Characterization of Pontibacter altruii, sp. nov., isolated from a human blood culture. (September 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Roiko, M.; May, M.; Relich, R.F.
• Is Part Of: New microbes and new infections. Volume 19(2017)
• Page Start: 71
• Page End: 77
• Publication Date: 2017-09
• Subjects: Antibiotics -- Bacteroidetes -- Blood culture -- Mass spectrometry -- Novel species -- Pontibacter; Medical microbiology -- Periodicals; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Infection -- Periodicals; Microbiology -- Periodicals; Communicable Diseases -- Periodicals; Infection -- Periodicals; 616.9041
• DOI: 10.1016/j.nmni.2017.05.016
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2052-2975

Abstract

Abstract: The genus Pontibacter is a recent addition to the family Cytophagaceae, phylum Bacteroidetes . Previous reports of its cultivation and molecular detection are from a variety of environmental sources, including marine and desert habitats. We report the first description of a Pontibacter sp., which was initially identified as Elizabethkingia meningoseptica, isolated from a human clinical specimen. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence, unique mass spectral profile and phenotypic characterization, this isolate represents a novel species within the genus Pontibacter that has been named Pontibacter altruii, sp. nov., strain Grand Forks.