Ralstonia respiraculi sp. nov., isolated from the respiratory tract of cystic fibrosis patients

Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2003 Sep;53(Pt 5):1339-1342. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.02440-0.

Abstract

Five isolates recovered from the respiratory tract of cystic fibrosis patients were included in a polyphasic taxonomic study that employed 16S rDNA sequence analysis, cellular protein and fatty acid analysis and biochemical characterization. Four isolates were classified as a novel Ralstonia species, for which the name Ralstonia respiraculi sp. nov. is proposed; the other isolate was phylogenetically closely related to R. respiraculi, but is likely to represent another novel Ralstonia species. The type strain of R. respiraculi is AU3313(T) (=LMG 21510(T)=CCUG 46809(T)).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cystic Fibrosis / complications
  • Cystic Fibrosis / microbiology*
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • DNA, Ribosomal / genetics
  • Fatty Acids / analysis
  • Genes, Bacterial
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / complications
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phenotype
  • Phylogeny
  • RNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Ralstonia / classification
  • Ralstonia / genetics
  • Ralstonia / isolation & purification*
  • Ralstonia / metabolism
  • Respiratory System / microbiology*

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial
  • DNA, Ribosomal
  • Fatty Acids
  • RNA, Bacterial
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AF500583
  • GENBANK/AF500584
  • GENBANK/AF500585
  • GENBANK/AF500586
  • GENBANK/AF500587