RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Elbanna, Khaled A1 Lütke-Eversloh, Tina A1 Van Trappen, Stefanie A1 Mergaert, Joris A1 Swings, Jean A1 Steinbüchel, AlexanderYR 2003 T1 Schlegelella thermodepolymerans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic bacterium that degrades poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-mercaptopropionate) JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 53 IS 4 SP 1165 OP 1168 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02562-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A novel thermophilic bacterium, strain K14T, capable of degrading poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) as well as copolymers containing 3-hydroxybutyrate and 3-mercaptopropionate linked by thioester bonds, was isolated. 16S rDNA sequence analysis showed that strain DhA-71, a dehydroabietic acid-degrading bacterium, was the nearest phylogenetic neighbour and that both strains should be placed as members of a newly created genus, Schlegelella gen. nov., in the Rubrivivax subgroup of the β-Proteobacteria. Strain K14T (=LMG 21644T=DSM 15344T) is proposed as the type strain of Schlegelella thermodepolymerans gen. nov., sp. nov. Its phylogenetic, morphological, biochemical and chemotaxonomic characteristics are described in detail., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.02562-0