title: Enterococcus raffinosus sp. nov., Enterococcus solitarius sp. nov. and Enterococcus pseudoavium sp. nov.
abstract: Deoxyribonucleic acid base composition, deoxyribonucleic acid-deoxyribonucleic acid hybridization, and biochemical studies were performed on some enterococci from clinical sources of uncertain taxonomic position. Our results indicate that 6 human strains, a single clinical isolate and a strain from bovine mastitis are genetically distinct from each other and all other previously described Enterococcus species and constitute three new species, for which the names Enterococcus raffinosus, Enterococcus solitarius and Enterococcus pseudoavium are proposed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, AFRC Institute of Food Research, Reading Laboratory, Shinfield, U.K.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Facklam
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Farrow
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Williamson
mesh_terms: D001482:Base Composition; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D011887:Raffinose / Q000378:metabolism; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D009626:Terminology as Topic
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005227:Fatty Acids; D011887:Raffinose