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Rhodococcus aetherivorans sp. nov., A New Species that Contains Methyl t-butyl Ether-Degrading Actinomycetes

Lookup NU author(s): Professor Michael Goodfellow, Amanda Jones, Dr Luis Maldonado

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Abstract

The taxonomic positions of two actinomycetes, strains Bc663 and 10bc312T, provisionally assigned to the genus Rhodococcus were determined using a combination of genotypic and phenotypic properties. The organisms have phenotypic properties typical of members of the genus Rhodococcus and were assigned to the 16S rRNA subgroup which contains Rhodococcus rhodochrous and closely related species. The two strains, which have many phenotypic features in common, belong to the same genomic species albeit one readily separated from Rhodococcus ruber with which they form a distinct phyletic line. The organisms were also distinguished from all of the species classified in the R. rhodochrous subgroup, including R. ruber, using a combination of phenotypic properties. The genotypic and phenotypic data show that strains Bc663 and 1Obc312T merit recognition as a new species of Rhodococcus. The name proposed for the new species is Rhodococcus aetherivorans (10bc312T = DSM 44752T = NCIMB 13964 T).

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Author(s): Goodfellow M, Jones AL, Maldonado LA, Salanitro J

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Year: 2004

Volume: 27

Issue: 1

Pages: 61-65

ISSN (print): 0723-2020

ISSN (electronic): 1618-0984

Publisher: Urban und Fischer Verlag

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1078/0723-2020-00254

DOI: 10.1078/0723-2020-00254

PubMed id: 15053322

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