title: Caenibacterium thermophilum is a later synonym of Schlegelella thermodepolymerans.
abstract: Recently, two strains of Schlegelella thermodepolymerans Elbanna et al. 2003 and an independently isolated bacterium, Caenibacterium thermophilum Manaia et al. 2003, were described in parallel as gen. nov., sp. nov. Analysis of the 16S rRNA genes revealed similarity between C. thermophilum and the two strains of S. thermodepolymerans of 99.8 and 99.6 %, respectively. DNA-DNA hybridization experiments revealed mean DNA reassociation levels of 97-98 % among C. thermophilum and the two strains of S. thermodepolymerans, thereby confirming the close relationship and indicating that C. thermophilum is a later synonym of S. thermodepolymerans.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Molekulare Mikrobiologie und Biotechnologie, Westfälische, Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstraße 3, 48149 Münster, Germany.
authors.forename: Tina
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lütke-Eversloh
authors.affiliation: Institut für Molekulare Mikrobiologie und Biotechnologie, Westfälische, Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstraße 3, 48149 Münster, Germany.
authors.forename: Khaled
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Elbanna
authors.affiliation: Laboratorium voor Microbiologie, Universiteit Gent, K. L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Gent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Margo C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Cnockaert
authors.affiliation: Laboratorium voor Microbiologie, Universiteit Gent, K. L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Gent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Joris
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mergaert
authors.affiliation: Laboratorium voor Microbiologie, Universiteit Gent, K. L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Gent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Swings
authors.affiliation: Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, 4200-072 Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Célia M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Manaia
authors.affiliation: Institut für Molekulare Mikrobiologie und Biotechnologie, Westfälische, Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstraße 3, 48149 Münster, Germany.
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Steinbüchel
mesh_terms: D042621:Comamonadaceae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D020459:Genes, rRNA / Q000235:genetics; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010802:Phylogeny; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D009626:Terminology as Topic
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S