title: Pedobacter koreensis sp. nov., isolated from fresh water.
abstract: A motile, rod-shaped bacterium, designated strain WPCB189(T), was isolated from fresh water collected from the Woopo wetland (Republic of Korea). The cells were found to be Gram-negative, aerobic and catalase- and oxidase-positive. A phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that this isolate forms a lineage within the genus Pedobacter, showing sequence similarities of 89.7-96.4 % with respect to recognized species of the genus, and represents a novel member of this genus. The major fatty acids were iso-C(15 : 0) 2-OH and/or C(16 : 1)omega7c (summed feature 3, 29.7 %), iso-C(15 : 0) (26.4 %) and iso-C(17 : 1) 3-OH (10.1 %). The DNA G+C content was 38.0 mol%. On the basis of data obtained from this polyphasic taxonomic study, strain WPCB189(T) represents a novel species of the genus Pedobacter, for which the name Pedobacter koreensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is WPCB189(T) (=KCTC 12536(T)=NBRC 101153(T)).
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, College of Natural Sciences, Sunchon National University, Suncheon 540-742, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Keun Sik
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Baik
authors.affiliation: Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60612-7302, USA.
authors.forename: Yoon-Dong
authors.initials: YD
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, College of Natural Sciences, Sunchon National University, Suncheon 540-742, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Mi Sun
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, College of Natural Sciences, Sunchon National University, Suncheon 540-742, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Seong Chan
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Eun Young
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.affiliation: Korean Collection for Type Cultures, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon 305-600, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Moon Soo
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Rhee
authors.affiliation: Paru Co. Ltd, Suncheon 540-742, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Ji Hyeok
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, College of Natural Sciences, Sunchon National University, Suncheon 540-742, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Chi Nam
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Seong
mesh_terms: D000332:Aerobiosis / Q000502:physiology; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D041963:Bacteroidetes / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D001482:Base Composition; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D002374:Catalase / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D005618:Fresh Water / Q000382:microbiology*; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D007723:Korea; D008124:Locomotion / Q000502:physiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000096:biosynthesis; D010802:Phylogeny; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D005227:Fatty Acids; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D002374:Catalase