title: Phenotypical and Genotypical Properties of an Arcanobacterium pluranimalium Strain Isolated from a Juvenile Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata).
abstract: The present study was designed to characterize phenotypically and genotypically an Arcanobacterium pluranimalium strain (A. pluranimalium 4868) following necropsy from a juvenile giraffe. The species identity could be confirmed by phenotypical investigations and by MALDI-TOF MS analysis, by sequencing the 16S rDNA, pluranimaliumlysin encoding gene pla, and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase encoding gene gap with sequence similarities to A. pluranimalium reference strain DSM 13483(T) of 99.2%, 89.9%, and 99.1%, respectively. To our knowledge, the present study is the first phenotypic and genotypic characterization of an A. pluranimalium strain isolated from a giraffe.
authors.affiliation: Landesbetrieb Hessisches Landeslabor, Schubertstraße 60, 35392 Gießen, Germany.
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Risse
authors.affiliation: Landesbetrieb Hessisches Landeslabor, Schubertstraße 60, 35392 Gießen, Germany.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schlez
authors.affiliation: Landesbetrieb Hessisches Landeslabor, Schubertstraße 60, 35392 Gießen, Germany.
authors.forename: Tobias
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Eisenberg
authors.affiliation: Frankfurt Zoo, Bernhard-Grzimek-Allee 1, 60316 Frankfurt, Germany.
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Geiger
authors.affiliation: Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Schubertstraße 81, 35392 Gießen, Germany.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Balbutskaya
authors.affiliation: Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Schubertstraße 81, 35392 Gießen, Germany.
authors.forename: Osama
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sammra
authors.affiliation: Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Schubertstraße 81, 35392 Gießen, Germany.
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lämmler
authors.affiliation: Institut für Lebensmittelqualität und-sicherheit, Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover, Bischofsholer Damm 15, 30173 Hannover, Germany.
authors.forename: Amir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abdulmawjood