title: Corynebacterium uterequi sp. nov., a non-lipophilic bacterium isolated from urogenital samples from horses.
abstract: Three strains of a Gram-positive, catalase-positive, fermentative, non-lipophilic, previously unknown bacterium were isolated from urogenital samples taken from mares in Scotland (M401624/00/1) and Sweden (VM 2074 and VM 2298(T)). All were deposited with the CCUG with tentative identifications as Corynebacterium spp. The strains were characterized using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. Biochemically, the strains were very similar to each other, but phylogenetically distinct from Corynebacterium species with validly published names (≤95% sequence similarity). rpoB gene sequence data confirmed the strains belonged to the same species (>99% sequence similarity) and were distinct from species with validly published names (>13% sequence divergence). On the basis of phenotypic and sequence data, the strains represent a novel species within the genus Corynebacterium, for which the name Corynebacterium uterequi is proposed. The type strain is VM 2298(T) (=CCUG 61235(T)=DSM 45634(T)), isolated from equine uterus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading RG6 6UR, UK.
authors.forename: Lesley
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hoyles
authors.forename: Kerstin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ortman
authors.forename: Sofia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cardew
authors.forename: Geoffrey
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Foster
authors.forename: Forbes
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rogerson
authors.forename: Enevold
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Falsen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D006736:Horses; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012606:Scotland; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013045:Species Specificity; D013548:Sweden; D014566:Urogenital System / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S