Brevibacterium paucivorans sp nov., from human clinical specimens

Seven isolates from various human body sites displayed general chemotaxonom ic and phenotypic characteristics of the genus Brevibacterium. This was cor roborated by the 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis of strain CF62(T), showing a sequence similarity of 99% to Brevibacterium mcbrellneri. However, DNA-D NA hybridization, a peculiar amino acid content of the cell wall and some p henotypic properties clearly suggested that these strains belong to a new s pecies, for which the name Brevibacterium paucivorans sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of B. paucivorans is CF62(T) (= DSM 13657(T) = LMG 19814(T )). The DNA G+C content of the type strain is 55.8 mol %.