Two new Rahnella genomospecies that cannot be phenotypically differentiated from Rahnella aquatilis

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作者
Brenner, DJ [1 ]
Müller, HE
Steigerwalt, AG
Whitney, AM
O'Hara, CM
Kämpfer, P
机构
[1] Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Meningitis & Special Pathogens Branch, Div Bacterial & Mycot Dis, Natl Ctr Infect Dis, Atlanta, GA 30333 USA
[2] Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Nosocomial Pathogens Lab Branch, Hosp Infect Program, Natl Ctr Infect Dis, Atlanta, GA 30333 USA
[3] Staatliches Med Aluntersuchungsamt, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany
[4] Univ Giessen, Inst Angew Mikrobiol, D-35390 Giessen, Germany
来源
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC BACTERIOLOGY | 1998年 / 48卷
关键词
Rahnella aquatilis; Rahnella aquatilis-like strains; Rahnella genomospecies; taxonomy; DNA relatedness;
D O I
10.1099/00207713-48-1-141
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Fifty-one Rahnella aquatilis and R. aquatilis-like strains from water, snails and human sources were characterized by routine biochemical tests, carbon source utilization tests, DNA relatedness (hydroxyapatite method) and 16S rRNA sequencing. The results of the genetic methods indicated that the strains comprised three closely related species within the genus Rahnella, It was not possible to differentiate R. aquatilis from the two newly recognized species, The new species were therefore given the vernacular names Rahnella genomospecies 2 and Rahnella genomospecies 3.
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