RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Collins, Matthew D. A1 Falsen, Enevold A1 Lemozy, Jacqueline A1 Åkervall, Eva A1 Jödén, Berit S A1 Lawson, Paul A.YR 1997 T1 Phenotypic and Phylogenetic Characterization of Some Globicatella-Like Organisms from Human Sources: Description of Facklamia hominis gen. nov., sp. nov. JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 47 IS 3 SP 880 OP 882 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-47-3-880 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB Abstract Six strains of a hitherto undescribed gram-positive, catalase-negative, facultatively anaerobic coccus from human sources were characterized by phenotypic and molecular taxonomic methods. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequencing studies demonstrated that the unknown strains were genealogically homogeneous and constitute a new line closely related to, but distinct from, the genus Globicatella. The unknown bacterium was readily distinguished from Globicatella sanguis, the type species of the genus Globicatella, by the results of biochemical tests and an electrophoretic analysis of whole-cell proteins. Based on phylogenetic and phenotypic evidence, we propose that the unknown bacterium be classified as Facklamia hominis gen. nov., sp. nov. The type strain of Facklamia hominis is CCUG 36813., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-47-3-880