Sphingomonas soli sp. nov., a beta-glucosidase-producing bacterium in the family Sphingomonadaceae in the alpha-4 subgroup of the Proteobacteria.
Strain T5-04T, a Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped bacterium, was isolated from soil of a ginseng field in South Korea and characterized in order to determine its taxonomic position. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that strain T5-04T belongs to the alpha-4 subgroup of the Proteobacteria, and the highest degrees of sequence similarity determined were to Sphingomonas asaccharolytica IFO 10564T (97.5 %), Sphingomonas koreensis JSS26T (97.1 %), Sphingomonas mali IFO 15500T (96.7 %) and Sphingomonas pruni IFO 15498(T) (96.6 %). Chemotaxonomic data revealed that strain T5-04T possesses ubiquinone Q-10 predominantly, C(18 : 1) as the predominant fatty acid and sphingoglycolipids, all of which corroborate its assignment to the genus Sphingomonas. The results of DNA-DNA hybridization and physiological and biochemical tests clearly demonstrated that strain T5-04T represents a distinct species. Based on polyphasic evidence, T5-04T (=KCTC 12210T = NBRC 100801T = IAM 15213T) should be classified as the type strain of a novel Sphingomonas species, for which the name Sphingomonas soli sp. nov. is proposed.
Department of Oriental Medicinal Material and Processing, College of Life Science, Kyung Hee University, 1 Seocheon, Kihung Yongin, Kyunggi 449-701, South Korea.
Deok-Chun
DC
Yang
Environmental and Molecular Microbiology Lab., Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Guseong-dong 373-1, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, South Korea.
Wan-Taek
WT
Im
Environmental and Molecular Microbiology Lab., Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Guseong-dong 373-1, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, South Korea.
Myung Kyum
MK
Kim
Department of Bioresource Science, Ibaraki University College of Agriculture, Ami-machi, Ibaraki 300-0393, Japan.
Hiroyuki
H
Ohta
Environmental and Molecular Microbiology Lab., Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Guseong-dong 373-1, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, South Korea.
Sung-Taik
ST
Lee
D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D042301:Sphingomonadaceae / Q000145:classification; D020578:Sphingomonas / Q000145:classification* / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D001617:beta-Glucosidase / Q000096:biosynthesis*
D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D001617:beta-Glucosidase