title: Identification of Facklamia sourekii from a lactating cow.
abstract: A gram-positive, catalase-negative, facultatively anaerobic coccus was isolated from a lactating cow with hematuria and urodynia in Japan. The isolate was identified by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis as Facklamia sourekii. The biochemical and culture characteristics of the isolate were well consistent with those of F. sourekii type strain. Since all F. sourekii strains reported so far were isolated from human clinical specimens, this is the first reported case of F. sourekii isolated from veterinary clinical specimen.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Animal Health, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Takamatsu
authors.forename: Hisahiro
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ide
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Osaki
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sekizaki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D006095:Gram-Positive Cocci / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D006417:Hematuria / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D007774:Lactation; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S