Journal Article
First isolation of Arcanobacterium pinnipediorum from a grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) in the UK
Mazen Alssahen; Geoffrey Foster; Abdulwahed Ahmed Hassan; Jörg Rau; Christoph Lämmler; Ellen Prenger-Berninghoff; Tobias Eisenberg; Mathew Robinson; Amir Abdulmawjood
Folia Microbiologica · Vol. 67, Issue 2 · pp. 291-297 · 2022
Abstract
In the present study, a single Arcanobacterium ( A .) pinnipediorum strain isolated from discharge of a jaw swelling of a grey seal pup ( Halichoerus grypus ) in England, UK, was identified. This strain was further characterized by phenotypical investigations, by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS), by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), and genotypically by sequencing the 16S rRNA gene and the genes gap encoding glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase, tuf encoding elongation factor tu, and rpoB encoding the β subunit of bacterial RNA polymerase. The present study gives a first detailed characterization of the species A . pinnipediorum from a grey seal in the UK. However, the route of infection of the grey seal with the bacterial pathogen remains unclear.