%0 Journal Article %A Law-Brown, Janette %A Meyers, Paul R. %T Enterococcus phoeniculicola sp. nov., a novel member of the enterococci isolated from the uropygial gland of the Red-billed Woodhoopoe, Phoeniculus purpureus %D 2003 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 53 %N 3 %P 683-685 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02334-0 %I Microbiology Society, %X A facultatively anaerobic, Gram-positive, coccoid, non-spore-forming, non-motile, catalase-negative bacterium was isolated from the uropygial (preen) gland of wild Red-billed Woodhoopoes (Phoeniculus purpureus) and designated strain JLB-1T. Physiological and biochemical testing suggested that this homofermentative, lactic-acid-producing bacterium could belong to the genus Enterococcus or the genus Streptococcus. Comparison of the 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain JLB-1T with other 16S rDNA sequences in the GenBank database by blast analysis showed that its closest relatives are Enterococcus faecium, Enterococcus avium and Enterococcus asini. Strain JLB-1T may be differentiated from these species by the fact that it does not produce acid from lactose, d-mannitol, d(+)-melezitose or d-sorbitol. Furthermore, it does not hydrolyse arginine or hippurate and cannot grow in the presence of 6·5 % NaCl or 40 % bile. It differs from the streptococci in that it does not lyse erythrocytes. Strain JLB-1T is a novel member of the enterococci, for which the name Enterococcus phoeniculicola sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is JLB-1T (=ATCC BAA-412T=DSM 14726T). %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.02334-0