Helicobacter muricola sp. nov., a novel Helicobacter species isolated from the ceca and feces of Korean wild mouse (Mus musculus molossinus).
A slowly growing microaerophilic Helicobacter strain was isolated from the ceca and fecal pellets of Korean wild mice (Mus musculus molossinus). This bacterial strain possessed a pair of nonsheathed bipolar flagella, was positive for urease, catalase and oxidase, and reduced nitrate to nitrite. It proved susceptible to nalidixic acid and resistant to cephalodine, and did not hydrolyze hippurate. On the basis of phenotypic characteristics and 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, the isolate represents a new species of the genus Helicobacter, for which the name Helicobacter muricola sp. nov. is proposed; the type strain of the new species is w-06T.
Won
Young Suk
YS
ICLAS Monitoring Subcenter Korea, Genetic Resources Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), P.O. Box 115, Yusong, Taejon 305-600, South Korea.
Yoon
Jung Hoon
JH
Lee
Chul Ho
CH
Kim
Bang Hyun
BH
Hyun
Byung Hwa
BH
Choi
Yang Kyu
YK
D000818:Animals; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D002432:Cecum / Q000382:microbiology*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D005407:Flagella / Q000648:ultrastructure; D016998:Helicobacter / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D007723:Korea; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009115:Muridae / Q000382:microbiology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D013045:Species Specificity
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S