title: Surgical wound infection associated with Psychrobacter phenylpyruvicus-like organism.
abstract: A case of surgical wound infection caused by Psychrobacter phenylpyruvicus-like organism is described. The strain showed phenotypic characteristics typical of P. phenylpyruvicus, but 16S rRNA sequencing showed 98.2% relatedness to Moraxella phenylpyruvica strain 752/52 and only 94.8% with P. phenylpyruvicus type strain ATCC 23333(T). The results of molecular analysis suggest that the strain we isolated may represent a new species within the genus Psychrobacter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bacteriology, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia. stepan@afrodita.rcub.bg.ac.yu
authors.forename: Srdjan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stepanović
authors.forename: Dragana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vuković
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bedora-Faure
authors.forename: Guylène
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: K'ouas
authors.forename: Slobodanka
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Djukić
authors.forename: Milena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Svabić-Vlahović
authors.forename: Jean-Philippe
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Carlier
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D045828:Moraxellaceae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D010641:Phenotype; D044096:Psychrobacter / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S