Staphylococcus succinus sp. nov., isolated from Dominican amber
Lambert, L. H. and Cox, T. and Mitchell, K. and Rosselló-Mora, R. A. and Del Cueto, C. and Dodge, D. E. and Orkand, P. and Cano, R. J.,, 48, 511-518 (1998),
doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-48-2-511,
publicationName = Microbiology Society,
issn = 1466-5026,
abstract= 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).,
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