title: Reclassification of two strains of Arthrobacter oxydans and proposal of Arthrobacter nicotinovorans sp. nov.
abstract: Arthrobacter oxydans DSM 419 and DSM 420 have chemical and microbiological properties that are consistent with assignment to the genus Arthrobacter. Both organisms have the lysine-alanine-threonine-alanine peptidoglycan type. DNA-DNA pairing studies indicated that A. oxydans DSM 419 should be reclassified as Arthrobacter ureafaciens and that A. oxydans DSM 420T forms the nucleus of a distinct genomic species. We propose that A. oxydans DSM 420 should be reclassified as Arthrobacter nicotinovorans sp. nov. The type strain is strain DSM 420.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Fundamental Research, Suntory Ltd., Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kodama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Amano
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Amachi
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001173:Arthrobacter / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002845:Chromatography; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010457:Peptidoglycan / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D010457:Peptidoglycan