Open AccessDescription of Human-Derived Centers for Disease Control Coryneform Group 2 Bacteria as Actinomyces bernardiae sp. nov.
Author(s) -
Guido Funke,
Cristina Pascual Ramos,
J. F. FernándezGarayzábal,
Norbert Weiss,
Matthew D. Collins
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
international journal of systematic bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1070-6259
pISSN - 0020-7713
DOI - 10.1099/00207713-45-1-57
Subject(s) - actinomyces , bacteria , 16s ribosomal rna , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , actinomycetaceae , taxon , strain (injury) , actinomycetales , genetics , botany , anatomy , streptomyces
Biochemical, chemotaxonomic, and molecular methods were used to establish the precise taxonomic position of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) coryneform group 2 bacteria. The results of a comparative 16S rRNA sequence analysis demonstrated that the CDC coryneform group 2 bacteria constitute a distinct species within the genus Actinomyces. Actinomyces pyogenes was found to be the closest genealogical relative of the CDC coryneform group 2 bacteria, although these taxa were readily distinguished from each other and other Actinomyces spp. by using phenotypic criteria. On the basis of our findings we propose the name Actinomyces bernardiae sp. nov. for the CDC coryneform group 2 bacteria. The type strain is DSM 9152 (CCUG 33419).