Open AccessModestobacter italicus sp. nov., isolated from Carrara marble quarry and emended descriptions of the genus Modestobacter and the species Modestobacter marinus, Modestobacter multiseptatus, Modestobacter roseus and Modestobacter versicolor
Author(s) -
María del Carmen Montero-Calasanz,
Adnan Yaramis,
Imen Nouioui,
José Mariano Igual,
Cathrin Spröer,
Jean Franco Castro,
Peter Schümann,
Hans Peter Klenk,
Clara Urzı̀
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.925
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1466-5034
pISSN - 1466-5026
DOI - 10.1099/ijsem.0.003282
Subject(s) - biology , genus , taxonomy (biology) , phylogenetic tree , botany , zoology , gene , biochemistry
A Gram-reaction-positive, aerobic bacterial strain showing coccoid cells and designated as BC 501 T was isolated from a black patina of the surface of a Carrara marble blockin the Gioia quarry in Tuscany, Italy. A polyphasic study was carried out to clarify the taxonomic status of BC 501 T within the evolutionary radiation of the genus Modestobacter. Phenotypic and genotypic characteristics as well as phylogenetic distinctiveness confirmed that it represents a novel species of the genus Modestobacter, for which the name Modestobacteritalicus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is BC 501 T (=DSM 44449 T =CECT 9708 T ). Emended descriptions of the genus Modestobacter and the species Modestobacter marinus, Modestobacter multiseptatus, Modestobacter roseus and Modestobacter versicolor are also proposed.