title: Enterococcus camelliae sp. nov., isolated from fermented tea leaves in Thailand.
abstract: A Gram-positive and catalase-negative coccus that formed chains, strain FP15-1(T), isolated from fermented tea leaves ('miang'), was studied systematically. The strain was facultatively anaerobic and produced l-lactic acid from glucose. Demethylmenaquinone (DMK-7) was the major menaquinone. Straight-chain unsaturated fatty acids C(16 : 1) and C(18 : 1) were the dominant components. The DNA G+C content was 37.8 mol%. On the basis of 16S rRNA and RNA polymerase alpha subunit (rpoA) gene sequence analysis, strain FP15-1(T) was closely related to Enterococcus italicus KCTC 5373(T), with 99.2 and 93.8 % similarity, respectively. The strain could be clearly distinguished from E. italicus ATCC 5373(T) by low DNA-DNA relatedness (< or =33.8 %) and phenotypic characteristics. Therefore, this strain represent a novel species of the genus Enterococcus, for which the name Enterococcus camelliae sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is FP15-1(T) (=KCTC 13133(T) =NBRC 101868(T) =NRIC 0105(T) =TISTR 932(T) =PCU 277(T)).
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
authors.forename: Sirapan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sukontasing
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
authors.forename: Somboon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanasupawat
authors.affiliation: Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand.
authors.forename: Somporn
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Moonmangmee
authors.affiliation: Korean Collection for Type Cultures (KCTC), Biological Resource Center (BRC), Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Yusong, Daejeon 305-806, Korea.
authors.forename: Jung-Sook
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Biological Resource Center (NBRC), Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, Kisarazu, Chiba 292-0818, Japan.
authors.forename: Ken-Ichiro
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D000332:Aerobiosis; D000693:Anaerobiosis; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D005516:Food Microbiology; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D019344:Lactic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010802:Phylogeny; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000382:microbiology; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013662:Tea / Q000382:microbiology; D013785:Thailand; D024482:Vitamin K 2 / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D005227:Fatty Acids; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D013662:Tea; D024482:Vitamin K 2; D019344:Lactic Acid; D005947:Glucose