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Case Reports
. 2005 Jul;43(7):3567-9.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.43.7.3567-3569.2005.

Isolation of Actinobaculum schaalii and Actinobaculum urinale from a patient with chronic renal failure

Faiz Fendukly  1 , Björn Osterman
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Case Reports

Isolation of Actinobaculum schaalii and Actinobaculum urinale from a patient with chronic renal failure

Faiz Fendukly et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Jul.

Abstract

We report on the isolation of two species of Actinobaculum from blood culture of a patient with chronic renal failure. The two isolates were distinct with regard to their morphological and biochemical characteristics. Subsequent 16S rRNA gene sequencing classified the two species as Actinobaculum schaalii and A. urinale.

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FIG. 1.
FIG. 1.
Photograph showing the colonial appearance of the two isolated Actinobaculum species.
FIG. 2.
FIG. 2.
Phylogenetic tree showing the relatedness of a partial segment of the 16S rRNA genes of the two Actinobaculum strains isolated in our laboratory (indicated by asterisks) to the seven closest matches by BLAST search.
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