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Abstract

The taxonomic status of seven glucose-non-acidifying, non-proteolytic strains characterized by forming small colonies on agar media was studied. With one exception, all strains were from human specimens. They could be distinguished from all described (genomic) species by their ability to grow on ethanol and acetate as sole sources of carbon but not on 22 other substrates tested including -lactate or -4-aminobutyrate. DNA–DNA hybridization studies, 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, amplified rDNA restriction analysis and DNA polymorphism analysis by AFLP showed that these strains represent a hitherto unknown species of the genus , for which the name (type strain LMG 21765=LUH 4616=NIPH 384=CCM 7030) is proposed.

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