Goodfellow Michael, Jones Amanda L, Maldonado Luis A, Salanitro Joseph
School of Biology, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Syst Appl Microbiol. 2004 Feb;27(1):61-5. doi: 10.1078/0723-2020-00254.
The taxonomic positions of two actinomycetes, strains Bc663 and 10bc312T, provisionally assigned to the genus Rhodococcus were determined using a combination of genotypic and phenotypic properties. The organisms have phenotypic properties typical of members of the genus Rhodococcus and were assigned to the 16S rRNA subgroup which contains Rhodococcus rhodochrous and closely related species. The two strains, which have many phenotypic features in common, belong to the same genomic species albeit one readily separated from Rhodococcus ruber with which they form a distinct phyletic line. The organisms were also distinguished from all of the species classified in the R. rhodochrous subgroup, including R. ruber, using a combination of phenotypic properties. The genotypic and phenotypic data show that strains Bc663 and 10bc312T merit recognition as a new species of Rhodococcus. The name proposed for the new species is Rhodococcus aetherivorans (10bc312T = DSM 44752T = NCIMB 13964T).
利用基因型和表型特征相结合的方法，确定了两株暂归属于红球菌属的放线菌菌株Bc663和10bc312T的分类地位。这些菌株具有红球菌属成员典型的表型特征，并被归入包含红平红球菌及密切相关物种的16S rRNA亚群。这两株菌株具有许多共同的表型特征，属于同一基因组物种，尽管其中一株很容易与红球菌区分开来，它们共同构成了一个独特的进化谱系。利用表型特征相结合的方法，这些菌株也与所有归入红平红球菌亚群的物种区分开来，包括红球菌。基因型和表型数据表明，菌株Bc663和10bc312T应被认定为红球菌属的一个新物种。为该新物种提议的名称是食醚红球菌（10bc312T = DSM 44752T = NCIMB 13964T）。
