International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, Vol 50, 529-536, Copyright © 2000 by Society for General Microbiology

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Marmoricola aurantiacus gen. nov., sp. nov., a coccoid member of the family Nocardioidaceae isolated from a marble statue

C Urzi, P Salamone, P Schumann and E Stackebrandt
Institute of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, University of Messina, Salita Sperone 31, I-98166 Villagio S. Agata Messina, Italy

A Gram-positive, aerobic bacterium with coccoid cells occurring singly, in pairs and in clusters was isolated from the surface of a marble statue. The peptidoglycan contains LL-diaminopimelic acid as diagnostic diamino acid and a single glycine residue as interpeptide bridge (type A3gamma). The major menaquinone is MK-8(H(4)). The cellular fatty acid pattern consists of straight chain saturated and monounsaturated components and 10-methyl octadecanoic (tuberculostearic) acid as the only branched chain fatty acid. Phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylglycerol and diphosphatidylglycerol occur as characteristic polar lipids. The DNA G+C composition is 72 mol%. According to its phylogenetic position and 16S rDNA signature nucleotides, the organism is a member of the family Nocardioidaceae. The combination of chemotaxonomic characteristics is unique within this family and supports the description of a new genus and new species, Marmoricola aurantiacus. The type strain is strain BC 361(T) (=DSM 12652(T)).

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