title: Proposal of six new species in the genus Aureobacterium and transfer of Flavobacterium esteraromaticum Omelianski to the genus Aureobacterium as Aureobacterium esteraromaticum comb. nov.
abstract: Twelve strains placed in the genera Flavobacterium, Pseudomonas, and Aureobacterium, including soil isolates, were characterized taxonomically. On the basis of morphological, physiological, and chemotaxonomic data, as well as DNA-DNA hybridization data, we propose that 11 of these strains should be classified in the genus Aureobacterium as new combinations or new species, as follows: Aureobacterium esteraromaticum comb. nov. (type strain, IFO 3751 [= ATCC 8091]), Aureobacterium arabinogalactanolyticum sp. nov. (type strain, IFO 14344), Aureobacterium keratanolyticum sp. nov. (type strain, IFO 13309), Aureobacterium luteolum sp. nov. (type strain, IFO 15074 [= DMS 20143]), Aureobacterium schleiferi sp. nov. (type strain, IFO 15075 [= DMS 20489]), Aureobacterium terrae sp. nov. (type strain, IFO 15300), and Aureobacterium trichothecenolyticum sp. nov. (type strain, IFO 15077 [= JCM 1358]). Whereas the peptidoglycan type of members of this genus is considered to be B2beta, the new species A. keratanolyticum was shown to have a new peptidoglycan type, murein variation B2alpha. An emended description of the genus Aureobacterium is presented.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Fermentation, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yokota
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakane
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Weiss
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D005417:Flavobacterium / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology; D006093:Gram-Positive Asporogenous Rods / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009171:Mycolic Acids / Q000032:analysis; D010457:Peptidoglycan / Q000737:chemistry; D014812:Vitamin K / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005227:Fatty Acids; D009171:Mycolic Acids; D010457:Peptidoglycan; D014812:Vitamin K