title: Dietzia papillomatosis sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from the skin of an immunocompetent patient with confluent and reticulated papillomatosis.
abstract: An actinomycete isolated from an immunocompetent patient suffering from confluent and reticulated papillomatosis was characterized using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. The organism had chemotaxonomic and morphological properties that were consistent with its assignment to the genus Dietzia and it formed a distinct phyletic line within the Dietzia 16S rRNA gene tree. It shared a 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity of 98.3% with its nearest neighbour, the type strain of Dietzia cinnamea, and could be distinguished from the type strains of all Dietzia species using a combination of phenotypic properties. It is apparent from genotypic and phenotypic data that the organism represents a novel species in the genus Dietzia. The name proposed for this taxon is Dietzia papillomatosis; the type strain is N 1280(T) (=DSM 44961(T)=NCIMB 14145(T)).
authors.affiliation: School of Biology, King George VIth Building, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK.
authors.forename: Amanda L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Roland J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Koerner
authors.forename: Sivakumar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Natarajan
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goodfellow
mesh_terms: D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D000193:Actinomycetales Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010212:Papilloma / Q000382:microbiology*; D010641:Phenotype; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology*; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S