title: Stenotrophomonas koreensis sp. nov., isolated from compost in South Korea.
abstract: A Gram-negative, rod-shaped, non-spore-forming bacterium (TR6-01T) was isolated from compost near Daejeon city in South Korea. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity, strain TR6-01T was shown to belong to the class Gammaproteobacteria, related to Stenotrophomonas acidaminiphila (97.1 %) and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (96.9 %); the phylogenetic distance from any other established species within the genus Stenotrophomonas was less than 97.0 %. Phenotypic and chemotaxonomic data (major ubiquinone Q-8; fatty acid profile) supported the affiliation of strain TR6-01T to the genus Stenotrophomonas. The results of DNA-DNA hybridization and physiological and biochemical tests allowed genotypic and phenotypic differentiation of strain TR6-01T from the five Stenotrophomonas species with validly published names. TR6-01T therefore represents a novel species, for which the name Stenotrophomonas koreensis sp. nov. is proposed, with the type strain TR6-01T (= KCTC 12211T = JCM 13256T).
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: Hee-Chan
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Wan-Taek
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Im
authors.forename: Myung Suk
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Do-Yun
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Sung-Taik
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D005227:Fatty Acids; D007723:Korea; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D012987:Soil; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D013045:Species Specificity; D020588:Stenotrophomonas / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012987:Soil