Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of clinical strains of CDC group IVc-2.

ABSTRACT: CDC group IVc-2 is a gram-negative, oxidase-positive, nonfermentative bacillus that has been implicated in human infections, including septicemia and peritonitis. Biochemically it most closely resembles Bordetella bronchiseptica and Alcaligenes sp. Results of cellular fatty acid (CFA) and 16S rRNA gene analysis were combined with biochemical data to assist in identification and classification. The predominant CFAs were hexadecanoic acid (16:0), cis-9-hexadecanoic acid (16:1omega7c), cis-11-octadecanoic acid (18:1omega7c), and Delta-cis-9,10-methylenehexadecanoic acid (17:0cyc). Small amounts (2 to 5%) of 3-hydroxytetradecanoic acid (3-OH-14:0), tetradecanoic acid (14:0), 2-hydroxyhexadecanoic acid (2-OH-16:0), and Delta-cis-11,12-methyleneoctadecanoic acid (19:0cyc) were also consistently

SUBMITTER: Osterhout GJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC105173 | biostudies-literature | 1998 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature