title: Agrococcus lahaulensis sp. nov., isolated from a cold desert of the Indian Himalayas.
abstract: The taxonomic position of a lemon-yellow-pigmented actinobacterium, strain K22-21(T), isolated from a soil sample from Lahaul-Spiti Valley in the Indian Himalayas, was determined using a polyphasic approach. The strain had phenotypic and chemical properties that were consistent with its classification in the genus Agrococcus. Alignment of the 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain K22-21(T) with sequences from Agrococcus jenensis DSM 9580(T), Agrococcus baldri DSM 14215(T) and Agrococcus citreus DSM 12453(T) revealed similarities of 98.5, 96.8 and 96.6 %, respectively. However, the level of DNA-DNA relatedness between strain K22-21(T) and A. jenensis was 55.1 %. The novel strain could be distinguished from type strains of the three species of the genus Agrococcus using DNA-DNA relatedness and phenotypic data. Based on these differences, strain K22-21(T) (=MTCC 7154(T)=DSM 17612(T)) should be classified as the type strain of a novel species of Agrococcus, for which the name Agrococcus lahaulensis 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: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suresh
authors.affiliation: DSMZ - Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH, Mascheroder Weg 1b, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schumann
authors.affiliation: DSMZ - Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH, Mascheroder Weg 1b, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Kroppenstedt
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU), Amritsar, 143 005, India.
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Saini
mesh_terms: D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D003080:Cold Temperature; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D003889:Desert Climate; D007194:India; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S