title: Microbacterium xylanilyticum sp. nov., a xylan-degrading bacterium isolated from a biofilm.
abstract: A novel xylan-degrading bacterium, S3-E(T), was isolated from the biofilm of a membrane bioreactor. The cells of this strain were Gram-positive, non-motile, non-spore-forming rods, produced primary branches and formed yellow colonies on nutrient agar. The strain had chemotaxonomic markers that were consistent with classification in the genus Microbacterium, i.e. MK-12, MK-11 and MK-13 as the major menaquinones, predominant iso- and anteiso-branched cellular fatty acids, glucose and galactose as the cell-wall sugars, peptidoglycan-type B2beta with glycolyl residues and a DNA G+C content of 69.7 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis, based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing, showed that strain S3-E(T) is most similar to Microbacterium hominis IFO 15708(T) and Microbacterium foliorum DSM 12966(T) (97.6 and 97.4% sequence similarity, respectively), and that it forms a separate lineage with M. hominis in the genus Microbacterium. DNA-DNA hybridization results and phenotypic properties showed that strain S3-E(T) could be distinguished from all known Microbacterium species and represented a novel species, for which the name Microbacterium xylanilyticum sp. nov. is proposed; the type strain is S3-E(T) (=DSM 16914(T)=KCTC 19079(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: Kwang Kyu
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Kim
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: Hye Yoon
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, 1 Oryong-dong, Buk-gu, Gwangju 500-712, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Wooshin
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, 1 Oryong-dong, Buk-gu, Gwangju 500-712, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: In S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Kim
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: D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D018441:Biofilms / Q000254:growth & development*; D019149:Bioreactors; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010641:Phenotype; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods*; D014990:Xylans / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D014990:Xylans