@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-46-2-460, author = "CARRETO, LAURA and MOORE, EDWARD and NOBRE, M. FERNANDA and WAIT, ROBIN and RILEY, PAUL W. and SHARP, RICHARD J. and DA COSTA, MILTON S.", title = "Rubrobacter xylanophilus sp. nov., a New Thermophilic Species Isolated from a Thermally Polluted Effluent", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "1996", volume = "46", number = "2", pages = "460-465", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-46-2-460", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-46-2-460", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "One strain of a thermophilic, slightly halotolerant bacterium was isolated from a thermally polluted industrial runoff near Salisbury, United Kingdom. This organism, strain PRD-1T (T = type strain), for which we propose the name Rubrobacter xylanophilus sp. nov., produces short gram-positive rods and coccoid cells and forms pink colonies. The optimum growth temperature is approximately 60°C. Unusual internal branched-chain fatty acids (namely, 12-methylhexadecanoic acid and 14-methyloctadecanoic acid) make up the major acyl chains of the lipids. The results of our 16S rRNA sequence comparisons showed that strain PRD-1T is related to Rubrobacter radiotolerans and that these two organisms form a deep evolutionary line of descent within the gram-positive Bacteria. ", }