title: Phenylobacterium koreense sp. nov., isolated from South Korea.
abstract: A Gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped, non-spore-forming bacterium, Slu-01(T), was isolated from activated sludge from a wastewater treatment plant in Daejeon, South Korea. After 3 days on R2A medium, strain Slu-01(T) developed colourless colonies (0.7-1.2 mm). The non-motile rods (0.7-1.0 x 1.0-2.0 microm) were slightly curved and occurred singly and in pairs. No filamentous cells were found. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity, strain Slu-01(T) was shown to belong to the family Caulobacteraceae and was most closely related to Phenylobacterium immobile (96.6%) and Phenylobacterium lituiforme (96.5%). The genomic DNA G+C content of strain Slu-01(T) was 68.1 mol%, within the range of 67.3-68.4 mol% for the genus Phenylobacterium. Chemotaxonomic data (major ubiquinone, Q-10; major fatty acids C(18:1)omega7c, C(16:0), C(15:0) and C(17:0)) and 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis supported the affiliation of strain Slu-01(T) to the genus Phenylobacterium. However, DNA-DNA hybridization data and phenotypic properties showed that strain Slu-01(T) could be distinguished from the two other Phenylobacterium species with validly published names. Thus, it is suggested that strain Slu-01(T) represents a novel species of the genus Phenylobacterium, for which the name Phenylobacterium koreense is proposed. The type strain is Slu-01(T) (=KCTC 12206(T)=IAM 15119(T)).
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 373-1, Guseong-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Zubair
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Aslam
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 373-1, Guseong-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Wan-Taek
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Im
authors.affiliation: National University of Uzbekistan, Students Town, Tashkent, 700-174, Uzbekistan.|Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 373-1, Guseong-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Leonid N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Ten
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 373-1, Guseong-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Sung-Taik
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D042063:Caulobacteraceae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D007723:Korea; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010641:Phenotype; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012722:Sewage / Q000382:microbiology*; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012722:Sewage