From:
Sukie Crandall
Date: 2009-08-13 00:18:47 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] abstract: sepsis
To: fhl <ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com>
> Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2009 Aug 6. [Epub ahead of print]
> Corynebacterium mustelae sp. nov., isolated from a ferret with=20
> lethal sepsis.
> Funke G, Frodl R, Bernard KA.
> G=E4rtner & Colleagues Labs;
>
> A non-lipophilic coryneform bacterium (strain 3105) was isolated=20
> from various tissues of a ferret with lethal sepsis. The strain was=20
> characterized by phenotypic and chemotaxonomic methods which=20
> suggested an assignment of the unknown bacterium to the genus=20
> Corynebacterium. The isolate exhibited the following peculiar=20
> features which made it possible to phenotypically differentiate it=20
> from all other corynebacteria: it had a distinctive "humid cellar"-
> like odour, was strongly adherent to agar, and showed a greenish-
> beige pigment. 16S rRNA gene sequencing showed that its closest=20
> phylogenetic neighbour exhibited more than 2.8% divergence with the=20
> ferret bacterium. Sequencing of the highly variable region within=20
> the rpoB gene showed more than 14% divergence of the ferret=20
> bacterium with its closest phylogenetic relative. Based on the data=20
> presented it is proposed that the ferret bacterium should be=20
> classified as Corynebacterium mustelae sp. nov. with the type strain=20
> 3105T (=3D CCUG 57279T =3D DSM 45274T).
>
> PMID: 19661496
>
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