@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-44-2-365, author = "CAI, J. and COLLINS, M. D.", title = "Evidence for a Close Phylogenetic Relationship between Melissococcus pluton, the Causative Agent of European Foulbrood Disease, and the Genus Enterococcus", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "1994", volume = "44", number = "2", pages = "365-367", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-44-2-365", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-44-2-365", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "The 16S rRNA gene sequence of Melissococcus pluton, the causative agent of European foulbrood disease, was determined in order to investigate the phylogenetic relationships between this organism and other low-G+C- content gram-positive bacteria. A comparative sequence analysis revealed that M. pluton is a close phylogenetic relative of the genus Enterococcus. ", }