%0 Journal Article %A Lopes, André %A Espirito Santo, Christophe %A Grass, Gregor %A Chung, Ana Paula %A Morais, Paula V. %T Roseomonas pecuniae sp. nov., isolated from the surface of a copper-alloy coin %D 2011 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 61 %N 3 %P 610-615 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.020966-0 %I Microbiology Society, %X Strain N75T was isolated from the surface of a copper-alloy 50 Euro cent coin collected from general circulation. Phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence revealed that strain N75T formed a distinct branch within the genus Roseomonas and placed it in the Alphaproteobacteria. Strain N75T showed 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities of 92.4–97.1 % to type strains of species of the genus Roseomonas. Strain N75T was a Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, non-motile coccoid, with an optimum growth temperature of about 30 °C; the strain did not grow at 5 or 37 °C. Strain N75T did not grow in medium containing NaCl. The major respiratory quinone was ubiquinone 10 (Q-10). The major fatty acids were unsaturated C16 : 1 ω7c/C16 : 1 ω6c and C18 : 1 ω7c (around 70 % of the total fatty acids); the third most abundant fatty acid was the hydroxylated C18 : 1 2-OH. The major polar lipids were phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine and an unknown aminolipid. The DNA G+C content was 72.8 mol%. On the basis of the phylogenetic analysis and physiological and biochemical characteristics, we conclude that strain N75T represents a novel species of the genus Roseomonas, for which we propose the name Roseomonas pecuniae sp. nov. (type strain N75T =LMG 25481T =CIP 110074T). %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.020966-0