New species of Bordetella, Bordetella ansorpii sp. nov., isolated from the purulent exudate of an epidermal cyst.
A gram-negative bacillus, SMC-8986(T), which was isolated from the purulent exudate of an epidermal cyst but could not be identified by a conventional microbiologic method, was characterized by a variety of phenotypic and genotypic analyses. Sequences of the 16S rRNA gene revealed that this bacterium belongs to the genus Bordetella but diverged distinctly from previously described Bordetella species. Analyses of cellular fatty acid composition and performance of biochemical tests confirmed that this bacterium is distinct from other Bordetella species. Furthermore, the results of comparative sequence analyses of two protein-coding genes (risA and ompA) also showed that this strain represents a new species within the genus Bordetella. Based on the evaluated phenotypic and genotypic characteristics, it is proposed that SMC-8986(T) should be classified as a new species, namely Bordetella ansorpii sp. nov.
Ko
Kwan Soo
KS
Asian-Pacific Research Foundation for Infectious Diseases (ARFID), Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine 50 Il-won dong, Seoul 135-710, Korea.
Peck
Kyong Ran
KR
Oh
Won Sup
WS
Lee
Nam Yong
NY
Lee
Jang Ho
JH
Song
Jae-Hoon
JH
D000328:Adult; D001884:Bordetella / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000382:microbiology*; D005122:Exudates and Transudates / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010641:Phenotype; D010802:Phylogeny