Chemotaxonomic studies were performed on some gram-positive coryneform bacteria of uncertain taxonomic position isolated from poultry deep litter. On the basis of the present chemical and previous phenetic studies, we suggest that these bacteria be classified in a new genus, Brachybacterium, as Brachybacterium faecium gen. nov., sp. nov. The type strain of Brachybacterium faecium is strain NCIB 9860.
CollinsM. D., FeresuS., JonesD.1983; Cell wall, DNA base composition and lipid studies on Listeria denitrificans(Prevot). FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 18:131–134
CollinsM. D., GoodfellowM., MinnikinD. E.1980; Fatty acids, isoprenoid quinones and polar lipids in the classification of Curtobacterium and related taxa. J. Gen. Microbiol. 118:29–37
CollinsM. D., JonesD.1980; Lipids in the classification and identification of coryneform bacteria containing peptidoglycans based on 2,4-diaminobutyric acid. J. Appl. Bacteriol. 48:459–470
CollinsM. D., JonesD.1981; Distribution of isoprenoid quinone structural types in bacteria and their taxonomic implications. Microbiol. Rev. 45:316–354
CollinsM. D., JonesD., KeddieR. M., KroppenstedtR. M., SchleiferK. H.1983; Classification of some coryneform bacteria in a new genus Aureobacterium. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 4:236–252
CollinsM. D., JonesD., KeddieR. M., SneathP. H. A.1980; Reclassification of Chromobacterium iodinum (Davis) in a redefined genus Brevibacterium (Breed) as Brevibacterium iodinum nom. rev., comb. nov. J. Gen. Microbiol. 120:1–10
CollinsM. D., JonesD., KroppenstedtR. M.1983; Reclassification of Brevibacterium imperiale (Steinhaus) and “Corynebacterium laevaniformans” (Dias and Bhat) in a redefined genus Microbacterium (Orla-Jensen), as Microbacterium imperiale comb. nov. and Microbacterium laevaniformansnom. rev., comb. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 4:65–78
CollinsM. D., KroppenstedtR. M.1983; Lipid composition as a guide to the classification of some coryneform bacteria containing an A4α peptidoglycan (Schleifer and Kandier). Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 4:95–104
CollinsM. D., LundB. M., FarrowJ. A. E., SchleiferK. H.1983; Chemotaxonomic study of an alkalophilic bacterium, Exiguobacterium aurantiacum gen. nov., sp. nov. J. Gen. Microbiol. 129:2037–2042
FarrowJ. A. E., CollinsM. D.1984; DNA base composition, DNA/DNA homology and long-chain fatty acid studies on Streptococcus thermophilus and Streptococcus salivarius. J. Gen. Microbiol. 130:357–362
MinnikinD. E., CollinsM. D., GoodfellowM.1979; Fatty acid and polar lipid composition in the classification of Cellulomonas, Oerskovia and related taxa. J. Appl. Bacteriol. 47:87–95