Characterization of three novel Helicobacter species infecting stomachs of dogs and cats: Helicobacter gastrocanis sp. nov., Helicobacter gastrofelis sp. nov., and Helicobacter felistomachi sp. nov.

ABSTRACT: Helicobacter species infecting the stomachs of dogs and cats are potentially pathogenic and have been isolated from patients with gastric diseases. In the present study conducted in Japan, among the nine Helicobacter strains that we isolated from dogs and cats, NHP19-003^T from a dog, and strains NHP19-012^T and NHP21-005^T from cats were identified to be the strains most closely related to Helicobacter heilmannii ASB1^T based on a 16S rRNA comparison (98.7-99.2% similarity with H. heilmannii ASB1^T). However, none of their whole genomes showed more than average nucleotide identity (ANI) threshold value (95-96%) to any Helicobacter species (85.1, 86.7, and 86.6% ANI, respectively, with H. heilmannii

SUBMITTER: Rimbara E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11783220 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature