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sp. nov., from the faeces of the baby common marmoset () Free

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Six Gram-positive-staining, microaerophilic, non-spore-forming, fructose-6-phosphate phosphoketolase-positive bacterial strains with a peculiar morphology were isolated from faecal samples of baby common marmosets (). Cells of these strains showed a morphology not reported previously for a bifidobacterial species, which resembled a coiled snake, always coiled or ring shaped or forming a ‘Y’ shape. Strains MRM 3/1 and MRM 4/2 were chosen as representative strains and characterized further. The bacteria utilized a wide range of carbohydrates and produced urease. Glucose was fermented to acetate and lactate. Strain MRM 3/1 showed a peptidoglycan type unique among members of the genus . The DNA base composition was 64.7 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 strains MRM 3/1 and MRM 4/2 had the highest similarities to DSM 13734 (94.6 %) and DSM 23968 (94.5 %). Analysis of showed that both strains were closely related to DSM 23968 (97.5 % similarity); however, despite this high degree of similarity, our isolates could be distinguished from DSM 23968 by low levels of DNA–DNA relatedness (30.4 % with MRM 3/1). Strains MRM 3/1 and MRM 4/2 were located in an actinobacterial cluster and were more closely related to the genus than to other genera in the family . On the basis of these results, strains MRM 3/1 and MRM 4/2 represent a novel species within the genus , for which the name sp. nov. is proposed; the type strain is MRM 3/1 ( = DSM 26737 = JCM 18761).

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