RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Stoecker, Matthew A. A1 Herwig, Russell P. A1 Staley, James T.YR 1994 T1 Rhodococcus zopfii sp. nov., a Toxicant-Degrading Bacterium JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 44 IS 1 SP 106 OP 110 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-44-1-106 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB Abstract A toluene-degrading bacterial strain isolated from bioreactors was identified as a member of the genus Rhodococcus on the basis of the following characteristics: mero-diaminopimelic acid, arabinose, galactose, and glucose are the diagnostic cellular sugars; the mycolic acids contain 33 to 36 carbon atoms; and the formation of a branching mycelium is followed by marked fragmentation of the mycelium into irregular rod-shaped to coccoid units. DNA-DNA hybridization analyses performed with type strains of Rhodococcus species showed that this strain is less than 70% related to other species that have similar phenotypic characteristics. On the basis of these findings, we propose that this strain should be described as a new species, Rhodococcus zopfii, in honor of Wilhelm Friedrich Zopf. The type strain is strain T1., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-44-1-106