%0 Journal Article %A Ivanova, Elena P. %A Christen, Richard %A Alexeeva, Yulia V. %A Zhukova, Natalia V. %A Gorshkova, Natalia M. %A Lysenko, Anatoly M. %A Mikhailov, Valery V. %A Nicolau, Dan V. %T Brevibacterium celere sp. nov., isolated from degraded thallus of a brown alga %D 2004 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 54 %N 6 %P 2107-2111 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02867-0 %I Microbiology Society, %X Two whitish yellow, Gram-positive, non-motile, aerobic bacteria were isolated from enrichment culture during degradation of the thallus of the brown alga Fucus evanescens. The bacteria studied were chemo-organotrophic, mesophilic and grew well on nutrient media containing up to 15 % (w/v) NaCl. The DNA G+C content was 61 mol%. The two isolates exhibited a conspecific DNA–DNA relatedness value of 98 %, indicating that they belong to the same species. A comparative analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain KMM 3637T formed a distinct phyletic lineage in the genus Brevibacterium (family Brevibacteriaceae, class Actinobacteria) and showed the highest sequence similarity (about 97 %) to Brevibacterium casei. DNA–DNA hybridization experiments demonstrated 45 % binding with the DNA of B. casei DSM 20657T. Physiological and chemotaxonomic characteristics (meso-diaminopimelic acid in the peptidoglycan, major cellular fatty acids 15 : 0ai and 17 : 0ai) of the bacteria studied were consistent with the genomic and phylogenetic data. On the basis of the results of this study, a novel species, Brevibacterium celere sp. nov., is proposed. The type strain is KMM 3637T (=DSM 15453T=ATCC BAA-809T). %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.02867-0