%0 Journal Article %A Zamora, Leydis %A Pérez-Sancho, Marta %A Fernández-Garayzábal, Jose Francisco %A Orden, Jose Antonio %A Domínguez-Bernal, Gustavo %A de la Fuente, Ricardo %A Domínguez, Lucas %A Vela, Ana Isabel %T Streptococcus ovuberis sp. nov., isolated from a subcutaneous abscess in the udder of a sheep %D 2017 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 67 %N 11 %P 4340-4344 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.002213 %K sheep %K phylogeny %K taxonomy %K Streptococcus ovuberis %K sodA %K 16S rRNA %I Microbiology Society, %X One unidentified, Gram-stain-positive, catalase-negative coccus-shaped organism was recovered from a subcutaneous abscess of the udder of a sheep and subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic analysis. Based on cellular morphology and biochemical criteria, the isolate was tentatively assigned to the genus Streptococcus , although the organism did not appear to match any recognized species. 16S rRNA gene sequence comparison studies confirmed its identification as a member of the genus Streptococcus and showed that the nearest phylogenetic relatives of the unknown coccus corresponded to Streptococcus moroccensis and Streptococcus cameli (95.9 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity). The sodA sequence analysis showed less than 89.3 % sequence similarity with the currently recognized species of the genus Streptococcus . The novel bacterial isolate was distinguished from close relatives of the genus Streptococcus by using biochemical tests. A mass spectrometry profile was also obtained for the novel isolate using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). Based on both phenotypic and phylogenetic findings, it is proposed that the unknown bacterium be classified as a representative of a novel species of the genus Streptococcus , Streptococcus ovuberis sp. nov. The type strain of Streptococcus ovuberissp. nov. is VB15-00779T (=CECT 9179T=CCUG 69612T). %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.002213