Open AccessReclassification of Two Strains of Arthrobacter oxydans and Proposal of Arthrobacter nicotinovorans sp. nov.
Author(s) -
Y. Kodama,
Hiroshi Yamamoto,
Norihide Amano,
Teruo Amachi
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
international journal of systematic bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1070-6259
pISSN - 0020-7713
DOI - 10.1099/00207713-42-2-234
Subject(s) - arthrobacter , peptidoglycan , strain (injury) , biology , genetics , biochemistry , bacteria , anatomy
Arthrobacter oxydans DSM 419 and DSM 420 have chemical and microbiological properties that are consistent with assignment to the genus Arthrobacter. Both organisms have the lysine-alanine-threonine-alanine peptidoglycan type. DNA-DNA pairing studies indicated that A. oxydans DSM 419 should be reclassified as Arthrobacter ureafaciens and that A. oxydans DSM 420T forms the nucleus of a distinct genomic species. We propose that A. oxydans DSM 420 should be reclassified as Arthrobacter nicotinovorans sp. nov. The type strain is strain DSM 420.