Open AccessAlloscardovia theropitheci sp. nov., isolated from the faeces of gelada baboon, the 'bleeding heart' monkey (Theropithecus gelada)
Author(s) -
Mónica Modesto,
Maria Satti,
Koichi Watanabe,
Piero Sciavilla,
Giovanna E. Felis,
Camillo Sandri,
Caterina Spiezio,
Masanori Arita,
Paola Mattarelli
Publication year - 2019
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/ijsem.0.003584
Subject(s) - biology , phylogenetic tree , baboon , 16s ribosomal rna , phylogenetics , zoology , strain (injury) , gene , genetics , anatomy , ecology
A novel irregularly shaped and slightly curved rod bacterial strain, GLDI4/2 T , showing activity of fructose 6-phosphate phosphoketolase was isolated from a faecal sample of an adult gelada baboon ( Theropithecus gelada ). Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA genes as well as multilocus sequences (representing fusA , gyrB and xfp genes) and the core genome revealed that GLDI4/2 T exhibited phylogenetic relatedness to Alloscardovia omnicolens DSM 21503 T and to Alloscardovia macacae DSM 24762 T . Comparative analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences confirmed the phylogenetic results showing the highest gene sequence identity with strain A. omnicolens DSM 21503 T (96.0 %). Activities of α- and β-gluco(galacto)sidases were detected in strain GLDI4/2 T , which is characteristic for almost all members of the family Bifidobacteriaceae . Compared to other Alloscardovia species its DNA G+C content (43.8 mol%) was very low. Phylogenetic studies and the evaluation of phenotypic characteristics, including the results of biochemical, physiological and chemotaxonomic analyses, confirmed the novel species status for strain GLDI4/2 T , for which the name Alloscardoviatheropitheci sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is GLDI4/2 T (=DSM 106019 T =JCM 32430 T ).