title: Janibacter limosus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new actinomycete with meso-diaminopimelic acid in the cell wall.
abstract: New gram-positive bacteria were isolated from 1-year-old sludge from a wastewater treatment plant. The isolates are coccoid to rod-shaped, nonmotile aerobes that form neither spores nor mycelia. They are characterized by a peptidoglycan with directly cross-linked meso-diaminopimelic acid (type A1 gamma), by the presence of menaquinone MK-8(H4), and by the lack of mycolic acids. The strains have complex fatty acid patterns with i-C16:0 and straight-chain saturated and unsaturated fatty acids as major components. The G + C content of the DNA is 70 mol%. The results of chemotaxonomic studies and a 16S ribosomal DNA sequence comparison support our proposal to assign these bacteria to a new genus, the genus Janibacter gen. nov.; the type species is Janibacter limosus sp. nov., and the type strain of J. limosus is strain HKI 83 (= DSM 11140).
authors.affiliation: Hans-Knöll-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung e.V, Aussenstelle Jena, Germany. kmartin@leutra.imb-jena.de
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schumann
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Rainey
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schuetze
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Groth
mesh_terms: D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D001482:Base Composition; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000378:metabolism*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D003960:Diaminopimelic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D013045:Species Specificity; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D005227:Fatty Acids; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D003960:Diaminopimelic Acid