title: Enterococcus flavescens sp. nov., a new species of enterococci of clinical origin.
abstract: Four yellow-pigmented group D enterococci of uncertain taxonomic position were isolated from several humans with severe infections. The results of DNA composition, DNA-DNA hybridization, fatty acid content, and biochemical property studies demonstrated that these organisms were slightly related to other previously described yellow-pigmented enterococcal species and constitute a new species, for which we propose the name Enterococcus flavescens. The type strain of E. flavescens is strain CCM 4239 [corrected].
authors.affiliation: Instituto di Microbiologia, Università di Cagliari, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pompei
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Berlutti
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Thaller
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ingianni
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cortis
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dainelli
mesh_terms: D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000096:biosynthesis; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005227:Fatty Acids