Caenibacterium thermophilum is a later synonym of Schlegelella thermodepolymerans

Tina Lütke-Eversloh, Khaled Elbanna, Margo C. Cnockaert, Joris Mergaert, Jean Swings, Célia M. Manaia, Alexander Steinbüchel

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Abstract

Recently, two strains of Schlegelella thermodepolymerans Elbanna et al. 2003 and an independently isolated bacterium, Caenibacterium thermophilum Manaia et al. 2003, were described in parallel as gen. nov., sp. nov. Analysis of the 16S rRNA genes revealed similarity between C. thermophilum and the two strains of S. thermodepolymerans of 99?8 and 99?6 %, respectively. DNA–DNA hybridization experiments revealed mean DNA reassociation levels of 97–98 % among C. thermophilum and the two strains of S. thermodepolymerans, thereby confirming the close relationship and indicating that C. thermophilum is a later synonym of S. thermodepolymerans.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1933-1935
Number of pages3
JournalInternational Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
Volume54
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2004

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