title: Classification of a Brevundimonas strain detectable after PCR with a Helicobacter-specific primer pair.
abstract: In a study for the isolation of new Helicobacter strains, biopsy samples were taken from the gastric mucosa of dogs and subjected to PCR amplification using a Helicobacter-specific primer pair (H276f and H676r, directed to the 16S rDNA) to identify members of this genus in the specimens. From one Helicobacter positive sample, a bacterial strain was isolated which displayed a characteristic band after PCR amplification with the Helicobacter-specific primer pair. The isolate designated H2/98-FUNDUS was motile, oxidase-, catalase- and aminopeptidase-positive and grew only under microaerophilic conditions at 37 degrees C. The bacterium was classified by a polyphasic approach, including analysis of the isoprenoid quinones, fatty acids, polar lipids and partial 16S rDNA sequence. Analysis of the 16S rDNA sequence (1003 bases) indicated that the strain H2/98-FUNDUS is a member of the genus Brevundimonas and most closely related to Brevundimonas aurantiaca DSM 4731T (99.5% sequence similarity). Isolate H2/98-FUNDUS contained a predominant ubiquinone Q-10 and a fatty acid profile with the major compounds C18:1 and C16:0. In the polar lipid extract, phosphatidylglycerol, six unknown phospholipids, one unknown phosphoglycolipid, two unknown glycolipids and two unknown aminolipids were detected. All these results indicate that H2/98-FUNDUS represents a new member of the genus Brevundimonas which gives a positive signal upon PCR employing the Helicobacter-specific primer pair.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Bakteriologie, Mykologie und Hygiene, Veterinärmedizinische Universität, Wien, Austria.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Buczolits
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rosengarten
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hirt
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Busse
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry; D016998:Helicobacter / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D020560:Proteobacteria / Q000145:classification*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S