Netherlands. Electronic address: a.c.m.veloo@umcg.nl.
² University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Medical Microbiology, The Netherlands.
³ University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Medical Microbiology, The Netherlands; University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Dentistry and Oral Hygiene, The Netherlands.

PMID: 25680238
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2015.02.002

Abstract

Four clinical isolates of gram-positive strict anaerobic cocci were isolated from four different human mixed anaerobic infections. The taxonomical status of the four strains could not be established using standard identification techniques. The biochemical features of the strains were established and their taxonomic position was determined using 16S rRNA sequencing. The four strains form a homogeneous phenotypical and genotypical cluster. A new Anaerococcus species is proposed for these isolates: Anaerococcus degenerii sp. nov. The type strain is UMCG-104(T) = DSM29674(T) (accession number AM176528).

Keywords: Anaerococcus; Human pathogen; Novel species.

MeSH terms

Bacteria, Anaerobic / classification
Bacteria, Anaerobic / genetics
Bacteria, Anaerobic / isolation & purification*
Bacterial Typing Techniques
Gram-Positive Bacteria / classification
Gram-Positive Bacteria / genetics
Gram-Positive Bacteria / isolation & purification*
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
Humans
Phylogeny