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Agrococcus casei sp. nov., isolated from the surfaces of smear-ripened cheeses

¹ Division of Biology, King George VIth Building, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
² BCCM/LMG Bacteria Collection, Faculteit Wetenschappen, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
³ Laboratorium voor Microbiologie, Faculteit Wetenschappen, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
⁴ Moorepark Food Research Centre, Teagasc, Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland
⁵ Laboratoire de Microbiologie Alimentaire, Université de Caen Basse – Normandie, esplanade de-la-paix, 14032 Caen cedex, France
⁶ Bundesanstalt für Alpenländische Milchwirtschaft, Rotholz 50a, 6200 Rotholz, Austria
⁷ DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany

Correspondence
Michael Goodfellow
m.goodfellow{at}ncl.ac.uk

Seven Gram-positive, coryneform bacteria with virtually identical whole-organism protein patterns were isolated from the surface of smear-ripened cheeses. Representatives of these strains were the subject of a polyphasic study designed to establish their taxonomic status. The organisms formed a distinct branch in the Microbacteriaceae 16S rRNA gene tree and were most closely related to members of the genus Agrococcus, sharing sequence similarities of 95.4–98.7 %. The chemotaxonomic profiles of the strains were consistent with their classification in the genus Agrococcus. The combined genotypic and phenotypic data show that the isolates should be classified in the genus Agrococcus as representatives of a novel species. The name Agrococcus casei sp. nov. is proposed for this taxon. Isolate R-17892t2^T (=DSM 18061^T=LMG 22410^T) is the type strain of Agrococcus casei sp. nov.

The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession numbers for the 16S rRNA gene sequences of Agrococcus casei LMG 22410^T, LMG 22411, LMG 22330 and LMG 22447 are DQ168427, DQ168426, DQ168425 and DQ168424, respectively.

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