Brevibacterium linens is one of the main bacteria found in the smear of surface-ripened cheeses. The genome of the industrial strain SMQ-1335 was sequenced using PacBio. It has 4,209,935 bp, a 62.6% G+C content, 3,848 open reading frames, and 61 structural RNAs. A new type I restriction-modification system was identified.

Of 31 freshwater bacterial isolates screened using the Biolog MT2 assay to determine their metabolism of the microcystin LR, 10 were positive. Phylogenetic analysis (16S rRNA) identified them as Arthrobacter spp., Brevibacterium sp., and Rhodococcus sp. This is the first report of microcystin degraders that do not belong to the Proteobacteria.

Volatile sulfur compounds production by eight strains of Brevibacterium linens isolated from cheeses was demonstrated: methanethiol, dimethyldisulfide, and 2,3,4-trithiapentane. Four of these strains also produced S-methylthioacetate, an important aroma component of smear-coated cheeses. It is the first demonstrated microbiological production of a thioester.

The in vitro activity of ketolide HMR 3647 against coryneform bacteria isolated from clinical samples was evaluated. Except against Corynebacterium jeikeium and C. urealyticum, HMR 3647 showed high activity against Corynebacterium spp., being more active than 14- and 16-membered macrolides, azithromycin, or clindamycin. HMR 3647 also had high in vitro activity against Brevibacterium spp. and Li...

DEGRADATION OF OCHRATOXIN A BY BREVIBACTERIUM spp 1 2 Hector Rodriguez, Inés Reverón, Francesca Doria, Antonella Costantini, Blanca de 3 las Rivas, Rosario Muñoz, Emilia Garcia-Moruno* 4 5 1 Lab. Biotecnología Bacteriana, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos y 6 Nutrición, CSIC, Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006 Madrid (Spain) 7 2 CRA-Centro di Ricerca per l’Enologia, Via Pietro Micca 35,141...