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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2001, p. 787-790, Vol. 39, No. 2
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.2.787-790.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

A Member of the Delta Subgroup of Proteobacteria from a Pyogenic Liver Abscess Is a Typical Sulfate Reducer of the Genus Desulfovibrio

Liesbeth Schoenborn,1 Hamid Abdollahi,1,dagger Wee Tee,2,Dagger Michael Dyall-Smith,1 and Peter H. Janssen1,*

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010,1 and Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Carlton, Victoria 3053,2 Australia

Received 10 July 2000/Returned for modification 3 September 2000/Accepted 11 November 2000

Strain FH26001/95 (ATCC 700045) was previously isolated from a pyogenic liver abscess from a human. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that this strain is related to members of the delta subgroup of the proteobacteria, within a cluster of sulfate-reducing bacteria (Desulfovibrio spp.) and non-sulfate-reducing bacteria (Bilophila wadsworthia and Lawsonia spp.). The phenotype of strain FH26001/95 was found to be typical of members of the genus Desulfovibrio. Growth and substrate transformations were possible at oxygen concentrations of 2 to 5% (vol/vol) but not at oxygen concentrations of 21% (vol/vol) in air. Its isolation from an infection in a human suggests that some members of the genus Desulfovibrio can be considered opportunistic pathogens.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia. Phone: 61 (3) 8344 5706. Fax: 61 (3) 9347 1540. E-mail: pjanssen{at}unimelb.edu.au.

dagger Present address: Microbiology Department, Medical School, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.

Dagger Wee Tee passed away on 14 August 2000.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2001, p. 787-790, Vol. 39, No. 2
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.2.787-790.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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