%0 Journal Article %A Prauser, Helmut %A Schumann, Peter %A Rainey, Frederick A. %A Kroppenstedt, Reiner M. %A Stackebrandt, Erko %T Terracoccus luteus gen. nov., sp. nov., an LL-Diaminopimelic Acid-Containing Coccoid Actinomycete from Soil %D 1997 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 47 %N 4 %P 1218-1224 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-47-4-1218 %I Microbiology Society, %X A gram-positive, aerobic actinomycete was isolated from soil. Spherical cells of this organism occur singly or form packets, which may cluster. The diagnostic diamino acid of the cell wall peptidoglycan is LL-diaminopimelic acid. The predominate menaquinone is MK-8 (H4), and the main fatty acids are 13-methyl tetradecanoic acid and 12-methyl tetradecanoic acid. The diagnostic polar lipids are phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylinositol. The DNA base composition is 73 mol% G+C. Comparison of 16S ribosomal DNA sequences showed that this isolate is a phylogenetic neighbor of Terrabacter tumescens and Intrasporangium calvum. Genotypic, chemotaxonomic, morphological, and physiological characteristics are used to describe a new genus and species, Terracoccus luteus gen. nov., sp. nov. The type strain is strain IMET 7848 (= DSM 44267). %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-47-4-1218