%0 Journal Article %A Takeuchi, Mariko %A Sakane, Takeshi %A Nihira, Takuya %A Yamada, Yasuhiro %A Imai, Ko %T Corynebacterium terpenotabidum sp. nov., a bacterium capable of degrading squalene %D 1999 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 49 %N 1 %P 223-229 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-49-1-223 %K Corynebacterium terpenotabidum %K squalene-degrading bacterium %I Microbiology Society, %X The taxonomic status of Arthrobacter sp. Y-11T, which was described as a squalene-degrading bacterium, was investigated by chemotaxonomic and genetic methods. The strain possesses wall chemotype IV, MK-9(H2) as the predominant menaquinone, mycolic acids, and straight-chain, saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids, with considerable amounts of tuberculostearic acid. The DNA G+C content is 67ยท5 mol%. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis and quantitative DNA-DNA hybridization experiments provided strong evidence that strain Y-11Trepresents a new species within the genus Corynebacterium, for which the name Corynebacterium terpenotabidum sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of C. terpenotabidum is strain Y-11T(= IFO 14764T). %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-49-1-223