| Turicibacter sanguinis |
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Phylum Bacillota (Firmicutes), Class Erysipelotrichia, Order Erysipelothrichales, Family Turicibacteraceae, Genus Turicibacter,
Turicibacter sanguinis Bosshard, Zbinden and Altwegg 2002. Type species of the genus.
Description is based on a single isolate.
Turicibacter sanguinis Bosshard, Zbinden and Altwegg 2002. Type species of the genus.
Description is based on a single isolate.
Gram-positive, irregular and nonbranching rods (0.5-2.0 x 0.7-7.0 µm), occurring in
long chains (up to 30 µm). Nonspore-forming.
long chains (up to 30 µm). Nonspore-forming.
Grows on sheep blood, chocolate and Brucella agar, in chopped meat carbohydrate
and thioglycollate. Colonies are nonhemolytic, greyish white , convex, irregular in form
with spresding, undulating margins. Grows at 25-46 ºC, optimum at 37 ºC. Grows in
pH 6.6-7.9, optimum pH 7.5. Strictly anaerobic.
and thioglycollate. Colonies are nonhemolytic, greyish white , convex, irregular in form
with spresding, undulating margins. Grows at 25-46 ºC, optimum at 37 ºC. Grows in
pH 6.6-7.9, optimum pH 7.5. Strictly anaerobic.
Isolated from human blood culture. Susceptible to penicillin, vancomycin and kanamycin. Resistant to colistin.
Isolated from blood cultures from a febrile man with acute appendicitis and from a febrile old woman.
- Bosshard P.P., 2009. Genus VIII. Turicibacter Bosshared, Zbinden and Altwegg 2002. In: (Eds.) P.D. Vos, G. Garrity, D. Jones, N.R.
Krieg, W. Ludwig, F.A. Rainey, K.-H. Schleifer, W.B. Whitman. Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Volume 3: The
Firmicutes, Springer, 1314-1315. - Bosshard P.P., Zbinden R. and Altwegg M., 2002. Turicibacter sanguinis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel anaerobic, Gram-positive
bacterium. IJSEM 52, 1263-1266.
Positive results for alpha-glucosidase, alpha-galactosidase and beta-galactosidase.
Maltose and 5-ketogluconate are the only carbohydrates utilized.
Negative results for catalase, indole production, nitrates reduction to nitrites and oxidase.
Maltose and 5-ketogluconate are the only carbohydrates utilized.
Negative results for catalase, indole production, nitrates reduction to nitrites and oxidase.
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