Open AccessEnterococcus raffinosus sp. nov., Enterococcus solitarius sp. nov. and Enterococcus pseudoavium sp. nov.
Author(s) -
Collins Matthew D.,
Facklam Richard R.,
Farrow John A.E.,
Williamson Russell
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1989.tb03350.x
Subject(s) - enterococcus , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , vancomycin resistant enterococcus , enterococcus faecalis , enterococcus hirae , streptococcaceae , bacteria , staphylococcus aureus , genetics , vancomycin , antibiotics
Deoxyribonucleic acid base composition, deoxyribonucleic acid‐deoxyribonucleic acid hybridization, and biochemical studies were performed on some enterococci from clinical sources of uncertain taxonomic position. Our results indicate that 6 human strains, a single clinical isolate and a strain from bovine mastitis are genetically distinct from each other and all other previously described Enterococcus species and constitute three new species, for which the names Enterococcus raffinosus, Enterococcus solitarius and Enterococcus pseudoavium are proposed.