Apibacter muscae sp. nov., a novel bacterial species isolated from house flies
- Park, Rahel
- Dzialo, Maria C
- Nsabimana, Donat
- Lievens, Bart
- Verstrepen, Kevin J
DOIAbstract
We describe the isolation and characterization of three bacterial isolates from the common house fly, Musca domestica, caught in Londerzeel, Belgium and Huye District, Rwanda. Although isolated from distinct geographical locations, the strains show >99 % identical 16S rRNA gene sequences and are <95 % identical to type strains of Apibacter species. Whole-genome sequences were obtained for all three strains. The genomes are 2.4-2.5 Mb with a G+C content of ~30.3 mol%. Bacteriological and biochemical analysis of the strains demonstrate distinctly different characteristics compared to known Apibacter species. Particularly, the three strains investigated in this study can be distinguished from the known Apibacter species (Apibacter mensalisand ...
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