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- Title
Biochemical Characterization and Phylogenetic Analysis Based on 16S rRNA Sequences for V-Factor Dependent Members of Pasteurellaceae Derived from Laboratory Rats.
- Authors
Hayashimoto, Nobuhito; Ueno, Masami; Tkakura, Akira; Itoh, Toshio
- Abstract
Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA sequences with sequence data of some bacterial species of Pasteurellaceae related to rodents deposited in GenBank was performed along with biochemical characterization for the 20 strains of V-factor dependent members of Pasteurellaceae derived from laboratory rats to obtain basic information and to investigate the taxonomic positions. The results of biochemical tests for all strains were identical except for three tests, the ornithine decarboxylase test, and fermentation tests of D(+) mannose and D(+) xylose. The biochemical properties of 8 of 20 strains that showed negative results for the fermentation test of D(+) xylose agreed with those of Haemophilus parainfluenzae complex. By phylogenetic analysis, the strains were divided into two clusters that agreed with the results of the fermentation test of xylose (group I: negative reaction for xylose, group II: positive reaction for xylose). The clusters were independent of other bacterial species of Pasteurellaceae tested. The sequences of the strains in group I showed 99.7–99.8% similarity and the strains in group II showed 99.3–99.7% similarity. None of the strains in group I had a close relation with Haemophilus parainfluenzae by phylogenetic analysis, although they showed the same biochemical properties. In conclusion, the strains had characteristic biochemical properties and formed two independent groups within the “rodent cluster” of Pasteurellaceae that differed in the results of the fermentation test of xylose. Therefore, they seemed to be hitherto undescribed taxa in Pasteurellaceae.
- Subjects
PHYLOGENY; PASTEURELLACEAE; RIBOSOMES; ORNITHINE decarboxylase; BIOCHEMICAL engineering; HAEMOPHILUS parainfluenzae
- Publication
Current Microbiology, 2007, Vol 54, Issue 6, p419
- ISSN
0343-8651
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00284-006-0531-6