Detection of Catabacter hongkongensis in polluted European water samples

• Published in: Journal of Zhejiang University. B. Science Vol. 10; no. 12; pp. 867 - 869
• Main Authors: Codony, Francesc, Adrados, Bárbara, Pérez, Leonardo Martín, Fittipaldi, Mariana, Morató, Jordi
• Format: Journal Article Publication
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg SP Zhejiang University Press 01.12.2009; Springer Nature B.V; Zhejiang University Press
• Series: Science Letters
• Subjects: Aigua; Anaerobic bacteria; Animal impact; Bacteria; Bacterial Typing Techniques; Bacteris anaeròbics; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Biotechnology; Clostridium; Clusters; Contaminació; Contaminació de l'aigua; Degradació ambiental; Desenvolupament humà i sostenible; Enginyeria química; Environmental Monitoring; Epidemiology; Europe; GenBank; Genes; Gram-Positive Bacteria - genetics; Human; Inclusions; Microbiology; Mostreig; Pollution; Polymerase chain reaction; Química de l'aigua; Química del medi ambient; Reacció en cadena de la polimerasa; Real time; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; Risk; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - metabolism; rRNA基因序列; Sampling; Science Letters; Spain; Tècniques; Water; Water Microbiology; Àrees temàtiques de la UPC; 污染检测; 流行病学; 聚合酶链反应; Europe; Spain; Environmental water samples; Q93; Real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
• ISSN: 1673-1581; 1862-1783
• DOI: 10.1631/jzus.B0920218

The Catabacteriaceae is a new bacterial family aerobic, non-sporulating, Gram-positive coccobacillus that is with a unique member： Catabacter hongkongensis is a strictly anphylogenetically related to some clostridial clusters. Little is known of its epidemiology and environmental distribution, but the inclusion of its 16S rRNA gene sequence in GenBank has allowed it to be detected qualitatively. As a first approach for prospective surveys, a real-time polymerase chain reaction （PCR） procedure to identify C. hongkongensis has been developed. The presence of Catabacteriaceae in 29 water bodies subjected to possible human or animal impact has been investigated. Four of them were positive. The results confirm that highly polluted water can contain C hongkongensis.