%0 Journal Article %A Naser, Sabri M. %A Vancanneyt, Marc %A De Graef, Evelyne %A Devriese, Luc A. %A Snauwaert, Cindy %A Lefebvre, Karen %A Hoste, Bart %A Švec, Pavel %A Decostere, Annemie %A Haesebrouck, Freddy %A Swings, Jean %T Enterococcus canintestini sp. nov., from faecal samples of healthy dogs %D 2005 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 55 %N 5 %P 2177-2182 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.63752-0 %K MLSA, multilocus sequence analysis %K LAB, lactic acid bacteria %I Microbiology Society, %X The taxonomic position of strain LMG 13590T, originally isolated from dog faeces and classified as Enterococcus dispar in the BCCM/LMG Bacteria Catalogue, was reinvestigated. This strain and 12 recent isolates from faecal samples of healthy dogs occupied a clearly separate position when investigated with multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) of the genes encoding the alpha subunit of ATP synthase (atpA), RNA polymerase alpha subunit (rpoA) and phenylalanyl-tRNA synthase alpha subunit (pheS). The 16S rRNA gene sequence of one representative strain showed highest similarities of 98–99 % with E. dispar LMG 13521T, Enterococcus canis LMG 12316T and Enterococcus asini LMG 18727T. A further polyphasic taxonomic study based on whole-cell protein fingerprinting, DNA–DNA hybridization and biochemical features demonstrated that the 13 enterococcal dog faecal strains represent a single, novel Enterococcus species for which the name Enterococcus canintestini sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is LMG 13590T (=CCM 7285T). %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.63752-0