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Serratia ficaria sp. nov., a bacterial species associated with Smyrna figs and the fig waspBlastophaga psenes

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Fourteen strains isolated from figs, caprifigs, and fig wasps collected in California and Tunisia, and from a small black ant in France, constitute a new DNA hybridization group that is 25–56% related toSerratia species, and 6–17% related to other species of Enterobacteriaceae. This homogeneous group (90% relatedness within the group) constitutes a new species that is namedSerratia ficaria sp. nov. (type strain, ICPB 4050, ATCC 33105). Strains of this species have a characteristic odor, similar to that ofS: odorifera andPseudomonas perolens. No strain ofS. ficaria has yet been recovered from clinical specimens.

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    Patrick A. D. Grimont & Francine Grimont

  2. Department of Bacteriology, University of California, 95616, Davis, California, USA

    Mortimer P. Starr

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Grimont, P.A.D., Grimont, F. & Starr, M.P. Serratia ficaria sp. nov., a bacterial species associated with Smyrna figs and the fig waspBlastophaga psenes. Current Microbiology 2, 277–282 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02602859

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