Campylobacter geochelonis sp. nov. isolated from the western Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni hermanni)

Alessandra Piccirillo 1, * Giulia Niero 1 Lucía Calleros 2 Ruben Pérez 2 Hugo Naya 3, 2 Gregorio Iraola 2
* Corresponding author
1 Universita degli Studi di Padova
2 Universidad de Montevideo
3 Institut Pasteur de Montevideo
Abstract : During a screening study to determine the presence of species of the genus Campylobacter in reptiles, three putative strains (RC7, RC11 and RC20T) were isolated from different individuals of the western Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni hermanni). Initially, these isolates were characterized as representing Campylobacterfetus subsp. fetus by multiplex PCR and partial 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. Further whole- genome characterization revealed considerable differences compared to other Campylobacter species. A polyphasic study was then undertaken to determine the exact taxonomic position of the isolates. The three strains were characterized by conventional phenotypic tests and whole genome sequencing. We generated robust phylogenies that showed a distinct clade containing only these strains using the 16S rRNA and atpA genes and a set of 40 universal proteins. Our phylogenetic analysis demonstrates their designation as representing a novel species and this was further confirmed using whole- genome average nucleotide identity within the genus Campylobacter (~80 %). Compared to most Campylobacter species, these strains hydrolysed hippurate, and grew well at 25 °C but not at 42 °C. Phenotypic and genetic analyses demonstrate that the three Campylobacter strains isolated from the western Hermann's tortoise represent a novel species within the genus Campylobacter, for which the name Campylobactergeochelonis sp. nov. is proposed, with RC20T (=DSM 102159T=LMG 29375T) as the type strain.
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Alessandra Piccirillo, Giulia Niero, Lucía Calleros, Ruben Pérez, Hugo Naya, et al.. Campylobacter geochelonis sp. nov. isolated from the western Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni hermanni). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, Microbiology Society, 2016, 66 (9), pp.3468 - 3476. ⟨10.1099/ijsem.0.001219⟩. ⟨pasteur-01879038⟩

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