Tsukamurella spongiae sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from a deep-water marinesponge

A Gram-positive, rod-shaped, non-spore-forming bacterium (strain K362ᵀ) was isolated from a deep-water marine sponge collected off the coast of Curacao in the Netherlands Antilles. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities, strain K362ᵀ was shown to belong to the genus Tsukamurella, being most closely related to Tsukamurella pulmonis (99.2 %), Tsukamurella tyrosinosolvens (98.9 %), Tsukamurella strandjordii (98.8 %), Tsukamurella pseudospumae (98.8 %) and Tsukamurella spumae (98.8 %). A combination of the substrate utilization patterns, the fatty acid and mycolic acid profiles and th... Mehr ...