title: Campylobacter lanienae sp. nov., a new species isolated from workers in an abattoir.
abstract: Campylobacter-like organisms were isolated from the faeces of healthy individuals during a hygiene survey of abattoir workers. The strains, which exhibited characteristics of Campylobacter, being non-glucose-fermenting, oxidase- and catalase-positive, Gram-negative, motile rods, were identified to the genus level by a PCR assay. Nucleotide sequence analysis of the 16S rRNA gene, DNA homology experiments and determination of G + C content demonstrated that they constituted a previously undescribed species, whose nearest phylogenetic neighbours were Campylobacter hyointestinalis subsp. hyointestinalis, Campylobacter fetus and Campylobacter mucosalis. The name Campylobacter lanienae sp. nov. is proposed for this taxon and species-specific PCR primers were evaluated which will find use in the study of its epidemiology, prevalence and pathogenicity.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Logan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Burnens
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Linton
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Lawson
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stanley
mesh_terms: D000003:Abattoirs; D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D010641:Phenotype; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S