title: Actinomyces hominis sp. nov., isolated from a wound swab.
abstract: A coryneform bacterium (strain 1094(T)) was isolated from a wound swab taken from an 89-year-old female patient. Chemotaxonomic investigations suggested that this bacterium was related to the genera Actinomyces, Arcanobacterium and Actinobaculum. Phylogenetic analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain 1094(T) was most closely related to Actinomyces europaeus CCUG 32789 A(T) (94.3 % similarity). Phenotypically, the isolate could be separated from its closest phylogenetic neighbours on the basis of being positive for catalase, CAMP reaction, acid phosphatase, N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase and raffinose fermentation. Based on the data presented, it is proposed that strain 1094(T) should be classified in a novel species, Actinomyces hominis sp. nov. The type strain is 1094(T) (=CCUG 57540(T) =DSM 22168(T)).
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Gärtner and Colleagues Laboratories, Elisabethenstrasse 11, 88212 Ravensburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Funke
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology, Labor Clotten, Bismarckallee 10, 79098 Freiburg/Breisgau, Germany.
authors.forename: Ralf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Englert
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Gärtner and Colleagues Laboratories, Elisabethenstrasse 11, 88212 Ravensburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Reinhard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Frodl
authors.affiliation: National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, 1015 Arlington Avenue, Winnipeg, R3E 3R2, Manitoba, Canada.
authors.forename: Kathryn A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Bernard
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Ulm, Robert-Koch-Strasse 10, 89075 Ulm, Germany.
authors.forename: Steffen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stenger
mesh_terms: D000190:Actinomyces / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001483:Base Sequence; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S