title: Enterococcus columbae, a species from pigeon intestines.
abstract: Gram-positive cocci which dominate in the intestinal flora of domestic pigeons were found to constitute a new species of the genus Enterococcus. The strains were most closely related to Enterococcus cecorum, originally described as Streptococcus cecorum, a carboxyphilic species from chicken intestines, and to Enterococcus avium. The pigeon strains resemble E. cecorum and also many E. avium strains in their lack of group D antigen and in being more sensitive to NaCl than other enterococci. The type strain is strain STR 345 (= NCIMB 13013).
authors: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Gent, Belgium.
authors: L A
authors: LA
authors: Devriese
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Ceyssens
authors: U M
authors: UM
authors: Rodrigues
authors: M D
authors: MD
authors: Collins
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D010856:Columbidae / Q000382:microbiology*; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000235:genetics*; D007422:Intestines / Q000382:microbiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000737:chemistry; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D004247:DNA