Coriobacterium glomerans gen. nov., sp. nov. from the Intestinal Tract of the Red Soldier Bug

Abstract

Chemotaxonomic analysis of cells of Streptomyces erythraeus NRRL 2338, the type strain of the species, revealed that this strain is not a representative of the genus Streptomyces because the cell walls contain meso-diaminopimelic acid, arabinose, and galactose. I propose that this strain be transferred to the genus Saccharopolyspora Lacey and Goodfellow 1975 as the type strain of a new species, Saccharopolyspora erythraea. The new species Saccharopolyspora erythraea is described, and strain NRRL 2338 (= ATCC 11635 = ISP 5517) is designated the type strain. The description of Streptomyces erythraeus is amended, and a neotype strain, strain NRRL B-5616 (= IMRU 3737), is proposed for this species. A new subspecies of Saccharopolyspora, Saccharopolyspora hirsuta subsp. taberi, is also described.