Evidence for a Close Phylogenetic Relationship between Melissococcus pluton, the Causative Agent of European Foulbrood Disease, and the Genus Enterococcus CAI, J. and COLLINS, M. D.,, 44, 365-367 (1994), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-44-2-365, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 1466-5026, 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. , language=, type=