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Suprageneric classification of peptidoglycan group B actinomycetes by nucleotide sequencing of 5S ribosomal RNA

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5S ribosomal RNA sequences were determined for thirteen actinomycetes mainly representatives with the rare group B type peptidoglycan. The primary and secondary structure of the resultant sequences were of the type characteristic of Gram-positive bacteria with DNA rich in guanine plus cytosine. The sequencing and associated chemotaxonomic data provide compelling grounds for classifying actinomycetes with a group B type peptidoglycan in a single family. The familyMicrobacteriaceae fam. nov. is proposed to accommodate actinomycetes classified in the generaAgromyces, Aureobacterium, Clavibacter, Curtobacterium andMicrobacterium.

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  1. Korean Collection for Type Cultures, Genetic Engineering Research Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Taeduk Science Park, P.O. Box 17, 305-606, Taejeon, Republic of Korea

    Yong-Ha Park, Dong-Gu Yim, Keun-Chul Lee, Eundooj Kim, Jun-sik Yoon & Yong-Hee Kho

  2. Japan Collection of Microorganisms, RIKEN, Wakoshi, 351-01, Saitama, Japan

    Ken-Ichiro Suzuki

  3. Department of Genetic Engineering, Chosun University, Kwangjoo, Republic of Korea

    Jun-sik Yoon & Sung-jun Kim

  4. Department of Microbiology, The Medical School, NE2 4HH, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

    Michael Goodfellow

  5. Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Sakuraoka 1-1-1, Setagayaku, 156, Tokyo, Japan

    Kazuo Komagata

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Park, YH., Suzuki, KI., Yim, DG. et al. Suprageneric classification of peptidoglycan group B actinomycetes by nucleotide sequencing of 5S ribosomal RNA. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 64, 307–313 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00873089

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