RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Huch, Melanie A1 De Bruyne, Katrien A1 Cleenwerck, Ilse A1 Bub, Achim A1 Cho, Gyu-Sung A1 Watzl, Bernhard A1 Snauwaert, Isabel A1 Franz, Charles M. A. P. A1 Vandamme, PeterYR 2013 T1 Streptococcus rubneri sp. nov., isolated from the human throat JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 63 IS Pt_11 SP 4026 OP 4032 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.048538-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB The novel, Gram-stain-positive, ovoid, lactic acid bacterial isolates LMG 27205, LMG 27206, LMG 27207T and MRI-F 18 were obtained from throat samples of healthy humans. 16S rRNA gene sequence analyses indicated that these isolates belong to the genus Streptococcus , specifically the Streptococcus mitis group, with Streptococcus australis and Streptococcus mitis as the nearest neighbours (99.45 and 98.56 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to the respective type strains). Genotypic fingerprinting by fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism (FAFLP) and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), DNA–DNA hybridizations, comparative sequence analysis of pheS, rpoA and atpA and physiological and biochemical tests revealed that these bacteria formed a taxon well separated from its nearest neighbours and other species of the genus Streptococcus with validly published names and, therefore, represent a novel species, for which the name Streptococcus rubneri sp. nov. is proposed, with LMG 27207T ( = DSM 26920T) as the type strain., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.048538-0