Funke G, Stubbs S, Altwegg M, Carlotti A, Collins M D
Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zürich, Switzerland.
Int J Syst Bacteriol. 1994 Apr;44(2):270-3. doi: 10.1099/00207713-44-2-270.
The partial 16S rRNA gene sequences of some coryneform bacteria isolated from middle-ear fluids from patients with otitis media were determined. A comparative analysis performed with rRNA sequences of other high-G + C-content gram-positive bacteria showed that the coryneform bacteria isolated from otitis media patients were only remotely related to members of previously described genera. On the basis of the results of the phylogenetic analysis and previously published biochemical and chemotaxonomic data, we propose that the strains isolated from middle-ear infections should be classified in a new genus, Turicella, as Turicella otitidis gen. nov., sp. nov. The type strain of T. otitidis is strain DSM 8821.
测定了从患有中耳炎的患者中耳液中分离出的一些棒状杆菌的部分16S rRNA基因序列。与其他高G + C含量革兰氏阳性细菌的rRNA序列进行的比较分析表明，从中耳炎患者中分离出的棒状杆菌与先前描述属的成员仅存在远缘关系。基于系统发育分析结果以及先前发表的生化和化学分类学数据，我们建议将从中耳感染中分离出的菌株归为一个新属，即Turicella，命名为耳Turicella otitidis gen. nov., sp. nov.。耳Turicella otitidis的模式菌株是DSM 8821菌株。
