title: Aminobacter ciceronei sp. nov. and Aminobacter lissarensis sp. nov., isolated from various terrestrial environments.
abstract: The bacterial strains IMB-1(T) and CC495(T), which are capable of growth on methyl chloride (CH(3)Cl, chloromethane) and methyl bromide (CH(3)Br, bromomethane), were isolated from agricultural soil in California fumigated with CH(3)Br, and woodland soil in Northern Ireland, respectively. Two pesticide-/herbicide-degrading bacteria, strains ER2 and C147, were isolated from agricultural soil in Canada. Strain ER2 degrades N-methyl carbamate insecticides, and strain C147 degrades triazine herbicides widely used in agriculture. On the basis of their morphological, physiological and genotypic characteristics, these four strains are considered to represent two novel species of the genus Aminobacter, for which the names Aminobacter ciceronei sp. nov. (type strain IMB-1(T)=ATCC 202197(T)=CIP 108660(T)=CCUG 50580(T); strains ER2 and C147) and Aminobacter lissarensis sp. nov. (type strain CC495(T)=NCIMB 13798(T)=CIP 108661(T)=CCUG 50579(T)) are proposed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.
authors.forename: Ian R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.affiliation: Institut für Angewandte Mikrobiologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, D-35390 Giessen, Germany.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kämpfer
authors.affiliation: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London, Ontario, Canada N5V 4T3.
authors.forename: Ed
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Topp
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.
authors.forename: Karen L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Warner
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.affiliation: US Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, MS 480, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
authors.forename: Tracy L Connell
authors.initials: TLC
authors.lastname: Hancock
authors.affiliation: US Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, MS 480, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
authors.forename: Laurence G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.affiliation: Questor Centre, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, UK.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Larkin
authors.affiliation: Questor Centre, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, UK.
authors.forename: Veronique
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ducrocq
authors.affiliation: School of Agriculture and Food Science, Queen's University Belfast, Newforge Lane, Belfast BT9 5PX, UK.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Coulter
authors.affiliation: School of Agriculture and Food Science, Queen's University Belfast, Newforge Lane, Belfast BT9 5PX, UK.
authors.forename: David B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Harper
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.
authors.forename: J Colin
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Murrell
authors.affiliation: US Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, MS 480, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
authors.forename: Ronald S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Oremland
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D020561:Alphaproteobacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D002140:California; D002170:Canada; D002219:Carbamates / Q000378:metabolism; D003470:Culture Media; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D029964:Fagus; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D006540:Herbicides / Q000378:metabolism; D006842:Hydrocarbons, Brominated / Q000378:metabolism; D008737:Methyl Chloride / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009660:Northern Ireland; D010575:Pesticides / Q000378:metabolism; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D014197:Trees; D014227:Triazines / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002219:Carbamates; D003470:Culture Media; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D006540:Herbicides; D006842:Hydrocarbons, Brominated; D010575:Pesticides; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D014227:Triazines; C020401:N-methylcarbamate; C005218:methyl bromide; D008737:Methyl Chloride