RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 CAI, J. A1 COLLINS, M. D.YR 1994 T1 Evidence for a Close Phylogenetic Relationship between Melissococcus pluton, the Causative Agent of European Foulbrood Disease, and the Genus Enterococcus JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 44 IS 2 SP 365 OP 367 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-44-2-365 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB 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. , UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-44-2-365