Bifidobacterium callitrichidarum sp. nov. from the faeces of the emperor tamarin (Saguinus imperator)
Journal article, 2018

Three Gram-stain-positive, non-spore-forming, microaerophilic and fructose-6-phosphate phosphoketolase positive strains were isolated from a faecal sample of an adult subject of the emperor tamarin (Saguinus imperator). Given that the isolates revealed identical BOX PCR profiles, strain TRI 5T was selected as a representative and characterized further. Comparative analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity revealed that strain TRI 5T was closely related to Bifidobacterium saguini DSM 23967T (96.4 %) and to Bifidobacterium longum subsp. longum ATCC 15708 (96.2 %). Multilocus sequence analyses of five housekeeping genes showed the close phylogenetic relatedness of this strain to Bifidobacterium breve DSM 20213T (hsp60 94.1 %), Bifidobacterium saguini DSM 23967T (clpC 91 %), Bifidobacterium avesanii DSM 100685T (dnaG 80.3 %), Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis ATCC 15697T (dnaJ 85.3 %) and Bifidobacterium longum subsp. longum ATCC 15708 (rpoB 93 %), respectively. The peptidoglycan type was A3β, with an interpeptide bridge comprising L-Orn (Lys) – L-Ser – L-Ala – L-Thr – LAla. The DNA G+C content of strain TRI 5T was 60.9 mol%. Based on the data provided, strain TRI 5T represents a novel species of the genus Bifidobacterium for which the name Bifidobacterium callitrichidarum sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is TRI 5T (=DSM 103152T=JCM 31790T).

Emperor tamarin

Saguinus imperator

Novel species

Bifidobacterium spp

Bifidobacterium callitrichidarum sp. nov

Author

Monica Modesto

University of Bologna

Samanta Michelini

University of Trento

University of Bologna

Maria Cristina Sansosti

University of Bologna

Carlotta De Filippo

Duccio Cavalieri

University of Florence

Linnea Qvirist

Chalmers, Biology and Biological Engineering, Food and Nutrition Science

Thomas Andlid

Chalmers, Biology and Biological Engineering, Food and Nutrition Science

Caterina Spiezio

Parco Natura Viva

Camillo Sandri

Parco Natura Viva

Stefano Pascarelli

University of Bologna

University of Padua

Barbara Sgorbati

University of Bologna

Paola Mattarelli

University of Bologna

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

1466-5026 (ISSN) 1466-5034 (eISSN)

Vol. 68 1 141-148 002472

Subject Categories

Microbiology

Areas of Advance

Life Science Engineering (2010-2018)

DOI

10.1099/ijsem.0.002472

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