title: Isobaculum melis gen. nov., sp. nov., a Carnobacterium-like organism isolated from the intestine of a badger.
abstract: Phenotypic and phylogenetic studies were performed on a hitherto undescribed facultatively anaerobic, catalase-negative, gram-positive rod-shaped organism, strain M577-94T, isolated from the small intestine of a dead badger. It resembled carnobacteria in terms of its long-chain cellular fatty acid composition, but differed markedly from the latter in possessing a cell-wall murein based on L-lysine (type L-Lys-L-Thr-Gly). Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequencing showed that the unknown bacterium represents a new line closely related to, albeit distinct from, the genera Carnobacterium and Desemzia. On the basis of phylogenetic and phenotypic evidence, it is proposed that strain M577-94T be classified as Isobaculum melis gen. nov., sp. nov. The type strain of Isobaculum melis is CCUG 37660T (= DSM 13760T).
authors.forename: Matthhew D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.forename: Roger A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Hutson
authors.forename: Geoffrey
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Foster
authors.forename: Enevold
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Falsen
authors.forename: Norbert
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Weiss
mesh_terms: D000693:Anaerobiosis; D000818:Animals; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D002335:Carnivora / Q000382:microbiology*; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D016987:Gram-Positive Rods / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007422:Intestines / Q000382:microbiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S