title: Identification of Arthrobacter oxydans, Arthrobacter luteolus sp. nov., and Arthrobacter albus sp. nov., isolated from human clinical specimens.
abstract: Five Arthrobacter isolates from clinical specimens were studied by phenotypic, chemotaxonomic, and genetic characterization. Two strains had characteristics consistent with those of Arthrobacter oxydans. One strain was related to A. citreus; however, DNA-DNA hybridization and phenotypic characteristics indicated that this strain belongs to a new species, for which the name Arthrobacter luteolus sp. nov. is proposed. Two strains were closely related to A. cumminsii by 16S rRNA gene sequencing, but DNA-DNA hybridization, peptidoglycan type, and some phenotypic features indicated that they should be assigned to a new species, for which the name Arthrobacter albus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of A. luteolus is CF25 (DSM 13067). The type strain of A. albus is CF43 (DSM 13068).
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Microbiology Unit, University of Louvain, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium. wauters@mblg.ucl.ac.be
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wauters
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Charlier
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Janssens
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Delmée
mesh_terms: D001173:Arthrobacter / Q000145:classification*; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S