%0 Journal Article %A Coenye, Tom %A Vandamme, Peter %A LiPuma, John J. %T Ralstonia respiraculi sp. nov., isolated from the respiratory tract of cystic fibrosis patients %D 2003 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 53 %N 5 %P 1339-1342 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02440-0 %K CF, cystic fibrosis %I Microbiology Society, %X Five isolates recovered from the respiratory tract of cystic fibrosis patients were included in a polyphasic taxonomic study that employed 16S rDNA sequence analysis, cellular protein and fatty acid analysis and biochemical characterization. Four isolates were classified as a novel Ralstonia species, for which the name Ralstonia respiraculi sp. nov. is proposed; the other isolate was phylogenetically closely related to R. respiraculi, but is likely to represent another novel Ralstonia species. The type strain of R. respiraculi is AU3313T (=LMG 21510T=CCUG 46809T). %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.02440-0