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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2005, p. 3526-3529, Vol. 43, No. 7
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.7.3526-3529.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Description of Kingella potus sp. nov., an Organism Isolated from a Wound Caused by an Animal Bite

Paul A. Lawson,1* Henry Malnick,2 Matthew D. Collins,1 Jayesh J. Shah,2 Marie A. Chattaway,4 Richard Bendall,3 and John W. Hartley3

School of Food Biosciences, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6AP,1 Laboratory of HealthCare Associated Infection, Centre for Infections, Health Protection Agency, Central Public Health Laboratory, London, NW9 5HT,2 Department of Clinical Microbiology, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Penventinnie Lane, Treliske, Truro, Cornwall TR1 3LQ,3 National Collection of Type Cultures, Health Protection Agency, London, United Kingdom4

Received 30 November 2004/ Returned for modification 23 January 2005/ Accepted 10 March 2005

We report the isolation and characterization of a hitherto unknown gram-negative, rod-shaped Neisseria-like organism from an infected wound resulting from a bite from a kinkajou. Based on both phenotypic and phylogenetic evidence, it is proposed that the unknown organism be classified as a new species, Kingella potus sp. nov.

* Corresponding author. Present address: Department of Botany and Microbiology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019-6131. Phone: (405) 325-4321. Fax: (405) 325-7619. E-mail: paul.lawson{at}ou.edu.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2005, p. 3526-3529, Vol. 43, No. 7
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.7.3526-3529.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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