Department of Microbiology, National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading RGZ 9AT, U.K.
Syst Appl Microbiol. 1983;4(1):18-26. doi: 10.1016/S0723-2020(83)80030-7.
The fatty acid, menaquinone and polar lipid composition of Arthrobacter simplex, A. tumescens, "Brevibacterium lipolyticum", Nocardioides albus and N. luteus were examined. The results of the present and earlier studies indicate A. simplex and A. tumescens should be removed from the genus Arthrobacter. On the basis of lipid composition A. simplex, "B. lipolyticum", N. albus and N. luteus are closely related to each other but are quite distinct from all other coryneforms and actinomycetes examined to date. Arthrobacter tumescens possess a very characteristic fatty acid and polar lipid composition and on that basis can be clearly distinguished from A. simplex and related species and possibly warrants a new taxon.
对节杆菌属的简单节杆菌、膨胀节杆菌、“解脂短杆菌”、白诺卡氏菌和黄色诺卡氏菌的脂肪酸、甲萘醌和极性脂组成进行了研究。本研究和以前的研究结果表明，简单节杆菌和膨胀节杆菌应从节杆菌属中去除。根据脂类组成，简单节杆菌、“解脂短杆菌”、白诺卡氏菌和黄色诺卡氏菌彼此密切相关，但与迄今研究过的所有其他棒杆菌属和放线菌属完全不同。膨胀节杆菌具有非常特征性的脂肪酸和极性脂组成，因此可以与简单节杆菌和相关种清楚地区分，可能值得建立一个新的分类单元。
