Jeotgalicoccus schoeneichii sp nov isolated from exhaust air of a pig barn

A Gram-staining-positive, non-motile, non-spore-forming, coccus (strain140805-STR-02(T)) was isolated from exhaust air of a pig barn on Columbia Blood Agar Base (Oxoid) supplemented with 5% defibrinated horse blood, Streptococcus selective supplement and 0.5 mg erythromycin l(-1). The strains shared high 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to Jeotgalicoccus pinnipedialis (98.6%) but only a maximum of 94% sequence similarity to all other species of the genus Jeotgalicoccus. DNA-DNA hybridisation values between strain 140805-STR-02(T) and J. pinnipedialis CIP 107946(T) were 60.3% (reciprocal, 51.2 %). The quinone system of 140805-STR-02(T) contained predominantly menaquinone MK-7 and minor amounts of MK-6. The polar lipid profile of strain 140805-STR-02(T) contained the major compounds diphosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylglycerol and four unidentified lipids present in minor to moderate amounts. In the polyamine pattern spermidine and spermine were predominant. The fatty acid profile comprising iso-C-15:0 and anteiso-C-15:0 as major fatty acids, and was in congruence with those reported for other species of the genus Jeotgalicoccus and thus supported the affiliation of strain 140805-STR-02(T) to this genus. The results of physiological and biochemical tests allowed a clear phenotypic differentiation of strain 140805-STR-02(T) from the most closely related species. Strain 140805-STR-02(T) represents a novel species, for which the names Jeotgalicoccus schoeneichii sp. nov. is proposed, with the type strain 140805-STR-02(T) (=LMG 29445(T)=CCM 8667(T)).