Further Studies on Arcanobacterium phocisimile: a Novel Species of Genus Arcanobacterium

• Published in: Journal of Veterinary Medicine
• Main Authors: Osama Sammra, Anna Balbutskaya, Muaz Hijazin, Samy Nagib, Jörg Alber, Christoph Lämmler, Amir Abdulmawjood, Ellen Prenger-Berninghoff, Markus Timke, Markus Kostrzewa, Ursula Siebert
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Journal of Veterinary Medicine 2014
• Subjects: Four Harbour; harbour seal
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/923592

Arcanobacterium phocisimile, a newly described species with the type strain A. phocisimile 2698T isolated from a vaginal swab of a harbour seal and four additional A. phocisimile strains also isolated from four harbour seals could reliably be identified by phenotypic properties, by matrix assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS), and by sequencing the genomic targets 16S rDNA and 16S-23S rDNA intergenic spacer region and the genes rpoB and gap. The A. phocisimile strains investigated in the present study were isolated together with several other bacterial species indicating that the pathogenic importance of A. phocisimile remains unclear. However, the detection of peptidic spectra by MALDI-TOF MS and the presented phenotypic and genotypic approach might help to identify A. phocisimile in future.