Glutamicibacter protophormiae

Glutamicibacter protophormiae is a bacterium belonging to the genus Glutamicibacter. It contains a glycolipid 3-[O-α-D-mannopyranosyl-(1→3)-O-α-D-mannopyranosyl]-sn-1,2-diglyceride (DMDG). It has peptidoglycan type A4α with a bridge of (Lys–Ala–L-Glu). It has unsaturated menaquinones, dominated by MK-8. It does not contain the lipid phosphatidylinositol.^[1]

Glutamicibacter protophormiae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetia
Order:	Micrococcales
Family:	Micrococcaceae
Genus:	Glutamicibacter
Species:	G. protophormiae
Binomial name
Glutamicibacter protophormiae (Lysenko 1959) Busse 2016[1]
Type strain
ATCC 19271 CIP 106987 DSM 20168 IFO 12128 JCM 1973 LMG 16324 NBRC 12128 VKM Ac-2104
Synonyms[1]
Arthrobacter protophormiae (Lysenko 1959) Stackebrandt et al. 1984 Brevibacterium protophormiae Lysenko 1959 (Approved Lists 1980)

The species was described by O. Lysenko in 1959 with genus Brevibacterium.^[2] B. protophormiae was reclassified in 1984 as Arthrobacter protophormiae^[3] and as Glutamicibacter protophormiae in 2016.^[1]

The cell wall of G. protophormiae contains a teichoic acid that contains glucose, glycerol, glucosamine, and galactosamine.^[4]