01505nas a2200277   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260007000043653002700113100001400140700001300154700001300167700001200180700001400192700001200206700001500218700001900233700002600252700001500278700001300293245007900306300001200385490000800397520080800405022001401213       2013                            d  c11/2013bSchlütersche Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KGaHannover10aTrueperella abortisuis1 aM Metzner1 aM Erhard1 aO Sammra1 aS Nagib1 aM Hijazin1 aJ Alber1 aC Lämmler1 aA Abdulmawjood1 aE Prenger-Berninghoff1 aM Zschöck1 aA Hassan00aTrueperella abortisuis, an emerging pathogen isolated from pigs in Germany  a423-4260 v1263 aIn the present study four Trueperella (T.) abortisuis strains isolated from an umbilical swab, two anal swabs and from a placenta after abortion of four pigs, respectively, could successfully be identified phenotypically, by MALDI-TOF MS analysis and genotypically by amplification and sequencing of 16S rRNA gene sequence and gene sodA encoding superoxide dismutase A as additional molecular target. All four T. abortisuis were isolated together with various other bacterial species indicating that the pathogenic importance of this novel species remains unclear. However, according to the literature and to the results of the present study T. abortisuis could be recovered from samples of animals in Japan and in different microbiological laboratories in Germany emphasizing its increasing importance.  a0005-9366