<i>Campylobacter molothri</i> sp. nov. isolated from wild birds.

ABSTRACT: Twenty-nine hippuricase-positive Campylobacter strains were isolated from wild birds and river water. Previous characterization using atpA typing indicated that these strains were related to Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli but were most similar to three recently described hippuricase-positive Campylobacter species recovered from zebra finches, i.e. C. aviculae, C. estrildidarum and C. taeniopygiae. Phylogenetic analyses using 330 core genes placed the 29 strains into a clade well separated from the other Campylobacter taxa, indicating that these strains represent a novel Campylobacter species. Pairwise digital DNA-DNA hybridization and average nucleotide identity values were below 70 and 95 %, respectively, t

SUBMITTER: Miller WG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11801493 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature