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Detection, isolation and characterization of Fusobacterium gastrosuis sp. nov. colonizing the stomach of pigs
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Nine strains of a novel Fusobacterium sp. were isolated from the stomach of 68 months old and adult pigs. The isolates were obligately anaerobic, although they endured 2 h exposure to air. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA and gyrase B genes demonstrated that the isolates showed high sequence similarity with Fusobacterium mortiferum, Fusobacterium ulcerans, Fusobacterium varium, Fusobacterium russii and Fusobacterium necrogenes, but formed a distinct lineage in the genus Fusobacterium. Comparative analysis of the genome of the type strain of this novel Fusobacterium sp. confirmed that it is different from other recognized Fusobacterium spp. DNA-DNA hybridization, fingerprinting and genomic %GC determination further supported the conclusion that the isolates belong to a new, distinct species. The isolates were also distinguishable from these and other Fusobacterium spp. by phenotypical characterization. The strains produced indole and exhibited proline arylamidase and glutamic acid decarboxylase activity. They did not hydrolyse esculin, did not exhibit pyroglutamic acid arylamidase, valine arylamidase, α-galactosidase, β-galactosidase, β-galactosidase-6-phosphate or α-glucosidase activity nor produced acid from cellobiose, glucose, lactose, mannitol, mannose, maltose, raffinose, saccharose, salicin or trehalose. The major fatty acids were C16:0 and C18:1ω9c. The name Fusobacterium gastrosuis sp. nov. is proposed for the novel isolates with the type strain CDW1(T) (=DSM 101753(T) = LMG 29236(T)). We also demonstrated that Clostridium rectum and mortiferum Fusobacterium represent the same species, with nomenclatural priority for the latter.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Systematic and applied microbiology. - Jena, 1983, currens
Publication
Jena : Elsevier , 2017
ISSN
0723-2020 [print]
1618-0984 [online]
DOI
10.1016/J.SYAPM.2016.10.001
Volume/pages
40 :1 (2017) , p. 42-50
ISI
000392039200005
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