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Four Gram-positive-staining, microaerophilic, non-spore-forming, fructose-6-phosphate phosphoketolase-positive bacterial strains were isolated from a faecal sample of a 5-year-old ring-tailed lemur (). The strains showed a peculiar morphology, resembling a small coiled snake, a ring shape, or forming a little ‘Y’ shape. The isolated strains appeared identical, and LMC 13 was chosen as a representative strain and characterized further. Strain LMC 13 showed an A3β peptidoglycan type, similar to that found in . The DNA base composition was 57.2 mol% G+C. Almost-complete 16S rRNA, , , , , , and gene sequences were obtained, and phylogenetic relationships were determined. Comparative analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain LMC 13 showed the highest similarity to ATCC 27533 (96.65 %) and DSM 23967 (96.64 %). Strain LMC 13 was located in an actinobacterial cluster and was more closely related to the genus than to other genera in the . On the basis of these results, strain LMC 13 represents a novel species within the genus , for which the name sp. nov. is proposed; the type strain is LMC 13 ( = DSM 28807 = JCM 30168).

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