| arthrobacter nasiphocae sp. nov., from the common seal (phoca vitulina). | an unknown gram-positive, catalase-positive, strictly aerobic, rod-shaped bacterium was isolated from the nasal cavities of two common seals. chemical analysis revealed the presence in the bacterium of a hitherto unknown cell-wall murein [type: l-lys-l-ala2-gly(2-3)-l-ala (gly)]. comparative 16s rrna gene sequencing showed that the unidentified rod was related to the arthrobacter group of organisms, although sequence divergence values of >3% from established members of this genus indicated that ... | 2002 | 11931170 |