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A proposal to reclassify Nocardia pinensis Blackall et al. as Skermania piniformis gen. nov., comb. nov.

International journal of systematic bacteriology ·Vol. 47 ·No. 1 ·1997-01-00 ·Pages 127-31

Chun J, Blackall LL, Kang SO, Hah YC, Goodfellow M

Abstract

The type strain of Nocardia pinensis was the subject of chemotaxonomic and 16S ribosomal DNA sequencing studies. The resultant nucleotide sequence was aligned with the sequences of representatives of the genera Corynebacterium, Dietzia, Gordona, Mycobacterium, Nocardia, Rhodococcus, and Tsukamurella, and phylogenetic trees were generated by using the Fitch-Margoliash, maximum-parsimony, maximum-likelihood, and neighbor-joining methods. It was evident from the phylogenetic analyses that N. pinensis represents a distinct phyletic line that is most closely associated with the Gordona clade. This genealogical evidence, together with chemotaxonomic and phenotypic data derived from this and previous studies, indicates that N. pinensis merits generic status within the family Nocardiaceae. Therefore, we propose that N. pinensis Blackall et al. 1989 be reclassified as Skermania piniformis gen. nov., comb. nov. The type strain of Skermania piniformis cleaved an array of conjugated substrates based on the fluorophores 7-amino-4-methylcoumarin and 4-methylumbelliferone.

MeSH Terms

Bacteriological Techniques Base Composition Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid Enzymes/metabolism Lipids/analysis Molecular Sequence Data Mycolic Acids/analysis Nocardia/chemistry,classification,enzymology,genetics Peptidoglycan/analysis Phylogeny RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics Sequence Alignment

Chemicals

Enzymes Lipids Mycolic Acids Peptidoglycan RNA, Ribosomal, 16S

Authors & Affiliations

5 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Chun J

Department of Microbiology, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea.

Blackall L L

Kang S O

Hah Y C

Goodfellow M

Article Info

Journal

International journal of systematic bacteriology

Abbr.

Int J Syst Bacteriol

ISSN

0020-7713

DOI

10.1099/00207713-47-1-127

Published

1997-01-00

Pages

127-31

Language

English

Region

England

NLM ID

0042143

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1099/00207713-47-1-127

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