rpoB gene sequencing highlights the prevalence of an E. miricola cluster over other Elizabethkingia species among UK Cystic Fibrosis patients

Difficulties in distinguishing species of the Elizabethkingia genus by MALDI-TOF prompted use of rpoB sequencing to investigate species distribution among 44 isolates from cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. Forty-three isolates from 38 patients formed a cluster comprising E. miricola and proposed novel species E. bruuniana sp. nov., the exception clustering with proposed species E. ursingii sp. nov., also part of this wider cluster. All 44 isolates were PCR-positive for urease gene ureG, whereas only one of 23 E.

Source: Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease - October 26, 2017 Category: Microbiology Authors: Dervla T.D. Kenna, Alice Fuller, Kate Martin, Claire Perry, Rachel Pike, Phillipa J. Burns, Omendra Narayan, Stuart Wilkinson, Robert Hill, Neil Woodford, Julie M.J. Logan, Jane F. Turton Source Type: research