%0 Journal Article %A CAI, J. %A COLLINS, M. D. %T Evidence for a Close Phylogenetic Relationship between Melissococcus pluton, the Causative Agent of European Foulbrood Disease, and the Genus Enterococcus %D 1994 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 44 %N 2 %P 365-367 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-44-2-365 %I Microbiology Society, %X 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. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-44-2-365