Foster Geoffrey, Malnick Henry, Lawson Paul A, Kirkwood James, MacGregor Shaheed K, Collins Matthew D
SAC Veterinary Services, Drummondhill, Stratherrick Road, Inverness IV2 4JZ, UK.
Laboratory of Healthcare Associated Infection, Centre for Infections, Health Protection Agency, London NW9 5HT, UK.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2005 Nov;55(Pt 6):2269-2272. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.63681-0.
Phenotypic and phylogenetic studies were performed on three strains of Gram-negative, rod-shaped organisms recovered from dead birds of the tit families (blue tit, coal tit and long-tailed tit). Morphological, cultural and biochemical studies indicated that the organisms were related to the family Cardiobacteriaceae in the gamma-subclass of the Proteobacteria. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequencing studies confirmed these findings and demonstrated that the bacterium represents a hitherto unknown subline within this family. The closest phylogenetic relative of the strains isolated from the birds was found to be Suttonella indologenes, although a sequence divergence of approximately 5 % demonstrated that the unknown bacterium represented a novel species. On the basis of the results of the phylogenetic analysis and phenotypic criteria, it is proposed that the bacteria recovered from the diseased birds represent a novel species, Suttonella ornithocola sp. nov., with strain B6/99/2T (=CCUG 49457T=NCTC 13337T) as the type strain.
对从山雀科（蓝山雀、煤山雀和长尾山雀）死鸟体内分离出的三株革兰氏阴性杆状菌进行了表型和系统发育研究。形态学、培养和生化研究表明，这些细菌与变形菌纲γ亚纲的心杆菌科有关。比较16S rRNA基因测序研究证实了这些发现，并表明该细菌代表了该科内一个迄今未知的亚系。从鸟类中分离出的菌株的最接近系统发育亲缘种是产吲哚萨顿菌，尽管约5%的序列差异表明该未知细菌代表一个新物种。根据系统发育分析结果和表型标准，提议将从患病鸟类中分离出的细菌定为一个新物种，即鸟源萨顿菌（Suttonella ornithocola sp. nov.），模式菌株为B6/99/2T（=CCUG 49457T=NCTC 13337T）。
