Journal article

Publication year: 2009

Pages: 365-366

Journal: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volume number: 59

Issue number: 2

ISSN: 1466-5026

eISSN: 1466-5034

Open access status: Bronze

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.002824-0

Publisher: Microbiology Society

Abstract: 
Deinococcus mumbaiensis DSM 17424(T) was compared with Deinococcus ficus CC-FR2-10(T) to clarify the taxonomic relationship between the two species. 16S rRNA gene sequence comparisons demonstrated that these strains share 99.5 % sequence similarity. Investigation of fatty acid patterns and substrate utilization profiles displayed no striking differences between the type strains of the two species. DNA-DNA hybridizations between the two strains showed 75.4 % (76.6 %) relatedness. Therefore, the reclassification of Deinococcus mumbaiensis as a later heterotypic synonym of Deinococcus ficus is proposed, based upon the estimated phylogenetic position derived from 16S rRNA gene sequence data, fatty acid and biochemical data and DNA-DNA hybridization results.

Harvard Citation style: Kämpfer, P. (2009) Deinococcus mumbaiensis Shashidhar and Bandekar 2006 is a later heterotypic synonym of Deinococcus ficus Lai et al. 2006., International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 59(2), pp. 365-366. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.002824-0

APA Citation style: Kämpfer, P. (2009). Deinococcus mumbaiensis Shashidhar and Bandekar 2006 is a later heterotypic synonym of Deinococcus ficus Lai et al. 2006.. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 59(2), 365-366. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.002824-0