%0 Journal Article %A Lambert, L. H. %A Cox, T. %A Mitchell, K. %A Rosselló-Mora, R. A. %A Del Cueto, C. %A Dodge, D. E. %A Orkand, P. %A Cano, R. J. %T Staphylococcus succinus sp. nov., isolated from Dominican amber %D 1998 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 48 %N 2 %P 511-518 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-48-2-511 %K Staphylococcus succinus sp. nov %K Dominican amber %I Microbiology Society, %X Two bacterial isolates, designated AMG-D1Tand AMG-D2, were recovered from 25·35-million-year-old Dominican amber. AMG-D1Tand AMG-D2 biochemically most closely resemble Staphylococcus xylosus; they differ physiologically from other staphylococci. Fatty acid analysis and comparisons with extensive databases were unable to show relatedness to any specific taxon. Moreover, AMG-D1Tand AMG-D2 contain tuberculostearic acid and meso-diaminopimelic acid, characteristic of the G+C-rich coryneform bacteria, as opposed to l-lysine characteristic of staphylococci. AMG-D1Tand AMG-D2 have a G+C ratio of 35 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis with the 16S rRNA gene indicated that AMG-D1Tand AMG-D2 were most closely related to Staphylococcus equorum, S. xylosus, Staphylococcus saprophyticus and other novobiocin-resistant staphylococci. Stringent DNA-DNA hybridization studies with AMG-D1Trevealed similarities of 38% with S. equorum, 23% with S. xylosus and 6% with S. saprophyticus. The results indicate that AMG-D1Tand AMG-D2 represent a novel species, which was named Staphylococcus succinus sp. nov. The type strain of the new species is AMG-D1 (ATCC 700337). %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-48-2-511