Bifidobacterium bombi sp. nov., a new bifidobacterium from the bumblebee digestive tract

0328096 - ÚŽFG 2010 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Killer, Jiří - Kopečný, Jan - Mrázek, Jakub - Rada, V. - Benada, Oldřich - Koppová, Ingrid - Havlík, J. - Straka, J.
Bifidobacterium bombi sp. nov., a new bifidobacterium from the bumblebee digestive tract.
International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. Roč. 59, č. 8 (2009), s. 2020-2024. ISSN 1466-5026. E-ISSN 1466-5034
R&D Projects: GA AV ČR 1QS500200572
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z50450515; CEZ:AV0Z50200510
Keywords : bifidobacterium bombi * anaerobic bacteria
Subject RIV: EE - Microbiology, Virology
Impact factor: 2.113, year: 2009

A new gram-positive, anaerobic, non-spore-forming, lactate- and acetate-producing bacterial species were isolated from the digestive tract of different bumblebees . All selected isolates produced fructose-6-phosphate phosphoketolase activity. Cells of strain BluCI/TPT was gram-positive with occasional bifurcation and irregular constrictions. The isolate was strictly anaerobic. Glucose was fermented to acetate and lactate. The DNA base composition was 47.2 mol% G+C. The complete 16S rRNA and partial HSP60 gene sequence were obtained and phylogenetic relationships were determined. The type strain BluCI/TPT and related isolates were located in the actinobacterial cluster and were closely related to the genera Bifidobacterium, Scardovia, Aeriscardovia and Parascardovia. The name proposed for this bacterium is Bifidobacterium bombi sp. nov.; the type strain is BluCI/TPT. The culture was deposited in DSMZ and ATCC (DSM 19703T and ATCC BAA-1567T).
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