Shuttleworthia satelles gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the XXXX oral cavity.

@entity1 @entity4876 @entity598 @entity880 @entity70966 @entity413 @entity104
Nine strains of anaerobic, non-spore-forming, gram-positive bacilli, isolated from the @entity1 oral cavity and provisionally identified as belonging to the genus Eubacterium, were subjected to a comprehensive range of phenotypic and genetic tests. Biochemically, they were found to comprise a homogeneous group, and phylogenetic analysis of their 16S rRNA sequences indicated that they constitute a unique branch within the Clostridium-Bacillus subphylum of the phylum Firmicutes. All of the isolates displayed an unusual colonial morphology after extended incubation. This resembled a contaminated culture in that small, secondary colonies were seen to arise around and from within the primary colony form, and a third, independent, colony type was also seen. However, inspection of the colonies by Gram-staining and scanning electron microscopy together with protein profile analysis and 16S rRNA gene sequence comparison of the two independent colony types revealed that only a single organism was present. A new genus, Shuttleworthia, and the species Shuttleworthia satelles gen. nov., sp. nov., are proposed. The cells are saccharolytic, and @entity598 , @entity4876 and @entity880 are produced as end products of @entity413 fermentation. Aesculin is hydrolysed and @entity104 is produced. The G+C content of the DNA of the type strain is 51 mol%. The type strain is strain DSM 14600T (= CCUG 45864T = VPI @entity70966 ).
