Beutenbergia cavernae is a Gram-positive, non-spore-forming, non-motile species of bacteria belonging to the family Beutenbergiaceae within the actinobacterial suborder Micrococcineae. It is the type species of the genus Beutenbergia.
Taxonomy and Classification
- Domain: Bacteria
- Phylum: Actinobacteria
- Class: Actinobacteria
- Order: Micrococcales
- Family: Beutenbergiaceae
- Genus: Beutenbergia
- Species: Beutenbergia cavernae
- Binomial name: Beutenbergia cavernae Groth et al. 1999
- Type strain: HKI 0122T (also deposited as ATCC BAA-8, CCUG 43141, CIP 106362, DSM 12333, HKI 122, IFO 16432, JCM 11478, NBRC 16432)
Characteristics
- Gram stain: Positive
- Spore formation: Non-spore-forming
- Motility: Non-motile
- Growth cycle: Exhibits a rod–coccus growth cycle
- Oxygen requirement: Aerobic
- Cell wall composition: Contains L-lysine as a diagnostic diamino acid in the peptidoglycan
Discovery and Isolation
The species was first described in 1999 by Ingrid Groth and colleagues in the International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. The bacterium was isolated from soil samples collected in the Reed Flute Cave (Ludi Yan) in Guilin, Guangxi, China. The genus name Beutenbergia honors the Beutenberg campus in Jena, Germany, where the research was conducted, while the species epithet cavernae (Latin for "of a cave") refers to the cave habitat from which it was isolated.
Phylogenetic Significance
Beutenbergia cavernae is of phylogenetic interest due to its isolated position within the actinobacterial suborder Micrococcineae. Its complete genome sequence has been published and is available (DSM 12333, GenBank accession CP001618).
References
- Groth, I; Schumann, P; Schuetze, B; Augsten, K; Kramer, I; Stackebrandt, E (October 1999). "Beutenbergia cavernae gen. nov., sp. nov., an L-lysine-containing actinomycete isolated from a cave". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 49 Pt 4 (4): 1733–1740. doi:10.1099/00207713-49-4-1733. PMID 10555355.
- Parte, A.C. "Beutenbergia". LPSN.
- Groth, Ingrid; Glaeser, Stefanie P.; Kämpfer, Peter (30 September 2016). "Beutenbergia". Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. pp. 1–7. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00056.pub2. ISBN 9781118960608.
