title: Veillonella seminalis sp. nov., a novel anaerobic Gram-stain-negative coccus from human clinical samples, and emended description of the genus Veillonella.
abstract: Ten isolates of unknown, Gram-stain-negative, anaerobic cocci were recovered from human clinical samples, mainly from semen. On the basis of their phenotypic features, including morphology, main metabolic end products, gas production, nitrate reduction and decarboxylation of succinate, the strains were identified as members of the genus Veillonella. Multi-locus sequence analysis and corresponding phylogenies were based on 16S rRNA, dnaK and rpoB genes, and on the newly proposed gltA gene. The strains shared high levels of genetic sequence similarity and were related most closely to Veillonella ratti. The strains could not be differentiated from V. ratti on the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis while gltA, rpoB and dnaK gene sequences showed 85.1, 93.5 and 90.2% similarity with those of the type strain of V. ratti, respectively. Phylogenetic analyses revealed that the isolates formed a robust clade in the V. ratti-Veillonella criceti-Veillonella magna subgroup of the genus Veillonella. As observed for V. criceti, the isolates were able to ferment fructose. In contrast to other members of the genus Veillonella, the 10 strains were not able to metabolize lactate. Cellular fatty acid composition was consistent with that of other species of the genus Veillonella. From these data, the 10 isolates are considered to belong to a novel species in the genus Veillonella, for which the name Veillonella seminalis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is ADV 4313.2(T) ( = CIP 107810(T) = LMG 28162(T)). Veillonella strain ACS-216-V-Col6b subjected to whole genome sequencing as part as the Human Microbiome Project is another representative of V. seminalis sp. nov. An emended description of the genus Veillonella is also proposed.
authors: Université Montpellier 1, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5119 Ecosym, Equipe Pathogènes et Environnements, Faculté de Pharmacie, 15, Avenue Charles Flahault, BP 14491, 34093 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
authors: Fabien
authors: F
authors: Aujoulat
authors: Institut Pasteur, Centre National de Référence des Bactéries Anaérobies et du Botulisme, 25 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.
authors: Philippe
authors: P
authors: Bouvet
authors: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier, Laboratoire d'Hygiène Hospitalière, 778 rue de la Croix Verte, 34295 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.|Université Montpellier 1, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5119 Ecosym, Equipe Pathogènes et Environnements, Faculté de Pharmacie, 15, Avenue Charles Flahault, BP 14491, 34093 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
authors: Estelle
authors: E
authors: Jumas-Bilak
authors: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, Laboratoire de Bactériologie, 371 Avenue du Doyen Gaston Giraud, 34295 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.|Université Montpellier 1, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5119 Ecosym, Equipe Pathogènes et Environnements, Faculté de Pharmacie, 15, Avenue Charles Flahault, BP 14491, 34093 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
authors: Hélène
authors: H
authors: Jean-Pierre
authors: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, Laboratoire de Bactériologie, 371 Avenue du Doyen Gaston Giraud, 34295 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.|Université Montpellier 1, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5119 Ecosym, Equipe Pathogènes et Environnements, Faculté de Pharmacie, 15, Avenue Charles Flahault, BP 14491, 34093 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
authors: Hélène
authors: H
authors: Marchandin
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000382:microbiology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D005260:Female; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012661:Semen / Q000382:microbiology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014678:Veillonella / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005227:Fatty Acids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S