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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 1998, p. 3090-3093, Vol. 36, No. 10
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Description of Gemella sanguinis sp. nov., Isolated from Human Clinical Specimens

Matthew D. Collins,1 Roger A. Hutson,1 Enevold Falsen,2 Berit Sjöden,2 and Richard R. Facklam3,*

BBSRC Institute of Food Research, Reading Laboratory, Reading, RG6 6BZ, United Kingdom1; Culture Collection, University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden2; and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 303333

Received 20 April 1998/Returned for modification 30 May 1998/Accepted 9 July 1998

Six strains of a hitherto undescribed gram-positive, catalase-negative, facultatively anaerobic coccus isolated from human sources were characterized by phenotypic and molecular taxonomic methods. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequencing studies demonstrated that the unknown strains were genealogically identical and constitute a new subline within the genus Gemella. The unknown bacterium was readily distinguished from Gemella haemolysans, Gemella bergeriae, and Gemella morbillorum by biochemical tests and electrophoretic analysis of whole-cell proteins. Based on phylogenetic and phenotypic evidence, it is proposed that the unknown bacterium be classified as Gemella sanguinis sp. nov. The type strain is CCUG 37820T.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road N.E., Atlanta, GA 30333. Phone: (404) 639-1379. Fax: (404) 639-3123. E-mail address: RRF{at}CDC.GOV.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 1998, p. 3090-3093, Vol. 36, No. 10
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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