title: Burkholderia mimosarum sp. nov., isolated from root nodules of Mimosa spp. from Taiwan and South America.
abstract: Fourteen strains were isolated from nitrogen-fixing nodules on the roots of plants of the genus Mimosa growing in Taiwan, Brazil and Venezuela. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities, all of the strains were previously shown to be closely related to each other and to belong to the genus Burkholderia. A polyphasic approach, including DNA-DNA reassociation, whole-cell protein analysis, fatty acid methyl ester analysis and extensive biochemical characterization, was used to clarify the taxonomic position of these strains: all 14 strains were classified as representing a novel species, for which the name Burkholderia mimosarum sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain, PAS44(T) (=LMG 23256(T) =BCRC 17516(T)), was isolated from Mimosa pigra nodules in Taiwan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Seafood Science, National Kaohsiung Marine University, No. 142, Hai-Chuan Road, Nan-Tzu, Kaohsiung City 811, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Wen-Ming
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK.
authors.forename: Euan K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: James
authors.affiliation: Laboratorium voor Microbiologie, Universiteit Gent, K. L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Coenye
authors.affiliation: Department of Soil Environmental Science, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Jui-Hsing
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Chou
authors.affiliation: Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Institute of Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (TSBF-CIAT), A.A. 6713, Cali, Colombia.
authors.forename: Edmundo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Barrios
authors.affiliation: EMBRAPA-Agrobiologia, km 47, Seropedica, 23851-970 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Sergio M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: de Faria
authors.affiliation: School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK.
authors.forename: Geoffrey N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Elliott
authors.affiliation: Department of Marine Biotechnology, National Kaohsiung Marine University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Shih-Yi
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Sheu
authors.affiliation: School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK.
authors.forename: Janet I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Sprent
authors.affiliation: Laboratorium voor Microbiologie, Universiteit Gent, K. L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vandamme
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D019117:Burkholderia / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D002244:Carbon / Q000378:metabolism; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D031298:Mimosa / Q000382:microbiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010802:Phylogeny; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000382:microbiology; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013020:South America; D013045:Species Specificity; D013624:Taiwan
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005227:Fatty Acids; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D002244:Carbon