Downes, J., Mantzourani, M., Beighton, D., Hooper, Samuel James, Wilson, Melanie J. ![]() |
Abstract
Six strains of anaerobic, pleomorphic Gram-positive bacilli, isolated from the human oral cavity and an infected arm wound, were subjected to a comprehensive range of phenotypic and genotypic tests and were found to comprise a homogeneous group. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that the isolates were most closely related to Scardovia inopinata CCUG 35729T (94.8-94.9% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity). The isolates were saccharolytic and produced acetic and lactic acids as end products of fermentation. The major fatty acids were C16 : 0 (49.8 %) and C18 : 1ω9c (35.8 %). Polar lipid analysis revealed a variety of glycolipids, diphosphatidylglycerol, an unidentified phospholipid and an unidentified phosphoglycolipid. No respiratory quinones were detected. The peptidoglycan was of the type A4α L-Lys-Thr-Glu, with L-lysine partially replaced by L-ornithine. The DNA G+C content of one of the strains, C1A-55T, was 55 mol%. A novel species, Scardovia wiggsiae sp. nov., is proposed to accommodate the six isolates, with the type strain C1A-55T (=DSM 22547T=CCUG 58090T). © 2011 IUMS.
Item Type: | Article |
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Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | Dentistry |
Publisher: | International Union of Microbiological Societies |
ISSN: | 1466-5026 |
Last Modified: | 18 Oct 2022 13:54 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/15832 |
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