Description of Helicobacter valdiviensis sp. nov., an Epsilonproteobacteria isolated from wild bird faecal samples

• Published in: International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology Vol. 64; no. Pt 6; pp. 1913 - 1919
• Main Authors: Collado, Luis, Jara, Ronald, González, Susana
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England International Union of Microbiological Societies 01.06.2014
• Subjects: Animals; Bacterial Typing Techniques; Birds - microbiology; Chaperonin 60 - genetics; Chile; DNA Gyrase - genetics; DNA, Bacterial - genetics; feces; Feces - microbiology; genes; heat shock proteins; Helicobacter - classification; Helicobacter - genetics; Helicobacter - isolation & purification; Helicobacter canadensis; Helicobacter pametensis; Helicobacter pullorum; microbiology; Molecular Sequence Data; nucleotide sequences; Phylogeny; polymerase chain reaction; ribosomal RNA; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics; Sequence Analysis, DNA; sequence homology; wild birds; Chile

Two Gram-stain-negative, gently curved rod-shaped isolates (WBE14T and WBE19), recovered from wild bird faecal samples in the city of Valdivia (Southern Chile) were subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic study. Results of a genus-specific PCR indicated that these isolates belonged to the genus Helicoba...