title: Recognition of biovar C of Fusobacterium necrophorum (Flügge) Moore and Holdeman as Fusobacterium pseudonecrophorum sp. nov., nom. rev. (ex Prévot 1940).
abstract: The cellular morphology, colonial morphology, biochemical properties, DNA base compositions, and DNA-DNA homolgies of three biovars of Fusobacterium necrophorum were examined. Some differences were found among the three biovars in cellular morphology, colonial morphology, and biochemical properties. The guanine-plus-cytosine contents of DNAs from biovar C strains Fn521T (T = type strain), Fn522, and Fn520 were 30.4, 29.3, and 28.0 mol%, respectively, and the guanine-plus-cytosine contents of DNAs from strains VPI 2891 (biovar A) and VPI 6161 (biovar B) were 31.3 and 32.0 mol%, respectively. Labeled DNA from biovar C strain Fn521T exhibited 96 and 82% relatedness to DNAs from biovar C strains Fn522 and Fn520, respectively; however, it exhibited only about 10% relatedness to DNAs from strains of biovars A and B. Labeled DNAs from strains VPI 2891 and VPI 6161 exhibited more than 70% relatedness to each other, but about 6 to 20% relatedness to DNAs from biovar C strains. Therefore, Fusobacterium pseudonecrophorum sp. nov., nom. rev. (ex Prévot 1940) is proposed for Fusobacterium necrophorum biovar C. The type strain is strain Fn521 (= JCM 3722).
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Miyazaki University, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shinjo
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hiraiwa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyazato
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005674:Fusobacterium Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D005675:Fusobacterium necrophorum / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000472:pathogenicity; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000382:microbiology; D051379:Mice; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial