Biology:Aerococcus

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Short description: Genus of bacteria


Aerococcus
Aerococcus urinae - colonies.jpg
Scientific classification
Domain:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Lactobacillales
Family:
Genus:
Aerococcus

Williams et al., 1953
Type species
A. viridans
Williams et al., 1953

Aerococcus is a genus in the phylum Bacillota (Bacteria).[1] The genus was first identified in 1953 from samples of air and dust as a catalase-negative, gram-positive coccus that grew in small clusters.[2] They were subsequently found in hospital environments and meat-curing brines.[3] It has been difficult to identify as it resembles alpha-hemolytic Streptococcus on blood agar plates and is difficult to identify by biochemical means.[4] Sequencing of 16S rRNA has become the gold standard for identification, but other techniques such as MALDI-TOF have also been useful for identifying both the genus and species.[4]

Etymology

The name Aerococcus derives from the Greek aer, aeros (ἀήρ, ἀέρος), air; Neo-Latin coccus (from Greekkokkos (κόκκος)), a berry; Neo-Latin Aerococcus, air coccus.[5] The name was given based on its round shape and that it was first discovered in air samples.[2]

Species

The genus contains these species:[5]

  • A. christensenii Collins et al., 1999, named after the Danish microbiologist Jens J. Christensen[6]
  • A. sanguinicola Lawson et al., 2001 (from the Latin for blood-dweller)[7]
  • A. suis Vela et al., 2007 (Latin for "of a hog")[8]
  • A. urinae Aguirre & Collins, 1992 (Latin for "of urine")[9]
  • A. urinaeequi (Garvie, 1988) Felis et al., 2005 (Latin for "of the urine of a horse", source of isolation of the type strain)[10]
  • A. urinaehominis Lawson et al., 2001 (Latin for "of the urine of a human", source of isolation of the type strain)[11]
  • A. viridans Williams et al., 1953type species of the genus (Latin for "making green", producing a green color).[12] Causative agent of gaffkaemia, a disease of lobsters.[13]

See also

References

  1. Classification of Genera AC entry in LPSN [Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". Int J Syst Bacteriol (Microbiology Society) 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655. https://ijs.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. Retrieved 2019-02-23. ]
  2. 2.0 2.1 Williams, R. E. O.; Hirch, A.; Cowan, S. T. (1953-06-01). "Aerococcus, a New Bacterial Genus". Journal of General Microbiology 8 (3): 475–480. doi:10.1099/00221287-8-3-475. PMID 13061751. 
  3. Aguirre, M.; Collins, M. D. (1993-05-01). "Development of a polymerase chain reaction test for specific identification of the urinary tract pathogen Aerococcus urinae". Journal of Clinical Microbiology 31 (5): 1350–1353. ISSN 0095-1137. PMID 7684752. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Rasmussen, Magnus (Jun 2013). "Aerococci and aerococcal infections". Journal of Infection 66 (6): 467–474. doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2012.12.006. PMID 23277106. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Aerococcus entry in LPSN [Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". Int J Syst Bacteriol (Microbiology Society) 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655. https://ijs.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. Retrieved 2019-02-23. ]
  6. "Note: Aerococcus christensenii sp. nov., from the human vagina". Ijs.sgmjournals.org. 1999-07-01. http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/49/3/1125. Retrieved 2012-07-06. 
  7. "Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 2, of the IJSEM". Ijs.sgmjournals.org. 2001-05-01. Archived from the original on 2008-08-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20080828222107/http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/51/3/795. Retrieved 2012-07-06. 
  8. Vela, A. I.; Garcia, N.; Latre, M. V.; Casamayor, A.; Sanchez-Porro, C.; Briones, V.; Ventosa, A.; Dominguez, L. et al. (2007). "Aerococcus suis sp. Nov., isolated from clinical specimens from swine". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 57 (6): 1291–1294. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64537-0. PMID 17551045. 
  9. "Validation of the Publication of New Names and New Combinations Previously Effectively Published Outside the IJSB". Ijs.sgmjournals.org. 1992-07-01. Archived from the original on 2009-04-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20090418013800/http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/42/3/511. Retrieved 2012-07-06. 
  10. "Reclassification of Pediococcus urinaeequi (ex Mees 1934) Garvie 1988 as Aerococcus urinaeequi comb. nov". Ijs.sgmjournals.org. 2005-01-14. http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/55/3/1325. Retrieved 2012-07-06. 
  11. "Aerococcus urinaehominis sp. nov., isolated from human urine". Ijs.sgmjournals.org. 2001-03-01. http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/51/2/683. Retrieved 2012-07-06. 
  12. "Approved Lists of Bacterial Names". Ijs.sgmjournals.org. 1980-01-01. Archived from the original on 2009-09-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20090904015212/http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/30/1/225. Retrieved 2012-07-06. 
  13. Spencer J. Greenwood; Ian R. Keith; Béatrice M. Després; Richard J. Cawthorn (2005). "Genetic characterization of the lobster pathogen Aerococcus viridans var. homari by 16S rRNA gene sequence and RAPD". Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 63 (2–3): 237–246. doi:10.3354/dao063237. PMID 15819439. https://www.int-res.com/articles/dao2005/63/d063p237.pdf. 

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