Deinococcus ficus sp. nov., isolated from the rhizosphere of Ficus religiosa L.
A pale-pink strain (CC-FR2-10T) from the rhizosphere of the sacred tree Ficus religiosa L. in Taiwan was investigated by using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. The cells were Gram-positive, rod-shaped and non-spore-forming. Phylogenetic analyses using the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the isolate indicated that the organism belongs to the genus Deinococcus, the highest sequence similarities being found with Deinococcus grandis (96.1 %), Deinococcus radiodurans (94.3 %), Deinococcus radiopugnans (93.2 %), Deinococcus indicus (93.0 %), Deinococcus proteolyticus (92.5 %), Deinococcus murrayi (92.4 %) and Deinococcus geothermalis (90.7 %). The DNA-DNA relatedness with respect to D. grandis DSM 3963T was 17.9 %. Chemotaxonomic data revealed that strain CC-FR2-10T contains only menaquinone MK-8 as the respiratory quinone, unknown phosphoglycolipids as the predominant polar lipids and 16 : 1omega7c, 17 : 1omega8c and 17 : 1omega9c iso as the predominant fatty acids. The biochemical and chemotaxonomic properties demonstrate that strain CC-FR2-10T represents a novel species, for which the name Deinococcus ficus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is CC-FR2-10T (=CCUG 51391T [corrected] = CIP 108832T).
Lai
Wei-An
WA
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, 250 Kuo Kuang Road, Taichung 402, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Kämpfer
Peter
P
Institut für Angewandte Mikrobiologie, Universität Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
Arun
A B
AB
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, 250 Kuo Kuang Road, Taichung 402, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Shen
Fo-Ting
FT
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, 250 Kuo Kuang Road, Taichung 402, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Huber
Birgit
B
Institut für Bakteriologie, Mykologie und Hygiene, Veterinärmedizinische Universität, Wien, Austria.
Rekha
P D
PD
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, 250 Kuo Kuang Road, Taichung 402, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Young
Chiu-Chung
CC
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, 250 Kuo Kuang Road, Taichung 402, Taiwan, Republic of China.
D034301:Deinococcus / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D030681:Ficus / Q000382:microbiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000382:microbiology*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D012988:Soil Microbiology
D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S