title: New species of Bordetella, Bordetella ansorpii sp. nov., isolated from the purulent exudate of an epidermal cyst.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Asian-Pacific Research Foundation for Infectious Diseases (ARFID), Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine 50 Il-won dong, Seoul 135-710, Korea.
authors.forename: Kwan Soo
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: Kyong Ran
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Peck
authors.forename: Won Sup
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Nam Yong
authors.initials: NY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jang Ho
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jae-Hoon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: 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