Legionella bozemanii sp. nov. andLegionella dumoffii sp. nov.: Classification of two additional species ofLegionella associated with human pneumonia

Brenner, Don J.; Steigerwalt, Arnold G.; Gorman, George W.; Weaver, Robert E.; Feeley, James C.; Cordes, L G; Wilkinson, Hazel W.; Patton, C M; Thomason, Berenice M.; Sasseville, Karen R. Lewallen

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“…The aligned sequences of portions of the gap and ompA loci from eighteen strains of enteric bacteria are presented in , 1980;Branlant & Branlant, 1985;Braun & Cole, 1984;Freud1 & Cole, 1983). The G + C contents of the sequences range from 49 to 56mol% (Table 1) and, for the most part, reflect the overall genomic G + C content of the species (Normore & Brown, 1970).…”

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“…Owing to convergent evolutionary events in distantly related lineages, these characters cannot be used reliably for a hierarchical grouping of species in a cladistic manner (one based on the identification of shared derived characteristics). DNA hybridization methods, while sufficient to define the range of variation expected for a bacterial species, do not provide an accurate assessment of relatedness allowing the grouping of congeneric species, and the placement of species into genera has relied upon characteristic metabolic features which are neither rigorously defined nor statistically testable (Brenner et al, , 1980.…”

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Molecular and evolutionary relationships among enteric bacteria

Lawrence

Ochman

Hartl

1991

Journal of General Microbiology

120

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Classification of bacterial species into genera has traditionally relied upon variation in phenotypic characteristics. However, these phenotypes often have a multifactorial genetic basis, making unambiguous taxonomic placement of new species difficult. By designing evolutionarily conserved oligonucleotide primers, it is possible to amplify homologous regions of genes in diverse taxa using the polymerase chain reaction and determine their nucleotide sequences. We have constructed a phylogeny of some enteric bacteria, including five species classified as members of the genus Escherichiu, based on nucleotide sequence variation at the loci encoding glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and outer membrane protein 3A, and compared this genealogy with the relationships inferred by biotyping. The DNA sequences of these genes defined congruent and robust phylogenetic trees indicating that they are an accurate reflection of the evolutionary history of the bacterial species. The five species of Escherichiu were found to be distantly related and, contrary to their placement in the same genus, do not form a monophyletic group. These data provide a framework which allows the relationships of additional species of enteric bacteria to be inferred. These procedures have general applicability for analysis of the classification, evolution, and epidemiology of bacterial taxa.

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Molecular and evolutionary relationships among enteric bacteria

Lawrence

Ochman

Hartl

1991

Journal of General Microbiology

120

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“…Members of the second group are serologically more diverse (7,13) and have been referred to as atypical Legionella-like organisms (ALLO) (7). Two of these bacteria (WIGA and MI-15) appear to share common antigenic determinants by the direct immunofluorescence antibody technique (7) and have been shown to be genetically related at the species level (5,8). We proposed the name Fluoribacter bozemanae for these two isolates (€9, whereas the name Legionella bozemanii [sic] was proposed by Brenner and co-workers (5).…”

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Fluoribacter dumoffii (Brenner et al.) comb. nov. and Fluoribacter gormanii (Morris et al.) comb. nov.

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Vickers

1981

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

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“…egionella dumoffii, a pathogen that is a less common cause of Legionnaires' disease than Legionella pneumophila (6), was first isolated in 1979 as atypical Legionella-like organisms (ALLO) (4,9), and it was designated as a new species in 1980 (1). L. dumoffii lives in soil and freshwater environments, and it is capable of surviving in human alveolar macrophages and epithelial cells as well (10).…”

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