Open AccessTsukamurella tyrosinosolvens sp. nov.
Author(s) -
A. F. Yassin,
Fred A. Rainey,
Jutta Burghardt,
H. Brzezinka,
Stephan Schmitt,
Paul S. Seifert,
Ortrud Zimmermann,
H. Mauch,
D. Gierth,
I. Lux,
K. P. Schaal
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
international journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.925
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1466-5034
pISSN - 1466-5026
DOI - 10.1099/00207713-47-3-607
Subject(s) - biology , microbiology and biotechnology , 16s ribosomal rna , bacteria , genetics
Chemotaxonomic and 16S ribosomal DNA sequence analyses of four bacterial isolates from blood cultures from patients with cardiac pacemaker implants and sputa of patients with chronic lung infections clearly demonstrated that these bacteria belong to the genus Tsukamurella. DNA-DNA hybridization data, as well as the physiological characteristics of the isolates, indicate that they are closely related and belong to a single species that differs from previously described members of the genus Tsukamurella. The name Tsukamurella tyrosinosolvens sp. nov. is proposed for these isolates, and the new species is represented by strain IMMIB D-1397T (= DSM 44234T). Strain IMMIB D-1397T exhibits 53.4, 53.5, and 54.7% DNA-DNA relatedness to Tsukamurella paurometabola DSM 20162T, Tsukamurella inchonensis DSM 44067T, and Tsukamurella pulmonis DSM 44142T, respectively.