Glutamicibacter protophormiae explained

Glutamicibacter protophormiae is a bacterium belonging to the genus Glutamicibacter. It contains a glycolipid 3-[''O''-α-D-mannopyranosyl-(1→3)-''O''-α-D-mannopyranosyl]-sn-1,2-diglyceride (DMDG). It has peptidoglycan type A4α with a bridge of (Lys–Ala–L-Glu). It has unsaturated menaquinones, dominated by MK-8. It does not contain the lipid phosphatidylinositol.

The species was described by O. Lysenko in 1959 with genus Brevibacterium.^[1] B. protophormiae was reclassified in 1984 as Arthrobacter protophormiae^[2] and as Glutamicibacter protophormiae in 2016.

The cell wall of G. protophormiae contains a teichoic acid that contains glucose, glycerol, glucosamine, and galactosamine.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Lysenko . O. . The occurrence of species of the genus Brevibacterium in insects . J Insect Pathol . 1959 . 1 . 34–42.
2. Stackebrandt . E. . Fowler . V. J. . Fiedler . F. . Seiler . H. . Validation of the Publication of New Names and New Combinations Previously Effectively Published outside the IJSB, List no. 14. . International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology . April 1984 . 34 . 2 . 270–271 . 10.1099/00207713-34-2-270. free .
3. Book: Whitman . William B. . Goodfellow . Michael . Kämpfer . Peter . Busse . Hans-Jürgen . Trujillo . Martha E. . Ludwig . Wolfgang . Suzuki . Ken-ichiro . Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology: Volume 5: The Actinobacteria . 2012 . Springer Science & Business Media . 9780387682334 . en. 583.