RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Oyaizu, Hiroshi A1 Stackebrandt, Erko A1 Schleifer, Karl Heinz A1 Ludwig, Wolfgang A1 Pohla, Heike A1 Ito, Hitoshi A1 Hirata, Aiko A1 Oyaizu, Yaeko A1 Komagata, KazuoYR 1987 T1 A Radiation-Resistant Rod-Shaped Bacterium, Deinobacter grandis gen. nov., sp. nov., with Peptidoglycan Containing Ornithine JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 37 IS 1 SP 62 OP 67 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-37-1-62 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB Four similar strains of gram-negative, red or pink, radiation-resistant, rod-shaped bacteria were isolated from animal feces and freshwater fish. Cell division was a simple type. The deoxyribonucleic acid guanineplus-cytosine (G + C) base ratio was 69 mol%, and menaquinone (MK-8) was found in their respiratory chain. The predominant cellular fatty acids were C15:1 and C16:1. Ornithine was the diamino acid in the peptidoglycan, and the peptidoglycan type of a representative strain was the ornithine-glycine2 (A3β) type. They stained gram negative (by the Hucker modification staining method), and they showed an unusual cell wall structure similar to that of the genus Deinococcus. Their chemotaxonomic features were also very close to those of Deinococcus species. The ribonuclease T1 catalog of 16S ribosomal ribonucleic acid showed a close relationship to those of Deinococcus species. It is proposed that they be named Deinobacter grandis gen. nov., sp. nov.; the designated type strain is KS 0485 (= IAM 13005)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-37-1-62