title: Three new species of the genus Peptostreptococcus isolated from humans: Peptostreptococcus vaginalis sp. nov., Peptostreptococcus lacrimalis sp. nov., and Peptostreptococcus lactolyticus sp. nov.
abstract: We describe three new species of the genus Peptostreptococcus which were isolated from human specimens and were tentatively identified as Peptostreptococcus prevotii. These three organisms were not homologous with previously described type strains of the genus Peptostreptococcus. A total of 12 strains that were identified biochemically as P. prevotii were divided into five independent DNA similarity groups; 10 of these strains were divided into three similarity groups which exhibited significant phenotypic differences from previously described species. Therefore, we propose the following new species: Peptostreptococcus vaginalis for group 1 strains, Peptostreptococcus lacrimalis for group 2 strains, and Peptostreptococcus lactolyticus for group 3 strains. The type strain of P. vaginalis is strain GIFU 12669 (= JCM 8138), the type strain of P. lacrimalis is strain GIFU 7667 (= JCM 8139), and the type strain of P. lactolyticus is strain GIFU 8586 (= JCM 8140).
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Gifu University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Adnan
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ezaki
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry; D005285:Fermentation; D006801:Humans; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010457:Peptidoglycan / Q000737:chemistry; D010462:Peptostreptococcus / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000378:metabolism; D010641:Phenotype; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D010457:Peptidoglycan