Reclassification of Acetomicrobium faecale as Caldicoprobacter faecalis comb. nov.
Bouanane-Darenfed, Amel and Ben Hania, Wajdi and Cayol, Jean-Luc and Ollivier, Bernard and Fardeau, Marie-Laure,, 65, 3286-3288 (2015),
doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.000409,
publicationName = Microbiology Society,
issn = 1466-5026,
abstract= Taking into account its phenotypical and genetic characteristics, Acetomicrobium faecale was first recognized as a member of the genus Acetomicrobium, family Bacteroidaceae, order Bacteroidales, phylum Bacteroidetes, with Acetomicrobium flavidum the type species of the genus. However, it was found that A. faecale had 95.8 %, 97.6 % and 98.4 % similarity, respectively, with Caldicoprobacter guelmensis, Caldicoprobacter algeriensis and Caldicoprobacter oshimai and only 82 % similarity with A. flavidum. The DNA G+C content of A. faecale is 45 mol , which is of the same order as the DNA G+C content of the three strains of species of the genus Caldicoprobacter and its main fatty acid is C16 : 0, with its second most prominent fatty acid, iso-C17 : 0, also common to strains of species of the genus Caldicoprobacter. On the basis of further phylogenetic, genetic and chemotaxonomic studies, we propose that A. faecale (type strain DSM 20678T = JCM 30420T) be reclassified as Caldicoprobacter faecalis comb. nov.,
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