Description of Kingella potus sp. nov., an organism isolated from a wound caused by an animal bite.
We report the isolation and characterization of a hitherto unknown gram-negative, rod-shaped Neisseria-like organism from an infected wound resulting from a bite from a kinkajou. Based on both phenotypic and phylogenetic evidence, it is proposed that the unknown organism be classified as a new species, Kingella potus sp. nov.
School of Food Biosciences, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6AP, UK. paul.lawson@ou.edu
Paul A
PA
Lawson
Henry
H
Malnick
Matthew D
MD
Collins
Jayesh J
JJ
Shah
Marie A
MA
Chattaway
Richard
R
Bendall
John W
JW
Hartley
D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings; D002335:Carnivora; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D017881:Kingella / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016870:Neisseriaceae Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D010641:Phenotype; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000382:microbiology*
D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S