Streptococcus lactarius sp. nov., isolated from breast milk of healthy women

• Published in: International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology Vol. 61; no. Pt 5; pp. 1048 - 1052
• Main Authors: MARTIN, Virginia, MANES-LAZARO, Rosario, RODRIGUEZ, Juan Miguel, MALDONADO-BARRAGAN, Antonio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Reading Society for General Microbiology 01.05.2011
• Subjects: Bacteriology; Biological and medical sciences; DNA, Bacterial - genetics; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Microbiology; Milk, Human - microbiology; Molecular Sequence Data; Phylogeny; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics; Streptococcus - classification; Streptococcus - genetics; Streptococcus - isolation & purification; Streptococcus - metabolism; Systematics; Human; Taxonomy; Basidiomycota; Fungi; Streptococcaceae; Streptococcus; Bacteria; Micrococcales; Female; New species; Lactarius; Woman; Breast milk

Three strains of a hitherto-unknown, Gram-stain-positive coccus were recovered from the milk of three non-related healthy women. The isolates shared 99 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with sequences from uncultured members of the Lactobacillales and Streptococcus. The closest sequence correspond...