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Three cases of Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens bacteremia confirmed by 16S rRNA gene sequencing.
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Journal of clinical microbiology [J Clin Microbiol] 1998 May; Vol. 36 (5), pp. 1209-13. - Publication Year :
- 1998
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Abstract
- We describe three cases of Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens bacteremia from Australia. We believe one of these cases represents the first report of A. succiniciproducens bacteremia in a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individual. The other two patients had an underlying disorder (one patient had bleeding esophageal varices complicating alcohol liver disease and one patient had non-Hodgkin's lymphoma). A motile, gram-negative, spiral anaerobe was isolated by culturing blood from all patients. Electron microscopy showed a curved bacterium with bipolar tufts of flagella resembling Anaerobiospirillum spp. Sequencing of the 16S rRNA genes of the isolates revealed no close relatives (organisms likely to be in the same genus) in the sequence databases, nor were any sequence data available forA. succiniciproducens. This report presents for the first time the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain of A. succiniciproducens, strain ATCC 29305. Two of the three clinical isolates have sequences identical to that of the type strain, while the sequence of the other strain differs from that of the type strain at 4 nucleotides.
- Subjects :
- AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections microbiology
Aged
Anti-Bacterial Agents pharmacology
Gram-Negative Anaerobic Bacteria drug effects
Gram-Negative Anaerobic Bacteria genetics
Humans
Male
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Middle Aged
Phylogeny
RNA, Bacterial analysis
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S analysis
Bacteremia microbiology
DNA, Bacterial analysis
Gram-Negative Anaerobic Bacteria isolation & purification
RNA, Bacterial genetics
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S genetics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0095-1137
- Volume :
- 36
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of clinical microbiology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 9574678
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.36.5.1209-1213.1998