Open AccessAcinetobacter parvus sp. nov., a small-colony-forming species isolated from human clinical specimens
Author(s) -
Alexandr Nemec,
Lenie Dijkshoorn,
Ilse Cleenwerck,
Thierry De Baere,
Daniëlle Janssens,
T. J. K. van der Reijden,
Petr Ježek,
Mario Vaneechoutte
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
international journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.925
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1466-5034
pISSN - 1466-5026
DOI - 10.1099/ijs.0.02631-0
Subject(s) - biology , acinetobacter , amplified fragment length polymorphism , microbiology and biotechnology , 16s ribosomal rna , agar , genomic dna , bacteria , dna , agar plate , genetics , population , demography , sociology , genetic diversity
The taxonomic status of seven glucose-non-acidifying, non-proteolytic Acinetobacter strains characterized by forming small colonies on agar media was studied. With one exception, all strains were from human specimens. They could be distinguished from all described Acinetobacter (genomic) species by their ability to grow on ethanol and acetate as sole sources of carbon but not on 22 other substrates tested including DL-lactate or DL-4-aminobutyrate. DNA-DNA hybridization studies, 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, amplified rDNA restriction analysis and DNA polymorphism analysis by AFLP showed that these strains represent a hitherto unknown species of the genus Acinetobacter, for which the name Acinetobacter parvus (type strain LMG 21765(T)=LUH 4616(T)=NIPH 384(T)=CCM 7030(T)) is proposed.
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