@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.007203-0, author = "Gregersen, Rikke Heidemann and Neubauer, Claudia and Christensen, Henrik and Bojesen, Anders Miki and Hess, Michael and Bisgaard, Magne", title = "Comparative studies on [Pasteurella] testudinis and [P.] testudinis-like bacteria and proposal of Chelonobacter oris gen. nov., sp. nov. as a new member of the family Pasteurellaceae", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2009", volume = "59", number = "7", pages = "1583-1588", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.007203-0", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.007203-0", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "A collection of 12 strains, isolated from diseased tortoises and tentatively identified as [Pasteurella] testudinis-like based on phenotypic characters, was compared with three reference strains of [P.] testudinis. All strains could be separated from the reference strains with respect to 16S rRNA gene sequences, partial sequences of the rpoB housekeeping gene and by phenotypic characters. Based upon differences in 16S rRNA and rpoB gene sequences, the new isolates are suggested to represent a novel species in a new genus of the family Pasteurellaceae Pohl 1981, for which the name Chelonobacter oris gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is 1662T (=CCUG 55632T=DSM 21392T). β-Haemolysis and acid production from (+)-l-arabinose, dulcitol, (−)-d-mannitol, (+)-d-mannose, trehalose and salicin separated the new strains from members of existing genera of the family Pasteurellaceae, in addition to the β-galactosidase, urease and α-glucosidase reactions. Differences in indole production, phosphatase, β-glucosidase and production of acid from dulcitol and trehalose separated C. oris from [P.] testudinis. Several phenotypic characters separated C. oris from Bisgaard's taxa 14 and 32.", }