title: Description of the erythromycin-producing bacterium Arthrobacter sp. strain NRRL B-3381 as Aeromicrobium erythreum gen. nov., sp. nov.
abstract: Arthrobacter sp. strain NRRL B-3381T (T = type strain) is a nonmycelial, nonsporulating actinomycete that produces the macrolide antibiotic erythromycin. This bacterium differs in many ways from the type species of the genus Arthrobacter (Arthrobacter globiformis), suggesting that a taxonomic revision is appropriate. The G + C content of strain NRRL B-3381T DNA is 71 to 73 mol%, and the peptidoglycan of this organism contains LL-diaminopimelic acid. Evolutionary distance data obtained from 16S rRNA sequences identified NRRL B-3381T as the deepest branching member of the Nocardioides group of actinomycetes. The principal long-chain fatty acids which we identified that distinguished strain NRRL B-3381T from related G + C-rich bacteria were 10-methyloctadecanoic (tuberculosteric), octadecenoic, and hexadecanoic acids. These characteristics, together with phage typing and biochemical characteristics, form the basis for our recommendation that strain NRRL B-3381 should be the type strain of a new taxon, for which we propose the name Aeromicrobium erythreum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27695.
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Woese
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brenner
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D001173:Arthrobacter / Q000145:classification* / Q000378:metabolism; D001420:Bacteria, Aerobic / Q000145:classification* / Q000378:metabolism; D001482:Base Composition; D001483:Base Sequence; D004917:Erythromycin / Q000378:metabolism*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000378:metabolism; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010457:Peptidoglycan / Q000737:chemistry; D010641:Phenotype; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D014812:Vitamin K / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D005227:Fatty Acids; D010457:Peptidoglycan; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D014812:Vitamin K; D004917:Erythromycin