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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 1999, p. 1161-1164, Vol. 37, No. 4
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Facklamia languida sp. nov., Isolated from Human Clinical Specimens

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

Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom1; Culture Collection, Department of Clinical Bacteriology, University of Göteborg, Goteborg, Sweden2; and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia3

Received 27 October 1998/Returned for modification 7 December 1998/Accepted 22 December 1998

Three strains of a gram-positive catalase-negative, facultatively anaerobic coccus-shaped organism originating from human clinical samples were characterized by phenotypic and molecular taxonomic methods. Sequencing of genes encoding 16S rRNA showed that the strains are phylogenetically closely related (99.9 to 100% sequence similarity) and represent a new subline within the genus Facklamia. The unknown bacterium was readily distinguished from all currently described species of the genus Facklamia (viz., Facklamia hominis, Facklamia ignava, and Facklamia sourekii) 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 Facklamia languida sp. nov. The type strain of F. languida is CCUG 37842.

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

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 1999, p. 1161-1164, Vol. 37, No. 4
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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