@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.002213, author = "Zamora, Leydis and Pérez-Sancho, Marta and Fernández-Garayzábal, Jose Francisco and Orden, Jose Antonio and Domínguez-Bernal, Gustavo and de la Fuente, Ricardo and Domínguez, Lucas and Vela, Ana Isabel", title = "Streptococcus ovuberis sp. nov., isolated from a subcutaneous abscess in the udder of a sheep", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2017", volume = "67", number = "11", pages = "4340-4344", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.002213", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.002213", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "sheep", keywords = "phylogeny", keywords = "taxonomy", keywords = "Streptococcus ovuberis", keywords = "sodA", keywords = "16S rRNA", abstract = "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).", }