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Alssahen M, Kreitlow A, Sammra O, Lämmler C, Borowiak M, Malorny B, Siebert U, Wohlsein P, Prenger-Berninghoff E, Plötz M, Abdulmawjood A. Arcanobacterium buesumense sp. nov., isolated from an anal swab of a male harbour seal (Phoca vitulina). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72. [DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.005573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
A polyphasic taxonomic study was performed on an unidentified previously described
Arcanobacterium
-like Gram-positive strain 2701T isolated from an anal swab of a dead male harbour seal. Comparative 16S rRNA sequencing showed that the bacterium belonged to the genus
Arcanobacterium
in the family
Arcanobacteriaceae
. The genome sequence of the strain was obtained by Borowiak et al. []. The genome had a G+C content of 49 mol% and a total length of 1.94 Mb. The presence of the major menaquinone MK-9(H4) supported the affiliation of the isolate with the genus
Arcanobacterium
. The polar lipid profile consisted of diphosphatidylglycerol and an unidentified phospholipid as major components and two unidentified lipids, a further unidentified phospholipid, two unidentified phosphoglycolipids as well as phosphatidylglycerol. The major fatty acids were C16 : 0, C18 : 1 and C18 : 0. Biochemical and phylogenetic analyses clearly distinguished the isolate from other members of the genus
Arcanobacterium
and closely related other species. Based on these results, it is proposed that the unknown
Arcanobacterium
sp. strain 2701T should be classified as representing a novel species with the name Arcanobacterium buesumense sp. nov. The type strain is 2701T (=DSM 112952T=LMG 32446T).
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Affiliation(s)
- Mazen Alssahen
- Institute for Infectious Diseases of Animals, Justus Liebig University Gießen, Frankfurter Straße 85-91, D-35392 Gießen, Germany
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- Institute of Food Quality and Food Safety, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bischofsholer Damm 15, 30173 Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Infectious Diseases of Animals, Justus Liebig University Gießen, Frankfurter Straße 85-91, D-35392 Gießen, Germany
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- Institute for Infectious Diseases of Animals, Justus Liebig University Gießen, Frankfurter Straße 85-91, D-35392 Gießen, Germany
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- German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Department for Biological Safety, Max-Dohrn Str. 8-10, 10589 Berlin, Germany
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- German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Department for Biological Safety, Max-Dohrn Str. 8-10, 10589 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research (ITAW), University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bünteweg 17, 30559 Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Infectious Diseases of Animals, Justus Liebig University Gießen, Frankfurter Straße 85-91, D-35392 Gießen, Germany
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- Institute of Food Quality and Food Safety, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bischofsholer Damm 15, 30173 Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Food Quality and Food Safety, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bischofsholer Damm 15, 30173 Hannover, Germany
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Alssahen M, Foster G, Hassan AA, Rau J, Lämmler C, Prenger-Berninghoff E, Eisenberg T, Robinson M, Abdulmawjood A. First isolation of Arcanobacterium pinnipediorum from a grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) in the UK. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2021; 67:291-297. [PMID: 34825291 PMCID: PMC8933365 DOI: 10.1007/s12223-021-00932-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Accepted: 11/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
Abstract
In the present study, a single Arcanobacterium (A.) pinnipediorum strain isolated from discharge of a jaw swelling of a grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) in England, UK, was identified. This strain was further characterized by phenotypical investigations, by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS), by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), and genotypically by sequencing the 16S rRNA gene and the genes gap encoding glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase, tuf encoding elongation factor tu, and rpoB encoding the β subunit of bacterial RNA polymerase. The present study gives a first detailed characterization of the species A. pinnipediorum from a grey seal in the UK. However, the route of infection of the grey seal with the bacterial pathogen remains unclear.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mazen Alssahen
- Institut Für Hygiene Und Infektionskrankheiten Der Tiere, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Frankfurter Straße 85-91, Giessen, 35392, Germany.
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- SRUC Veterinary Services, 10 Inverness Campus, Inverness, An Lochran, IV2 5NA, UK
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- Department of Veterinary Public Health (DVPH), College of Veterinary Medicine, Mosul University, Mosul, Iraq
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- Chemisches Und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt Stuttgart (CVUAS), Schaflandstraße 3/2, Fellbach, 70736, Germany
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- Institut Für Hygiene Und Infektionskrankheiten Der Tiere, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Frankfurter Straße 85-91, Giessen, 35392, Germany
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- Institut Für Hygiene Und Infektionskrankheiten Der Tiere, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Frankfurter Straße 85-91, Giessen, 35392, Germany
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- Institut Für Hygiene Und Infektionskrankheiten Der Tiere, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Frankfurter Straße 85-91, Giessen, 35392, Germany.,Landesbetrieb Hessisches Landeslabor, Giessen, Schubertstraße 60, Giessen, 35392, Germany
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- Axiom Veterinary Laboratories, Manor House, Brunel Road, Newton Abbot, TQ12 4PB, UK
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- Institute of Food Quality and Food Safety, Research Center for Emerging Infections and Zoonoses (RIZ), University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bischofsholer Damm 15, Hannover, 30173, Germany
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Sammra O, Foster G, Hassan AA, Alssahen M, Lämmler C, Glaeser SP, Kämpfer P, Busse HJ, Borowiak M, Malorny B, Ritchie CM, Prenger-Berninghoff E, Abdulmawjood A. Arcanobacterium bovis sp. nov., isolated from the milk of a cow with mastitis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4105-4110. [PMID: 32589570 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A polyphasic taxonomic study was performed on an unidentified Arcanobacterium-like Gram-stain-positive bacterium designated strain C605018/01/1T isolated from a milk sample collected from the udder of a cow at post mortem. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequencing showed that the bacterium belonged to the genus Arcanobacterium and was most closely related to the type strain of Arcanobacterium pluranimalium (99.76 %); sequence similarities to all other Arcanobacterium species were below 97 %. The wet-lab DNA-DNA hybridization values among strain C605018/01/1T and A. pluranimalium DSM 13483ᵀ were low, 16.9 % (reciprocal, 49.8 %). Pertaining to the whole genome sequence with a total length of 2.02 Mb and 1654 protein counts, the novel strain C605018/01/01T displayed a G+C content of 51.6 % mol%. The presence of the major menaquinone MK-9(H4) supported the affiliation of this strain to the genus Arcanobacterium. The polar lipid profile consisted of the major components diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylinositol-mannoside and unidentified glycolipid and aminophospholipids. Based on these results it is proposed that strain C605018/01/1T should be classified as representing a novel species, Arcanbacterium bovis sp. nov. The type strain C605018/01/1T (CCUG 45425T=DSM 107286T=BCCM/LMG 30783T).
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Affiliation(s)
- Osama Sammra
- Institut für Hygiene und Infektionskrankheiten der Tiere, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, 35392 Gießen, Germany
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- SRUC Veterinary Services, An Lochran,10 Inverness Campus,Inverness IV2 5NA, UK
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- Department of Veterinary Public Health (DVPH), College of Veterinary Medicine, Mosul University, Mosul, Iraq
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- Institut für Hygiene und Infektionskrankheiten der Tiere, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, 35392 Gießen, Germany
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- Institut für Hygiene und Infektionskrankheiten der Tiere, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, 35392 Gießen, Germany
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- Institut für Angewandte Mikrobiologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, 35392 Gießen, Germany
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- Institut für Angewandte Mikrobiologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, 35392 Gießen, Germany
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- Institut für Mikrobiologie, Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien, A-1210 Wien, Austria
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- German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), D-10609 Berlin, Department for Biological Safety, Berlin, Germany
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- German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), D-10609 Berlin, Department for Biological Safety, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Hygiene und Infektionskrankheiten der Tiere, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, 35392 Gießen, Germany
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- Institute of Food Quality and Food Safety, Research Center for Emerging Infections and Zoonoses (RIZ), University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bünteweg 17, 30559 Hannover, Germany
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There is currently only limited information on the antimicrobial susceptibility and resistance of Corynebacterium spp., Arcanobacterium spp., and Trueperella pyogenes from animals. The comparability of the data is hampered by the use of different antimicrobial susceptibility testing methods and interpretive criteria. To date, standard broth microdilution methods and clinical breakpoints that are approved by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute and are applicable to Corynebacterium spp., Arcanobacterium spp., and T. pyogenes are available. The lack of species-specific clinical breakpoints for the different animal species reduces the explanatory power of the data. Among the isolates of the three genera, elevated MICs for different classes of antimicrobial agents (e.g., β-lactams, macrolides, lincosamides, tetracyclines, aminoglycosides, phenicols, sulfonamides/diaminopyrimidines, and fluoroquinolones) have been described. The most comprehensive data set is available for T. pyogenes, which also includes information about genes and mutations involved in antimicrobial resistance. In T. pyogenes isolates, the macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B resistance genes erm(B) and erm(X) were identified. Tetracycline resistance in T. pyogenes was based on the resistance genes tet(W), tet(Z), and tet(33), whereas the aminoglycoside resistance genes aacC, aadA1, aadA2, aadA5, aadA24, and aadB have been described in T. pyogenes. So far, only single genes conferring either phenicol resistance (cmlA6), trimethoprim resistance (dfrB2a), or β-lactam resistance (blaP1) are known to occur in T. pyogenes isolates. Various 23S rRNA mutations, including A2058T, A2058G, and G2137C, were identified in macrolide/lincosamide-resistant T. pyogenes.
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Sammra O, Rau J, Wickhorst J, Alssahen M, Hassan AA, Lämmler C, Prenger-Berninghoff E, Abdulmawjood A. Further characteristics of Arcanobacterium pinnipediorum DSM 28752 T and Arcanobacterium wilhelmae DSM 102162 T, two novel species of genus Arcanobacterium. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2018; 63:695-700. [PMID: 29756170 DOI: 10.1007/s12223-018-0610-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2018] [Accepted: 05/07/2018] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
Abstract
The newly described type strains Arcanobacterium pinnipediorum DSM 28752T and Arcanobacterium wilhelmae DSM 102162T, initially isolated from an anal swab of a harbor seal (Sammra et al. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 65:4539-4543, 2015) and the genital tract of a rhinoceros (Sammra et al. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 67:2093-2097, 2017), could be further characterized by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy and by sequencing the genomic targets 16S-23S rDNA intergenic spacer region (ISR) and the genes rpoB, gap, and tuf. The two strains investigated in the present study were isolated together with several other bacterial species indicating that the pathogenic importance of both species remained unclear. However, the detection of specific spectra by MALDI-TOF MS and by FT-IR spectroscopy and the presented genotypic approaches might help to identify A. pinnipediorum and A. wilhelmae in the future and might elucidate the role these two species play in infections of animals.
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- Osama Sammra
- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Schubertstraße 81, 35392, Giessen, Germany. .,Institut für Hygiene und Infektionskrankheiten der Tiere, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Frankfurterstr. 85-91, 35392, Giessen, Germany.
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- Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt Stuttgart (CVUAS), Schaflandstraße 3/2, 70736, Fellbach, Germany
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- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Schubertstraße 81, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Schubertstraße 81, 35392, Giessen, Germany.,Institut für Tierärztliche Nahrungsmittelkunde (IfTN) der Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Frankfurter Straße 92, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Institut für Tierärztliche Nahrungsmittelkunde (IfTN) der Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Frankfurter Straße 92, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Schubertstraße 81, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Institut für Hygiene und Infektionskrankheiten der Tiere, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Frankfurterstr. 85-91, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Food Quality and Food Safety, Research Center for Emerging Infections and Zoonoses (RIZ), University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bünteweg 17, 30559, Hannover, Germany
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Alssahen M, Sammra O, Wickhorst JP, Hassan AA, Lämmler C, Saarnisto MR, Prenger-Berninghoff E, Timke M, Becker A, Abdulmawjood A. Identification of Arcanobacterium phocae isolated from fur animals by phenotypic properties, by MALDI-TOF MS analysis and by detection of phocaelysin encoding gene phl as probable novel target. Vet Microbiol 2018. [PMID: 29519524 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2018.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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In the present study 12 Arcanobacterium phocae strains isolated from fur animals in Finland, including foxes, minks and Finnraccoons, could successfully be identified phenotypically, by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionisation-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) and genotypically by sequencing 16S rDNA and phocaelysin (PHL) encoding gene phl. The PHL of all 12 A. phocae strains in the present study and reference strains A. phocae DSM 10002T and A. phocae DSM 10003 displayed, as typical members of the cholesterol dependent cytolysin-group of toxins, the variant undecapeptide sequence EATGLAWDPWW which appeared to be most closely related to arcanolysin of Arcanobacterium haemolyticum and pyolysin of Trueperella pyogenes. In addition, gene phl could be determined with a newly designed loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay. The detection of mass spectra by MALDI-TOF MS and the LAMP assay based on gene phl might help to reliably identify A. phocae in future and also elucidate the role this species plays in infections of fur animals.
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- Mazen Alssahen
- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Schubertstraße 81, D-35392 Gießen, Germany; Institut für Tierärztliche Nahrungsmittelkunde, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Frankfurter Straße 92, D-35392 Gießen, Germany
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- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Schubertstraße 81, D-35392 Gießen, Germany; Institut für Hygiene und Infektionskrankheiten der Tiere, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Frankfurter Straße 85-91, D-35392 Gießen, Germany
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- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Schubertstraße 81, D-35392 Gießen, Germany
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- Institut für Tierärztliche Nahrungsmittelkunde, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Frankfurter Straße 92, D-35392 Gießen, Germany
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- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Schubertstraße 81, D-35392 Gießen, Germany.
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- The Research and Laboratory Services Department, Veterinary Bacteriology and Pathology Research Unit, Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira, Keskuskatu 23, 60100 Seinäjoki, Finland
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- Institut für Hygiene und Infektionskrankheiten der Tiere, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Frankfurter Straße 85-91, D-35392 Gießen, Germany
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- Entwicklung Bioanalyse, Bruker Daltonik GmbH, Fahrenheitstraße 4, D-28359 Bremen, Germany
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- Institute of Food Quality and Food Safety, Research Center for Emerging Infections and Zoonoses (RIZ), University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Bünteweg 17, D-30559 Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Food Quality and Food Safety, Research Center for Emerging Infections and Zoonoses (RIZ), University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Bünteweg 17, D-30559 Hannover, Germany
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