| dietzia cinnamea sp. nov., a novel species isolated from a perianal swab of a patient with a bone marrow transplant. | the taxonomic status of a bacterium isolated from a perianal swab of a patient with a bone marrow transplant was characterized using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. chemotaxonomic investigations revealed the presence of cell wall chemotype iv, short chain mycolic acids that co-migrated with those extracted from members of the genus dietzia, and a dihydrogenated menaquinone with eight isoprene units as the predominant menaquinone. generic assignment was confirmed by 16s rrna gene sequencing. com ... | 2006 | 16514042 |
| dietzia kunjamensis sp. nov., isolated from the indian himalayas. | a coral-red-pigmented actinobacterium, strain k30-10(t), was isolated from a soil sample from a cold desert of the indian himalayas. chemical and phenotypic properties of strain k30-10(t) were consistent with its classification in the genus dietzia. it showed 97.9 % 16s rrna gene sequence similarity to dietzia maris mtcc 7011(t); similarities to the type strains of three other species of the genus, dietzia natronolimnaea, dietzia psychralcaliphila and dietzia cinnamea, were 94.4-96.0 %. the dna- ... | 2006 | 16825647 |
| identification and biodegradation potential of a novel strain of dietzia cinnamea isolated from a petroleum-contaminated tropical soil. | a bacterial strain, named p4, isolated previously from microcosms containing oil-contaminated soil collected from an environmentally protected area of a tropical atlantic forest (biological reserve of poço das antas) located in brazil was identified as dietzia cinnamea by morphological, biochemical and genotypic tests. arabian light and marlin oils were both degraded when strain p4 was tested for oil degradation ability in microplates. total petroleum hydrocarbons (tph) analysis, determined by g ... | 2007 | 17174505 |
| dietzia papillomatosis sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from the skin of an immunocompetent patient with confluent and reticulated papillomatosis. | an actinomycete isolated from an immunocompetent patient suffering from confluent and reticulated papillomatosis was characterized using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. the organism had chemotaxonomic and morphological properties that were consistent with its assignment to the genus dietzia and it formed a distinct phyletic line within the dietzia 16s rrna gene tree. it shared a 16s rrna gene sequence similarity of 98.3% with its nearest neighbour, the type strain of dietzia cinnamea, and could ... | 2008 | 18175685 |
| dietzia timorensis sp. nov., isolated from soil. | an actinomycete strain, id05-a0528(t), was isolated using the sds-yeast extract pre-treatment method from soil under mahogany (swietenia mahogani) trees in west timor, indonesia, and was examined by using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic characterizations demonstrated that the novel strain belongs to the genus dietzia. 16s rrna gene sequencing studies showed that the strain was related to dietzia cinnamea (97.2 %). results of phenotypic and phylogenetic analyses d ... | 2010 | 19654365 |
| genetic manipulation tools for dietzia spp. | to develop an applicable vector system and a transformation method for the manipulation of dietzia spp. | 2010 | 20666867 |
| insight from the draft genome of dietzia cinnamea p4 reveals mechanisms of survival in complex tropical soil habitats and biotechnology potential. | the draft genome of dietzia cinnamea strain p4 was determined using pyrosequencing. in total, 428 supercontigs were obtained and analyzed. we here describe and interpret the main features of the draft genome. the genome contained a total of 3,555,295 bp, arranged in a single replicon with an average g+c percentage of 70.9%. it revealed the presence of complete pathways for basically all central metabolic routes. also present were complete sets of genes for the glyoxalate and reductive carboxylat ... | 2011 | 21901521 |
| transcriptional profiling of genes involved in n-hexadecane compounds assimilation in the hydrocarbon degrading dietzia cinnamea p4 strain. | the petroleum-derived degrading dietzia cinnamea strain p4 recently had its genome sequenced and annotated. this allowed employing the data on genes that are involved in the degradation of n-alkanes. to examine the physiological behavior of strain p4 in the presence of n-alkanes, the strain was grown under varying conditions of ph and temperature. d. cinnamea p4 was able to grow at ph 7.0-9.0 and at temperatures ranging from 35 ºc to 45 ºc. experiments of gene expression by real-time quantitativ ... | 2013 | 24294263 |
| degradation of n-alkanes and pahs from the heavy crude oil using salt-tolerant bacterial consortia and analysis of their catabolic genes. | in the present study, salt-tolerant strains, dietzia sp. hrj2, corynebacterium variabile hrj4, dietzia cinnamea hrj5 and bacillus tequilensis hrj6 were isolated from the dagang oil field, china. these strains degraded n-alkanes and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (pahs) aerobically from heavy crude oil (hco) in an experiment at 37 °c and 140 rpm. the gc/ms investigation for degradation of different chain lengths of n-alkanes (c8-c40) by individual strains showed the highest degradation of c8-c1 ... | 2017 | 28315056 |
| pleural fluid infection caused by dietzia cinnamea. | dietzia cinnamea was recovered from pleural fluid in an immunocompromised patient by inoculating blood culture bottles and was identified with matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time-of-flight mass spectrometry. the case shows the expanding ability of microbiology laboratories to identify rare organisms through newer techniques and technology. | 2016 | 27312689 |
| optimization of crude oil degradation by dietzia cinnamea ka1, capable of biosurfactant production. | the aim of this study was isolation and characterization of a crude oil degrader and biosurfactant-producing bacterium, along with optimization of conditions for crude oil degradation. among 11 isolates, 5 were able to emulsify crude oil in minimal salt medium (msm) among which one isolate, named ka1, showed the highest potency for growth rate and biodegradation. the isolate was identified as dietzia cinnamea ka1 using morphological and biochemical characteristics and 16s rrna gene sequencing. t ... | 2016 | 26615815 |
| draft genome sequence of dietzia sp. strain ucd-thp (phylum actinobacteria). | here, we present the draft genome sequence of an actinobacterium, dietzia sp. strain ucd-thp, isolated from a residential toilet handle. the assembly contains 3,915,613 bp. the genome sequences of only two other dietzia species have been published, those of dietzia alimentaria and dietzia cinnamea. | 2013 | 23661480 |
| the putative α/β-hydrolases of dietzia cinnamea p4 strain as potential enzymes for biocatalytic applications. | the draft genome of the soil actinomycete dietzia cinnamea p4 reveals a versatile group of α/β-hydrolase fold enzymes. phylogenetic and comparative sequence analyses were used to classify the α/β-hydrolases of strain p4 into six different groups: (i) lipases, (ii) esterases, (iii) epoxide hydrolases, (iv) haloacid dehalogenases, (v) c-c breaking enzymes and (vi) serine peptidases. the high number of lipases/esterases (41) and epoxide hydrolase enzymes (14) present in the relatively small (3.6 mb ... | 2013 | 23142860 |
| first isolation of dietzia cinnamea from a dog bite wound in an adult patient. | we report the first case of deep-wound colonization by dietzia cinnamea in a patient who had been bitten by a dog. | 2012 | 23035183 |