title: Rubrobacter bracarensis sp. nov., a novel member of the genus Rubrobacter isolated from a biodeteriorated monument.
abstract: Three actinobacteria strains isolated from a green biofilm covering the biodeteriorated interior walls of Vilar de Frades Church (Portugal) were studied using a polyphasic approach. The three strains were aerobic, non-spore forming and Gram-positive. Phylogenetically, the most closely related described species was Rubrobacter radiotolerans (94.2-94.3% and 81.9-82.5% similarities for the 16S rRNA and rpoB gene sequences, respectively). The fatty acid profile was dominated by anteiso-C(17:1) ω9c, and MK-8 was the only menaquinone present. These data clearly showed that the three strains could represent a new species, for which we propose the name Rubrobacter bracarensis sp. nov., with strain VF70612_S1(T) (=CECT 7924=DSMZ 24908) as the type strain.
authors: Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiologia, IRNAS-CSIC, Av. Reina Mercedes 10, 41012 Sevilla, Spain. vjurado@irnase.csic.es
authors: Valme
authors: V
authors: Jurado
authors: Ana Z
authors: AZ
authors: Miller
authors: Cynthia
authors: C
authors: Alias-Villegas
authors: Leonila
authors: L
authors: Laiz
authors: Cesareo
authors: C
authors: Saiz-Jimenez
mesh_terms: D039903:Actinobacteria / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001108:Architecture; D018441:Biofilms; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D011174:Portugal