RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Liu, H A1 Xu, Y A1 Ma, Y A1 Zhou, PYR 2000 T1 Characterization of Micrococcus antarcticus sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium from Antarctica. JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 50 IS 2 SP 715 OP 719 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-50-2-715 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Gram-positive, cold-adapted, aerobic, spherical actinobacterium (strain T2T) with a quite low cardinal growth temperature was isolated from Chinese Great-Wall station in Antarctica. Sequence comparisons of the 16S rDNA indicated the isolate to be a phylogenetic member of the genus Micrococcus, family Micrococcaceae, in which it represents a novel lineage. The phylogenetic distinctness of the isolate with respect to the type strains Micrococcus luteus and Micrococcus lylae was supported by DNA-DNA similarity values of less than 40%. Chemotaxonomic properties supported the placement of the isolate in the genus Micrococcus. The diagnostic diamino acid of the cell-wall peptidoglycan is lysine. The predominant menaquinones are MK-8 and MK-8(H2). The G + C content of the DNA of the isolate is 66.4 mol%. Genotypic, morphological and physiological characteristics were used to describe a new species of Micrococcus, for which the name Micrococcus antarcticus is proposed. The type strain is T2T (= AS 1.2372T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-50-2-715