Lactobacillus psittaci sp. nov., isolated from a hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus).
A Gram-positive, non-spore-forming, catalase-negative, facultatively anaerobic coccibacillus to rod-shaped bacterium isolated from a parrot was characterized using phenotypic and molecular taxonomic methods. The unknown bacterium phenotypically resembled lactobacilli and comparative 16S rRNA gene sequencing demonstrated that the organism represents a distinct subline within the Lactobacillus delbrueckii rRNA cluster of the genus. 16S rRNA sequence divergence values of > 6% with recognized Lactobacillus species clearly demonstrated the phylogenetic separateness of the parrot bacterium. On the basis of phylogenetic evidence and the phenotypic distinctiveness of the unknown bacterium, a new species, Lactobacillus psittaci sp. nov., is proposed. The type strain of Lactobacillus psittaci is CCUG 42378T (= CIP 106492T).
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D000818:Animals; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics*; D014644:Genetic Variation; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010311:Parrots / Q000382:microbiology*; D010641:Phenotype; D010802:Phylogeny; D011563:Psittaciformes / Q000382:microbiology*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics*
D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S