title: Rubrivivax benzoatilyticus sp. nov., an aromatic, hydrocarbon-degrading purple betaproteobacterium.
abstract: A brown-coloured bacterium was isolated from photoheterotrophic (benzoate) enrichments of flooded paddy soil from Andhra Pradesh, India. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, strain JA2(T) was shown to belong to the class Betaproteobacteria, related to Rubrivivax gelatinosus (99 % sequence similarity). Cells of strain JA2(T) are Gram-negative, motile rods with monopolar single flagella. The strain contained bacteriochlorophyll a and most probably the carotenoids spirilloxanthin and sphaeroidene, but did not have internal membrane structures. Intact cells had absorption maxima at 378, 488, 520, 590, 802 and 884 nm. No growth factors were required. Strain JA2(T) grew on benzoate, 2-aminobenzoate (anthranilate), 4-aminobenzoate, 4-hydroxybenzoate, phthalate, phenylalanine, trans-cinnamate, benzamide, salicylate, cyclohexanone, cyclohexanol and cyclohexane-2-carboxylate as carbon sources and/or electron donors. The DNA G+C content was 74.9 mol%. Based on DNA-DNA hybridization studies, 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis and morphological and physiological characteristics, strain JA2(T) is different from representatives of other photosynthetic species of the Betaproteobacteria and was recognised as representing a novel species, for which the name Rubrivivax benzoatilyticus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is JA2(T) (=ATCC BAA-35(T)=JCM 13220(T)=MTCC 7087(T)).
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, PO Central University, Hyderabad 500 046, India.
authors.forename: Ch V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Ramana
authors.affiliation: Environmental Microbial Biotechnology Laboratory, Center for Environment, Institute of Science and Technology, J.N.T. University, Kukatpally, Hyderabad 500 072, India.
authors.forename: Ch
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sasikala
authors.affiliation: Environmental Microbial Biotechnology Laboratory, Center for Environment, Institute of Science and Technology, J.N.T. University, Kukatpally, Hyderabad 500 072, India.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Arunasri
authors.affiliation: Environmental Microbial Biotechnology Laboratory, Center for Environment, Institute of Science and Technology, J.N.T. University, Kukatpally, Hyderabad 500 072, India.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Anil Kumar
authors.affiliation: Environmental Microbial Biotechnology Laboratory, Center for Environment, Institute of Science and Technology, J.N.T. University, Kukatpally, Hyderabad 500 072, India.
authors.forename: T N R
authors.initials: TNR
authors.lastname: Srinivas
authors.affiliation: Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500 007, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shivaji
authors.affiliation: Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500 007, India.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften, IFM-GEOMAR, Marine Mikrobiologie, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Süling
authors.affiliation: Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften, IFM-GEOMAR, Marine Mikrobiologie, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Imhoff
mesh_terms: D001482:Base Composition; D020562:Betaproteobacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D006841:Hydrocarbons, Aromatic / Q000378:metabolism*; D007194:India; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000032:analysis*; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D006841:Hydrocarbons, Aromatic; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S