| bavariicoccus seileri gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the surface and smear water of german red smear soft cheese. | the phylogenetic position and physiological characters of six hitherto-unknown lactic acid bacterial isolates, which form part of the surface microbiota of german red smear soft cheese, are reported. the coccoid cells are aerotolerant, gram-positive, catalase-negative and non-motile. the cell-wall peptidoglycan contains alanine, glutamic acid, lysine and aspartic acid and is of the a4alpha type (l-lys-d-asp). the sequences of the 16s rrna, groel and rpob genes of the six isolates are identical a ... | 2009 | 19622668 |
| the 2000 canine distemper epidemic in caspian seals (phoca caspica): pathology and analysis of contributory factors. | more than 10,000 caspian seals (phoca caspica) were reported dead in the caspian sea during spring and summer 2000. we performed necropsies and extensive laboratory analyses on 18 seals, as well as examination of the pattern of strandings and variation in weather in recent years, to identify the cause of mortality and potential contributory factors. the monthly stranding rate in 2000 was up to 2.8 times the historic mean. it was preceded by an unusually mild winter, as observed before in mass mo ... | 2006 | 16672579 |
| atopobacter phocae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from common seals. | two strains of a gram-positive, catalase-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacterium isolated from common seals were characterized using phenotypic and molecular taxonomic methods. the two strains closely resembled each other based on their biochemical characteristics, and page analysis of whole-cell protein patterns confirmed their close phenotypic affinity. 16s rrna gene sequencing showed that the two strains were genetically highly related (99.8% sequence similarity) and that they ... | 2000 | 11034483 |