title: Corynebacterium pyruviciproducens sp. nov., a pyruvic acid producer.
abstract: A coryneform strain, 06-1773O(T) (=WAL 19168(T)), derived from a groin abscess sample was characterized using phenotypic and molecular taxonomic methods. Comparative analyses revealed more than 3 % divergence of the 16S rRNA gene sequence and about 10 % divergence of the partial rpoB gene sequence from the type strain of Corynebacterium glucuronolyticum. The strain could also be differentiated from C. glucuronolyticum by a set of phenotypic properties. A DNA-DNA relatedness study between strain WAL 19168(T) and C. glucuronolyticum CCUG 35055(T) showed a relatedness value of 13.3 % (13.7 % on repeat analysis). The genotypic and phenotypic data show that the strain merits classification within a novel species of Corynebacterium. We propose the name Corynebacterium pyruviciproducens sp. nov. for the novel species. The type strain is 06-1773O(T) (=WAL 19168(T) =CCUG 57046(T) =ATCC BAA-1742(T)).
authors: Schools of Food Science and Engineering and of Medical Technology, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, PR China.|Research Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.|Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors: Jia
authors: J
authors: Tong
authors: Research Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors: Chengxu
authors: C
authors: Liu
authors: Research Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors: Paula H
authors: PH
authors: Summanen
authors: Schools of Food Science and Engineering and of Medical Technology, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, PR China.
authors: Huaxi
authors: H
authors: Xu
authors: Infectious Diseases Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.|Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA.|Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors: Sydney M
authors: SM
authors: Finegold
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000382:microbiology*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D005838:Genotype; D006119:Groin / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010641:Phenotype; D010802:Phylogeny; D019289:Pyruvic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D019289:Pyruvic Acid