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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 1998, p. 1290-1293, Vol. 36, No. 5
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Gemella bergeriae 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,*

Department of Microbiology, BBSRC Institute of Food Research, Reading Laboratory, Reading, United Kingdom1; Culture Collection, Department of Clinical Bacteriology, University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden2; and Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia3

Received 12 November 1997/Returned for modification 20 January 1998/Accepted 16 February 1998

Six strains of a hitherto-undescribed gram-positive, catalase-negative, facultatively anaerobic coccus from human sources were characterized by phenotypic and molecular taxonomic methods. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequencing studies demonstrated that the unknown strains are genealogically homogeneous and constitute a new subline within the genus Gemella. The unknown bacterium was readily distinguished from Gemella haemolysans, the type species of the genus Gemella, and from Gemella morbillorum by biochemical tests and electrophoretic analysis of whole-cell proteins. On the basis of phylogenetic and phenotypic evidence, it is proposed that the unknown bacterium from clinical specimens be classified as Gemella bergeriae sp. nov. The type strain of G. bergeriae is CCUG 37817 (= strain 617-93).

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd., N.E., Atlanta, GA 30333. Phone: (404) 639-1379. Fax: (404) 639-3123. E-mail: RRF2{at}CDC.GOV.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 1998, p. 1290-1293, Vol. 36, No. 5
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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