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Volume 67, Issue 5

sp. nov., isolated from nonviable eggs of greater white-fronted geese () in Arctic Alaska Free

Abstract

During the summers of 2013 and 2014, isolates of a novel Gram-stain-negative coccus in the genus were obtained from the contents of nonviable greater white-fronted goose () eggs on the Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska. We used a polyphasic approach to determine whether these isolates represent a novel species. 16S rRNA gene sequences, 23S rRNA gene sequences, and chaperonin 60 gene sequences suggested that these Alaskan isolates are members of a distinct species that is most closely related to , and . Analysis of the gene additionally showed that the isolates are unique and most closely related to . Average nucleotide identity of the whole genome sequence of the type strain was between 71.5 and 74.6 % compared to close relatives, further supporting designation as a novel species. Fatty acid methyl ester analysis showed a predominance of C, C and Cω7 fatty acids. Finally, biochemical characteristics distinguished the isolates from other species of the genus . On the basis of these combined data, the isolates are proposed to represent a novel species of the genus , with the name sp. nov. The type strain is KH1503 (=ATCC TSD-57=DSM 103136).

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Keyword(s): 16S rRNA , 23S rRNA , Alaska , chaperonin 60 , greater white-fronted goose and Neisseria
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Neisseria arctica sp. nov., isolated from nonviable eggs of greater white-fronted geese (Anser albifrons) in Arctic Alaska
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 67, 1115 (2017); https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001773
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