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Closed genome sequences of Staphylococcus lloydii sp. nov. and Staphylococcus durrellii sp. nov. isolated from captive fruit bats (Pteropus livingstonii)

Fountain, K; Gibbon, MJ; Loeffler, A; Feil, EJ

Authors

K Fountain

MJ Gibbon

A Loeffler

EJ Feil



Abstract

The increasing availability of whole genome sequencing of bacteria has accelerated the discovery of novel species which may not have been easy to discriminate using standard phenotypic or single gene methods. Phylogenomic analysis of genome sequences from a collection of coagulase- negative staphylococcal species isolated from captive fruit bats revealed two clusters which were close to Staphylococcus kloosii. To assess the relatedness of the strains we used digital DNA?DNA hybridization (dDDH) and two methods for average nucleotide identity (ANI) computation which predicted two novel species having dDDH less than 70 % and ANI less than 95%. We propose these species as Staphylococcus lloydii sp. nov. (type strain 23_2_7_LYT=NCTC 14453T=DSM 111639T) and Staphylococcus durrellii sp. nov (type strain 27_4_6_LYT=NCTC 14454T=DSM 111640T).

Citation

Fountain, K., Gibbon, M., Loeffler, A., & Feil, E. (2021). Closed genome sequences of Staphylococcus lloydii sp. nov. and Staphylococcus durrellii sp. nov. isolated from captive fruit bats (Pteropus livingstonii). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 71(3), https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.004715

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Mar 18, 2021
Publication Date 2021
Deposit Date Nov 29, 2021
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Print ISSN 1466-5026
Publisher Microbiology Society
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 71
Issue 3
DOI https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.004715
Keywords Livingstone?s bats; Staphylococcus kloosii; Staphylococcus durrellii; Staphylococcus lloydii; DNA-DNA HYBRIDIZATION
Public URL https://rvc-repository.worktribe.com/output/1552979