Luteimonas composti sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic bacterium isolated from food waste.
A yellow-pigmented, Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium (strain CC-YY255(T)) was isolated from compost generated from food waste collected from Kinmen County, Taiwan. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis indicated that the strain formed a monophyletic branch at the periphery of the evolutionary radiation occupied by the genus Luteimonas; its closest neighbour was the type strain of Luteimonas mephitis (94.4 % sequence similarity). The isolate was distinguished from Luteimonas mephitis on the basis of several phenotypic properties. The organism utilized glucose, maltose, gentiobiose, melibiose and turanose and only a few organic acids (acetate, propionate) and amino acids (L-alanyl glycine, glycyl L-aspartic acid and glycyl L-glutamic acid) as substrates. The fatty acid profile was slightly different from that reported for Luteimonas mephitis. It is evident from the genotypic, chemotaxonomic and physiological data presented that strain CC-YY255(T) represents a novel species of the genus Luteimonas, for which the name Luteimonas composti sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is CC-YY255(T) (=CCUG 53595(T)=CIP 109311(T)=BCRC 17598(T)).
Young
Chiu-Chung
CC
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Department of Soil & Environmental Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan, ROC.
Kämpfer
Peter
P
Institut für Angewandte Mikrobiologie, Universität Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
Chen
Wen-Ming
WM
Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Seafood Science, National Kaohsiung Marine University, Kaohsiung City 811, Taiwan, ROC.
Yen
Wen-Shao
WS
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Department of Soil & Environmental Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan, ROC.
Arun
A B
AB
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Department of Soil & Environmental Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan, ROC.
Lai
Wei-An
WA
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Department of Soil & Environmental Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan, ROC.
Shen
Fo-Ting
FT
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Department of Soil & Environmental Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan, ROC.
Rekha
P D
PD
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Department of Soil & Environmental Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan, ROC.
Lin
Kuan-Yin
KY
Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Seafood Science, National Kaohsiung Marine University, Kaohsiung City 811, Taiwan, ROC.
Chou
Jui-Hsing
JH
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Department of Soil & Environmental Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan, ROC.
D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D005516:Food Microbiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D013624:Taiwan; D013696:Temperature; D044166:Xanthomonadaceae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S