Enterococcus aquimarinus sp. nov., isolated from sea water

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Authors	ŠVEC Pavel VANCANNEYT Marc DEVRIESE Luc A. NASER Sabri M. SNAUWAERT Cindy LEFEBVRE Karen HOSTE Bart SWINGS Jean
Year of publication	2005
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
Citation
Web	http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/55/5/2183
Field	Microbiology, virology
Keywords	Enterococcus aquimarinus sp. nov.
Description	Two enterococcal strains LMG 16607T and LMG 16612 originating from sea water were analysed in a polyphasic taxonomic study. Both strains, assigned as Enterococcus sp. in the BCCM/LMG culture collection, possessed analogous protein profiles, but these were different from all other enterococcal species. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis of one strain showed the highest similarity, 96,9-96,1 %, with its closest phylogenetic neighbours Enterococcus saccharolyticus, Enterococcus sulfureus, Enterococcus saccharominimus and Enterococcus italicus. Further genomic analysis by (GTG)5-PCR fingerprinting and sequence analysis of the housekeeping gene phenylalanyl-tRNA synthase (pheS) and distinct biochemical features confirmed that the two strains represent a novel enterococcal species for which the name Enterococcus aquimarinus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is LMG 16607T (=CCM 7283T).
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