title: Enterococcus villorum sp. nov., an enteroadherent bacterium associated with diarrhoea in piglets.
abstract: The taxonomic positions of five enteroadherent bacterial pig isolates, showing phenotypic characteristics most similar to those of Enterococcus durans and Enterococcus hirae, were investigated in a polyphasic study that included 16S rDNA sequence analysis, DNA-DNA hybridizations, DNA base-ratio determinations, whole-cell protein fingerprinting, D11344-primed PCR typing and an extensive examination of phenotypic properties. The results demonstrated that the organisms represent a new species in the Enterococcus faecium species group, for which the name Enterococcus villorum sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is LMG 12287T (= CCM 4887T).
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vancanneyt
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Snauwaert
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Cleenwerck
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baele
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Descheemaeker
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Goossens
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pot
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vandamme
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Swings
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Haesebrouck
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Devriese
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001482:Base Composition; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000662:veterinary*; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000145:classification*; D007422:Intestines / Q000382:microbiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010641:Phenotype; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D009626:Terminology as Topic
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins