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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2002, p. 3938-3941, Vol. 40, No. 11
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.11.3938-3941.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

"Actinobaculum massiliae," a New Species Causing Chronic Urinary Tract Infection

Gilbert Greub and Didier Raoult*

Unité des Rickettsies, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France

Received 28 March 2002/ Returned for modification 16 July 2002/ Accepted 12 August 2002

We report on a new Actinobaculum species, "Actinobaculum massiliae," isolated from the urine of an elderly woman with recurrent cystitis. Its phenotypic pattern was similar to those of both of the other Actinobaculum species described to date. On 16S rRNA sequencing, the Marseille isolate shared 95% homology with Actinobaculum suis, 92 to 93% homology with Actinobaculum schaalii, 91 to 92% homology with Arcanobacterium spp., and 87 to 90% homology with Actinomyces species. A bootstrap value of 99% supports the node separating the Actinobaculum sp. from its closest neighbor (A. suis). In conclusion, on the basis of phenotypic, genotypic, and phylogenetic assessments, we show that the Marseille isolate is a previously unrecognized organism within the Actinobaculum genus, and we propose placement of the organism in the taxon "Actinobaculum massiliae."

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Unité des Rickettsies, CNRS UPRESA 6020, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, 27, Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille Cedex 05, France. Phone: (00) 33.491.32.43.75. Fax: (00) 33.491.83.03.90. E-mail: didier.raoult{at}medecine.univ-mrs.fr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2002, p. 3938-3941, Vol. 40, No. 11
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.11.3938-3941.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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