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Bifidobacterium callitrichidarum sp. nov. from the faeces of the emperor tamarin (Saguinus imperator)

Authors :
Thomas Andlid
Camillo Sandri
Stefano Pascarelli
Monica Marianna Modesto
Paola Mattarelli
Barbara Sgorbati
Samanta Michelini
Linnea Qvirist
Duccio Cavalieri
Caterina Spiezio
Maria Cristina Sansosti
Carlotta De Filippo
Modesto, MONICA MARIANNA
Michelini, Samanta
Sansosti, Maria Cristina
De Filippo, Carlotta
Cavalieri, Duccio
Qvirist, Linnea
Andlid, Thoma
Spiezio, Caterina
Sandri, Camillo
Pascarelli, Stefano
Sgorbati, Barbara
Mattarelli, Paola
Source :
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology, 68 (2018): 141–148. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.002472, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Modesto, Monica; Michelini, Samanta; Sansosti, Maria Cristina; De Filippo, Carlotta; Cavalieri, Duccio; Qvirist, Linnea; Andlid, Thomas; Spiezio, Caterina; Sandri, Camillo; Pascarelli, Stefano; Sgorbati, Barbara; Mattarelli, Paola/titolo:Bifidobacterium callitrichidarum sp. nov. from the faeces of the emperor tamarin (Saguinus imperator)./doi:10.1099%2Fijsem.0.002472/rivista:International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology (Print)/anno:2018/pagina_da:141/pagina_a:148/intervallo_pagine:141–148/volume:68
Publication Year :
2018

Abstract

Three Gram-stain-positive, non-spore-forming, microaerophilic and fructose-6-phosphate phosphoketolase positive strains were isolated from a faecal sample of an adult subject of the emperor tamarin (Saguinus imperator). Given that the isolates revealed identical BOX PCR profiles, strain TRI 5(T) was selected as a representative and characterized further. Comparative analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity revealed that strain TRI 5(T) was closely related to Bifidobacterium saguini DSM 23967(T) (96.4 %) and to Bifidobacterium longum subsp. longum ATCC 15708 (96.2 %). Multilocus sequence analyses of five housekeeping genes showed the close phylogenetic relatedness of this strain to Bifidobacterium breve DSM 20213(T) (hsp60 94.1 %), Bifidobacteriumsaguini DSM 23967(T) (clpC 91 %), Bifidobacterium avesanii DSM 100685(T) (dnaG 80.3 %), Bifidobacterium longumsubsp. infantis ATCC 15697(T) (dnaJ 85.3 %) and Bifidobacterium longumsubsp. longum ATCC 15708 (rpoB 93 %), respectively. The peptidoglycan type was A3β, with an interpeptide bridge comprising l-Orn (Lys) - l-Ser - l-Ala - l-Thr - l-Ala. The DNA G+C content of strain TRI 5(T) was 60.9 mol%. Based on the data provided, strain TRI 5(T) represents a novel species of the genus Bifidobacterium for which the name Bifidobacteriumcallitrichidarum sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is TRI 5(T) (=DSM 103152(T)=JCM 31790(T)).

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Language :
English
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology, 68 (2018): 141–148. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.002472, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Modesto, Monica; Michelini, Samanta; Sansosti, Maria Cristina; De Filippo, Carlotta; Cavalieri, Duccio; Qvirist, Linnea; Andlid, Thomas; Spiezio, Caterina; Sandri, Camillo; Pascarelli, Stefano; Sgorbati, Barbara; Mattarelli, Paola/titolo:Bifidobacterium callitrichidarum sp. nov. from the faeces of the emperor tamarin (Saguinus imperator)./doi:10.1099%2Fijsem.0.002472/rivista:International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology (Print)/anno:2018/pagina_da:141/pagina_a:148/intervallo_pagine:141–148/volume:68
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....131985df5a6c3ff3f99a6e614e9ef91c
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.002472