title: Helicobacter cynogastricus sp. nov., isolated from the canine gastric mucosa.
abstract: A Gram-negative, microaerophilic helical rod, isolated from the gastric mucosa of a dog and designated strain JKM4(T), was subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic study. The tightly coiled organism, measuring 10-18 mum long and up to 1 mum wide, was motile by means of multiple sheathed flagella located at both ends of the cell and by a periplasmic fibril running along the external side of the helix. Strain JKM4(T) grew preferably on biphasic culture plates or on very moist agar. Coccoid forms predominated in cultures older than 4 days as well as in growth obtained on dry agar plates. The strain grew at 30 and 37 degrees C, but not at 25 or 42 degrees C and exhibited urease, oxidase and catalase activities. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, the novel isolate was identified as a member of the genus Helicobacter and showed > 97 % similarity to Helicobacter felis, Helicobacter bizzozeronii and Helicobacter salomonis, three species previously isolated from the canine gastric mucosa. Protein profiling of strain JKM4(T) using SDS-PAGE revealed a pattern different from those of other Helicobacter species of mammalian gastric origin and from Helicobacter canis. Additionally, the urease gene sequence of strain JKM4(T) was different from those of urease genes of H. felis, H. bizzozeronii, H. salomonis and "Candidatus Helicobacter heilmannii". It is thus proposed that strain JKM4(T) (=LMG 23188(T)) represents a novel species within this genus, Helicobacter cynogastricus sp. nov.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Poultry Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Van den Bulck
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Poultry Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Decostere
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Poultry Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baele
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Physiology and Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University, Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vandamme
authors.affiliation: CODA-CERVA-VAR, Groeselenberg 99, B-1180 Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mast
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Poultry Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ducatelle
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Poultry Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Haesebrouck
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002374:Catalase / Q000032:analysis; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D004285:Dogs; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005407:Flagella / Q000502:physiology; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000382:microbiology*; D020459:Genes, rRNA / Q000235:genetics; D016998:Helicobacter / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000662:veterinary*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009068:Movement; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000032:analysis; D010802:Phylogeny; D020543:Proteome / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013696:Temperature; D014510:Urease / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D020543:Proteome; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D002374:Catalase; D014510:Urease