title: Re-evaluation of the status of the genus Oerskovia, reclassification of Promicromonospora enterophila (Jáger et al. 1983) as Oerskovia enterophila comb. nov. and description of Oerskovia jenensis sp. nov. and Oerskovia paurometabola sp. nov.
abstract: Phylogenetic analysis of Promicromonospora enterophila indicates that this taxon clusters with Cellulomonas species, adjacent to Cellulomonas turbata (basonym Oerskovia turbata). 16S rDNA analysis, DNA-DNA reassociation, riboprinting, peptidoglycan analysis and determination of phenotypic properties of various strains of P. enterophila and C turbata reveal that they form a cluster that can be distinguished unambiguously from other Cellulomonas species by morphology, amino acid composition of the cell wall and 16S rDNA signatures. As a result of thispolyphasic study, it appears taxonomically reasonable to re-establish the genus Oerskovia for C turbata and to reclassify P. enterophila as Oerskovia enterophila comb. nov.; two novel species, Oerskovia jenensis sp. nov. (type strain DSM 46000T = CIP 100330T) and Oerskovia paurometabola sp. nov. (type strain DSM 14281T = LMG 20385T), are also proposed.
authors.forename: Erko
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stackebrandt
authors.forename: Sabine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Breymann
authors.forename: Ulrike
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Steiner
authors.forename: Helmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Prauser
authors.forename: Norbert
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schumann
mesh_terms: D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D040143:Cellulomonas / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010457:Peptidoglycan / Q000032:analysis; D010641:Phenotype; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D021521:Ribotyping; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D010457:Peptidoglycan; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S