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f Negativicoccus succinicivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human clinical samples, emended description of the family Veillonellaceae and description of Negativicutes classis nov., Selenomonadales ord. nov. and Acidaminococcaceae fam. nov. in the bacterial phylum Firmicutes
- Authors: Hélène Marchandin1,2 , Corinne Teyssier1 , Josiane Campos2 , Hélène Jean-Pierre1,2 , Frédéric Roger1 , Bernard Gay3 , Jean-Philippe Carlier4 , Estelle Jumas-Bilak1
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1 1Université Montpellier 1, EA 3755, Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Virologie, Faculté de Pharmacie, 15, Avenue Charles Flahault, BP 14491, 34060 Montpellier Cedex 5, France 2 2Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Montpellier, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, Laboratoire de Bactériologie, 371 Avenue du Doyen Gaston Giraud, 34295 Montpellier Cedex 5, France 3 3Université Montpellier 1 et Université Montpellier 2, UMR 5236-CPBS CNRS, Centre d'études d'agents pathogènes et Biotechnologies pour la Santé, Institut de Biologie, 4, Boulevard Henri IV, CS 69033, 34965 Montpellier Cedex 2, France 4 4Institut Pasteur, Centre National de Référence des Bactéries Anaérobies et du Botulisme, 25 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
- CorrespondenceHélène Marchandin [email protected]
- First Published Online: 01 June 2010, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 60: 1271-1279, doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.013102-0
- Subject: New Taxa - Firmicutes And Related Organisms
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Negativicoccus succinicivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human clinical samples, emended description of the family Veillonellaceae and description of Negativicutes classis nov., Selenomonadales ord. nov. and Acidaminococcaceae fam. nov. in the bacterial phylum Firmicutes, Page 1 of 1
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Three strains of a hitherto unknown, Gram-negative, tiny, anaerobic coccus were collected from human clinical samples originating from skin and soft tissues. The three isolates displayed at least 99.9 % identity in their 16S rRNA gene sequences and more than 99.8 % identity in their dnaK gene sequences. The isolates were affiliated to the family Veillonellaceae, the coccobacillus Dialister micraerophilus being the most closely related species, but there was no more than 91.1 % identity in the 16S rRNA gene sequence between this species and the three isolates. Phylogeny based on the 16S rRNA gene confirmed that the three strains represent a novel and robust lineage within the current family Veillonellaceae. A similar genomic structure was demonstrated for the three isolates by PFGE-based analysis. Morphology and metabolic end products, as well as genotypic and phylogenetic data supported the proposal of the novel genus Negativicoccus gen. nov., with the novel species Negativicoccus succinicivorans sp. nov. [type strain ADV 07/08/06-B-1388T (=AIP 149.07T=CIP 109806T=DSM 21255T=CCUG 56017T) as type species]. Phylogenetic analyses based on the 16S rRNA gene sequences of members of the phylum Firmicutes and other phyla indicated that the family Veillonellaceae forms a robust lineage clearly separated from those of the classes ‘Bacilli’, ‘Clostridia’, Thermolithobacteria and ‘Erysipelotrichi’ in the phylum Firmicutes. Therefore, we propose that this family is a class-level taxon in the phylum Firmicutes, for which the name Negativicutes classis nov. is proposed, based on the Gram-negative type of cell wall of its members, with the type order Selenomonadales ord. nov. In this order, a novel family, Acidaminococcaceae fam. nov., is proposed and description of the family Veillonellaceae is emended.
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The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession numbers for the 16S rRNA gene and dnaK gene sequences of Negativicoccus succinicivorans gen. nov., sp. nov. ADV 07/08/06-B-1388T are FJ715930 and FJ715931, respectively.
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PFGE migration of I-CeuI-restricted DNAs, an ML tree based on 227 partial 16S rRNA gene sequences (1200 nt), showing relationships between members of the family Veillonellaceae, other members of the phylum Firmicutes and other selected phyla, and composition of datasets A and B are available with the online version of this paper.
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