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Published on: June 16, 2023
Prevotella brunnea sp. nov., isolated from a wound of a patient
Michael Buhl1, Christopher Dunlap2, Matthias Marschal3
1Institute of Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University Medicine Rostock, Rostock, Germany.
Abstract:
A strain of an obligately anaerobic, Gram-stain-negative rod-shaped bacterium is described by phenotypical, biochemical and genotypical characterization. Strain A2672T was isolated from a wound of a patient sampled during routine care at hospital. Phylogenetic analysis was based on full-length 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis and revealed the strain to belong to the genus Prevotella, but to be distant from known species, with the closest relationship to Prevotella corporis. The genomic DNA G+C content was 44.0 mol%. Strain A2672T was moderately saccharolytic and proteolytic. The most abundant cellular long-chain fatty acids were anteiso-C15 : 0 and iso-C15 : 0. In view of these characteristics as well as whole-genome sequence analysis, strain A2672T is considered to represent a novel species within the genus Prevotella, for which the name Prevotella brunnea sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is A2672T (=DSM 108033T=CCOS 1231T=CCUG 72809T).
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