%0 Journal Article %A Meng, Xiangli %A Lu, Shan %A Wang, Yiting %A Lai, Xin-He %A Wen, Yumeng %A Jin, Dong %A Yang, Jing %A Bai, Xiangning %A Zhang, Gui %A Pu, Ji %A Lan, Riuting %A Xu, Jianguo %T Actinomyces vulturis sp. nov., isolated from Gyps himalayensis %D 2017 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 67 %N 6 %P 1720-1726 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001851 %K Actinomyces vulturis %K 16S rRNA %K Qinghai-Tibet Plateau %K vulture %I Microbiology Society, %X Two strains of Gram-stain-positive, facultatively anaerobic, non-spore-forming short rods (VUL7T and VUL8) were isolated from rectal swabs of Old World vultures, namely Gyps himalayensis, in Tibet-Qinghai Plateau, China. Optimal growth occurred at 37 °C, pH 6–7, with 1 % (w/v) NaCl. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences classified the two strains to the genus Actinomyces , with highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity (95 %) to type strains of Actinomyces haliotis , Actinomyces radicidentis and Actinomyces urogenitalis . The major cellular fatty acids were C18 : 1ω9c and C16 : 0. MK-10(H4) was the major respiratory quinone. The genomic DNA G+C content of the isolate was 54.4 mol%. DNA–DNA hybridization values with the most closely related species of the genus Actinomyces was 24.6 %. The two strains can be differentiated from the most closely related species such as A. haliotis , A. radicidentis, A. graevenitzii and A. urogenitalis by a list of carbohydrate fermentations and enzyme activities. On the basis of physiological, biochemical and phylogenetic analysis, strains VUL7T and VUL8 represent novel species of the genus Actinomyces , for which the name Actinomyces vulturis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is VUL7T (=CGMCC 4.7366T=DSM 103437T). %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001851