title: Brevibacterium avium sp. nov., isolated from poultry.
abstract: Two strains of a Brevibacterium-like bacterium originating from bumble-foot lesions of domestic fowls were subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic study. The phenotypic characteristics of the bacterium were consistent with its assignment to the genus Brevibacterium although comparative 16S rRNA gene sequencing showed that the organism represents a distinct subline within the genus. Chromosomal DNA-DNA pairing studies confirmed that the unidentified bacterium was genomically distinct and worthy of separate species status. Based on the phenotypic and genotypic distinctiveness of the bacterium from poultry, a new species, Brevibacterium avium, is proposed. The type strain of Brevibacterium avium is NCIMB 703055T.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Department, BBSRC Institute of Food Research, Reading, UK.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pascual
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Collins
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001951:Brevibacterium / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D006099:Granuloma / Q000382:microbiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D011200:Poultry; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S