title: Ornithinimicrobium kibberense sp. nov., isolated from the Indian Himalayas.
abstract: A buff-yellow-pigmented bacterium, strain K22-20(T), which was isolated from a cold desert of the Indian Himalayas, was subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic study. Phenotypic and chemical properties of strain K22-20(T) were consistent with its classification in the genus Ornithinimicrobium. The major fatty acids of the strain were iso-C(17 : 1)omega9c (cis-15-methyl 7-hexadecenoic acid), iso-C(15 : 0) (13-methyl tetradecanoic acid), iso-C(16 : 0) (14-methyl pentadecanoic acid) and iso-C(17 : 0) (15-methyl hexadecanoic acid). The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 71 mol%. According to 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, strain K22-20(T) was closely related to Ornithinimicrobium humiphilum HKI 0124(T) (97.7 %). However, genomic relatedness between strain K22-20(T) and O. humiphilum MTCC 6406(T), as revealed by DNA-DNA hybridization, was 64.5 %. Based on the polyphasic data, strain K22-20(T) (=MTCC 6545(T)=DSM 17687(T)=JCM 12763(T)) represents a novel species of the genus Ornithinimicrobium, for which the name Ornithinimicrobium kibberense sp. nov. is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Microbial Type Culture Collection and Gene Bank (MTCC), Institute of Microbial Technology, Sector 39-A, Chandigarh, 160 036, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mayilraj
authors.affiliation: Microbial Type Culture Collection and Gene Bank (MTCC), Institute of Microbial Technology, Sector 39-A, Chandigarh, 160 036, India.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Saha
authors.affiliation: Microbial Type Culture Collection and Gene Bank (MTCC), Institute of Microbial Technology, Sector 39-A, Chandigarh, 160 036, India.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suresh
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU), Amritsar, 144 005, India.
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Saini
mesh_terms: D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D007194:India; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010802:Phylogeny; D010860:Pigments, Biological / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D005227:Fatty Acids; D010860:Pigments, Biological; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S