Description of Kingella potus sp. nov., an Organism Isolated from a Wound Caused by an Animal Bite

We report the isolation and characterization of a hitherto unknown gram-negative, rod-shaped Neisseria-like organism from an infected wound resulting from a bite from a kinkajou. Based on both phenotypic and phylogenetic evidence, it is proposed that the unknown organism be classified as a new speci...

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Published inJournal of Clinical Microbiology Vol. 43; no. 7; pp. 3526 - 3529
Main Authors Lawson, Paul A, Malnick, Henry, Collins, Matthew D, Shah, Jayesh J, Chattaway, Marie A, Bendall, Richard, Hartley, John W
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington, DC American Society for Microbiology 01.07.2005
Subjects
Animals
Bacteriology
Biological and medical sciences
Bites and Stings
Carnivora
DNA, Ribosomal - analysis
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Genes, rRNA
Infectious diseases
Kingella - classification
Kingella - genetics
Kingella - isolation & purification
Medical sciences
Microbiology
Miscellaneous
Molecular Sequence Data
Neisseriaceae Infections - microbiology
Phenotype
Phylogeny
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Wound Infection - microbiology
Bacteria
Micrococcales
Microbiology
Kingella
Wound
Neisseriaceae
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Summary:We report the isolation and characterization of a hitherto unknown gram-negative, rod-shaped Neisseria-like organism from an infected wound resulting from a bite from a kinkajou. Based on both phenotypic and phylogenetic evidence, it is proposed that the unknown organism be classified as a new species, Kingella potus sp. nov.
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Corresponding author. Present address: Department of Botany and Microbiology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019-6131. Phone: (405) 325-4321. Fax: (405) 325-7619. E-mail: paul.lawson@ou.edu.
ISSN:0095-1137
1098-660X
DOI:10.1128/JCM.43.7.3526-3529.2005