ŠVEC, Pavel, Luc DEVRIESE, Ivo SEDLÁČEK, Margo BAELE, Marc VANCANNEYT, Freddy HAESEBROUCK, Jean SWINGS and Jiří DOŠKAŘ. Characterization of yellow-pigmented and motile enterococci isolated from intestines of the garden snail Helix aspersa (Characterization of yellow-pigmented and motile enterococci isolated from intestines of the garden snail Helix aspersa). Journal of Applied Microbiology. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Science Ltd, 2002, vol. 92, No 5, p. 951-957. ISSN 1365-2672.
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Original name Characterization of yellow-pigmented and motile enterococci isolated from intestines of the garden snail Helix aspersa
Authors ŠVEC, Pavel (203 Czech Republic, guarantor), Luc DEVRIESE (56 Belgium), Ivo SEDLÁČEK (203 Czech Republic), Margo BAELE (56 Belgium), Marc VANCANNEYT (56 Belgium), Freddy HAESEBROUCK (56 Belgium), Jean SWINGS (56 Belgium) and Jiří DOŠKAŘ (203 Czech Republic).
Edition Journal of Applied Microbiology, Oxford, UK, Blackwell Science Ltd, 2002, 1365-2672.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10600 1.6 Biological sciences
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 1.819
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/02:00006086
Organization unit Faculty of Science
UT WoS 000175184500020
Keywords in English Bacterial Typing Techniques; DNA; Enterococcus; classification;Helix (Snails); Nucleic Acid Hybridization; Pigments/metabolism;16S Ribosomal RNA
Tags 16S Ribosomal RNA, Bacterial Typing Techniques, CLASSIFICATION, DNA, Enterococcus, Helix (Snails), Nucleic Acid Hybridization, Pigments/metabolism
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: doc. RNDr. Pavel Švec, Ph.D., učo 1098. Changed: 18/6/2009 12:16.
Abstract
AIMS: Enterococci associated with garden snails (Helix aspersa) were studied in order to obtain reliable species identification and characterization. METHODS AND RESULTS: Twelve yellow-pigmented and motile enterococci, isolated from the intestines of garden snails, were phenotypically close to Enterococcus casseliflavus, but they showed certain unusual biochemical characteristics. tRNA intergenic length polymorphism analysis (tDNA-PCR) divided all strains studied into two groups, in full agreement with biochemical test results. 16S rDNA sequencing, DNA base composition analysis and DNA-DNA hybridization results showed unambiguously that the enterococci studied belonged to the species Ent. casseliflavus. The representative strains of described ecovars were deposited in the Czech Collection of Microorganisms (CCM) as Ent. casseliflavus CCM 4868, 4869, 4870 and 4871. CONCLUSIONS: Enterococcus casseliflavus associated with garden snails can be subdivided into groups. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: Enterococcus casseliflavus differs from other enterococcal species in that it is typically associated with plants, soil, water and invertebrate animals. The different groups that can be found in these widely occurring bacteria are possibly source-specific ecovars, as exemplified by the Ent. casseliflavus inhabiting the intestines of snails.
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GA301/02/1505, research and development projectName: Molekulární diagnostika, epidemiologie a klasifikace klinicky významných grampozitivních koků
Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Molecular diagnostic, epidemiology and classification of pathogenic Gram positive cocci
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