Enterococcus columbae, a species from pigeon intestines |
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Authors: | L.A. Devriese K. Ceyssens U.M. Rodrigues M.D. Collins |
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Affiliation: | Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Gent, Belgium. |
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Abstract: | Gram-positive cocci which dominate in the intestinal flora of domestic pigeons were found to constitute a new species of the genus Enterococcus. The strains were most closely related to Enterococcus cecorum, originally described as Streptococcus cecorum, a carboxyphilic species from chicken intestines, and to Enterococcus avium. The pigeon strains resemble E. cecorum and also many E. avium strains in their lack of group D antigen and in being more sensitive to NaCl than other enterococci. The type strain is strain STR 345 (= NCIMB 13013). |
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Keywords: | Enterococcus columbae Streptococcus Taxonomy 16S rRNA |
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