title: Leucobacter komagatae gen. nov., sp. nov., a new aerobic gram-positive, nonsporulating rod with 2,4-diaminobutyric acid in the cell wall.
abstract: A new aerobic, gram-positive, nonsporulating rod-shaped organism is described: Strain IFO 15245T (T = type strain) has the following characteristics: the menaquinone contains a side chain with 11 isoprenyl units; the guanine-plus-cytosine content of the DNA is 66.2 mol%; 2,4-diaminobutyric acid, glutamic acid, alanine, glycine, and gamma-aminobutyric acid are present in the cell wall at a molar ratio of ca. 1:1:2:1:1; and glucose and galactose are also present in the cell wall. A comparison of partial 16S rRNA sequences revealed that IFO 15245T represents a distinct line of descent within the gram-positive bacteria with high guanine-plus-cytosine contents. The taxonomic characteristics of this organism are different from those of previously described aerobic, gram-positive, nonsporulating, rod-shaped bacteria. The name Leucobacter komagatae gen. nov., sp. nov., is proposed for this organism. The type strain is strain IFO 15245.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Fermentation, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schumann
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yokota
mesh_terms: D000613:Aminobutyrates / Q000032:analysis*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000737:chemistry; D006093:Gram-Positive Asporogenous Rods / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010641:Phenotype; D010802:Phylogeny
chemical_list: D000613:Aminobutyrates; C005959:2,4-diaminobutyric acid