Turicibacter bilis sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from the chicken eggshell and swine ileum.

ABSTRACT: Three novel, anaerobic, Gram-positive bacteria were isolated from the eggshell of two separate white leghorn chicken flocks and the ileum of a healthy pig, and designated MMM721^T, ISU324 and PIG517 respectively. Cells were pleomorphic and capable of forming long chains of rods or coccoid clusters. Phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequences identified these strains to be within the genus Turicibacter, of which only one species, Turicibacter sanguinis, has been formally described. However, whole genome sequencing of novel isolates returned a digital DNA-DNA hybridization value of 22.5 % and average nucleotide identity (ANI) values of 76.4 % (ANIb) and 86.0 % (ANIm), indicating divergence between the type strain MMM721^T and T. sanguinis, su

SUBMITTER: Maki JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8895650 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature