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Abstract

A novel actinobacterium, strain BC637, was isolated from a biodeteriogenic biofilm sample collected in 2009 in the Saint Callixstus Roman catacomb. The strain was found to belong to the genus by analysis of the 16S rRNA gene. Phylogenetic analysis using the 16S rRNA gene and the , , , and concatenated gene sequences showed that strain BC637 was most closely related to the type strains of and . DNA–DNA hybridization experiments confirmed that strain BC637 is a genomic species that is distinct from its closest phylogenetic relatives, DSM 23718 (63 % DNA relatedness) and LU14 (63 % DNA relatedness). Physiological comparisons showed that strain BC637 is phenotypically distinct from the type strains of and . Thus, strain BC637 represents the type strain of a novel species, for which the name Kribella sp. nov. is proposed ( = DSM 28967 = NRRL B-59155).

Funding
This study was supported by the:
  • Claude Leon Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • National Research Foundation (NRF) Innovation Doctoral Scholarship
  • National Research Foundation (NRF)
  • National Research Foundation NRF (Award 85476)
  • University Research Committee (University of Cape Town
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