ROSEOMONAS, A NEW GENUS ASSOCIATED WITH BACTEREMIA AND OTHER HUMAN INFECTIONS
ROSEOMONAS, A NEW GENUS ASSOCIATED WITH BACTEREMIA AND OTHER HUMAN INFECTIONS
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DOI:
10.1128/jcm.31.12.3275-3283.1993
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发表时间:
1993-12-01
影响因子:
9.4
通讯作者:
YU, VL
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作者:
RIHS, JD;BRENNER, DJ;YU, VL
In the 1980s, a pink bacterium different from species of the genus Methylobacterium was implicated in human infection. Using biochemical tests and DNA hybridization, we examined 42 strains of pink-pigmented, gram-negative bacteria that were not members of the genus Methylobacterium. The isolates included 6 strains each of CDC ''pink coccoid'' groups I, II, III, and IV; 10 isolates from Gilardi's ''unnamed taxon''; and 8 blood isolates from ill, debilitated, or immunosuppressed patients. The DNA hybridization studies supported the creation of six genomospecies encompassing the 42 strains. Reactions for esculin hydrolysis, glycerol oxidation, and D-mannose oxidation enabled separation of genomospecies 1 through 4. These tests, as well as motility, nitrate reduction, citrate utilization, and oxidation Of L-arabinose, D-galactose, and D-xylose, differentiated genomospecies 5 and 6 from each other and from genomospecies 1 through 4. These organisms were susceptible in vitro to the aminoglycosides, tetracycline, and imipenem and generally susceptible to the quinolones. We propose the new genus, Roseomonas, for these bacteria to include three named species, Roseomonas gilardii sp. nov., Roseomonas cervicalis sp. nov., and Roseomonas fauriae sp. nov., and three unnamed genomospecies.