@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-42-1-79, author = "Aguirre, M. and Collins, M. D.", title = "Phylogenetic Analysis of Alloiococcus otitis gen. nov., sp. nov., an Organism from Human Middle Ear Fluid", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "1992", volume = "42", number = "1", pages = "79-83", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-42-1-79", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-42-1-79", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "The partial 16S rRNA sequence of an unknown bacterium that was originally isolated from middle ear fluids of children with persistent otitis media was determined by reverse transcription. A comparison of this sequence with sequences from other gram-positive species having low guanine-plus-cytosine contents revealed that this bacterium represents a new line of descent, for which the name Alloiococcus otitis gen. nov., sp. nov., is proposed. The type strain is strain NCFB 2890.", }