title: Description of Pseudochrobactrum gen. nov., with the two species Pseudochrobactrum asaccharolyticum sp. nov. and Pseudochrobactrum saccharolyticum sp. nov.
abstract: Two Gram-negative, rod-shaped, oxidase-positive, non-spore-forming, non-motile bacteria (CCUG 46016(T) and CCUG 33852(T)), isolated from a knee aspirate of a 66-year-old man and an industrial glue, respectively, were studied for their taxonomic position. On the basis of chemotaxonomic data [i.e. major ubiquinone (Q-10), major polar lipids (phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylcholine) and major fatty acids (C(18 : 1)omega7c and C(19 : 0) cyclo omega8c)] and 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity, both strains belong to the Alphaproteobacteria. The presence of spermidine and putrescine as the predominant polyamines in CCUG 46016(T) were in agreement with its phylogenetic affiliation in the vicinity of the genus Ochrobactrum. 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities between both strains and established species within the genera Bartonella, Ochrobactrum and Brucella were less than 95 %. Although both organisms showed highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to members of Brucella, phenotypic features (including chemotaxonomic features) were more like those of members of the genus Ochrobactrum. Sequence comparison of the recA genes confirmed the separate phylogenetic position of the two strains. On the basis of DNA-DNA pairing results and physiological and biochemical data, the two strains can be clearly differentiated from each other and from all known Ochrobactrum species. It is evident that these organisms represent two novel species in a new genus, Pseudochrobactrum gen. nov., for which the names Pseudochrobactrum asaccharolyticum sp. nov. (the type species, type strain CCUG 46016(T)=CIP 108977(T)) and Pseudochrobactrum saccharolyticum sp. nov. (type strain CCUG 33852(T)=CIP 108976(T)) are proposed.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Angewandte Mikrobiologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, D-35392 Giessen, Germany.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kämpfer
authors.affiliation: Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avancats (CSIC-UIB), E-07190 Esporles, Mallorca, Spain.
authors.forename: Ramon
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rosselló-Mora
authors.affiliation: Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, D-80937 Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Holger C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Scholz
authors.affiliation: Culture Collection University of Göteborg, Department of Clinical Bacteriology, S-41346 Göteborg, Sweden.
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Welinder-Olsson
authors.affiliation: Culture Collection University of Göteborg, Department of Clinical Bacteriology, S-41346 Göteborg, Sweden.
authors.forename: Enevold
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Falsen
authors.affiliation: Institut für Bakteriologie, Mykologie und Hygiene, Veterinärmedizinische Universität, A-1210 Wien, Austria.
authors.forename: Hans-Jürgen
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Busse
mesh_terms: D000269:Adhesives; D000368:Aged; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D042041:Ochrobactrum / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D011938:Rec A Recombinases / Q000235:genetics; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D000269:Adhesives; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005227:Fatty Acids; D008055:Lipids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D011938:Rec A Recombinases