Rhodococcus qingshengii sp. nov., a carbendazim-degrading bacterium.
A Gram-positive, aerobic, non-motile, mesophilic strain, djl-6(T), able to degrade carbendazim, was isolated from a carbendazim-contaminated soil sample from Jiangsu province, China. The taxonomic position of this isolate was analysed by using a polyphasic approach. Chemotaxonomic analysis including peptidoglycan type, diagnostic sugar composition, fatty acid profile, menaquinones, polar lipids and mycolic acids showed that the characteristics of strain djl-6(T) were in good agreement with those of the genus Rhodococcus. DNA-DNA hybridization showed that it had low genomic relatedness with Rhodococcus baikonurensis DSM 44587(T) (31.8 %), Rhodococcus erythropolis DSM 43066(T) (23.8 %) and Rhodococcus globerulus DSM 43954(T) (17.7 %), the three type strains to which strain djl-6(T) was most closely related based on 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis (99.78, 99.25 and 98.91 % similarity, respectively). Based on the phenotypic properties and DNA-DNA hybridization data, strain djl-6(T) (=CGMCC 1.6580(T) =KCTC 19205(T)) is proposed as the type strain of a novel Rhodococcus species, Rhodococcus qingshengii sp. nov.
Key Laboratory for Microbiological Engineering of Agricultural Environment of Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, PR China.
Jing-Liang
JL
Xu
Key Laboratory for Microbiological Engineering of Agricultural Environment of Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, PR China.
Jian
J
He
Key Laboratory for Microbiological Engineering of Agricultural Environment of Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, PR China.
Zhi-Chun
ZC
Wang
Key Laboratory for Microbiological Engineering of Agricultural Environment of Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, PR China.
Kun
K
Wang
Yunnan Institute of Microbiology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, PR China.
Wen-Jun
WJ
Li
Yunnan Institute of Microbiology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, PR China.
Shu-Kun
SK
Tang
Key Laboratory for Microbiological Engineering of Agricultural Environment of Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, PR China.
Shun-Peng
SP
Li
D000332:Aerobiosis / Q000502:physiology; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001562:Benzimidazoles / Q000378:metabolism*; D002219:Carbamates / Q000378:metabolism*; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000032:analysis; D002681:China; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D008124:Locomotion / Q000502:physiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009171:Mycolic Acids / Q000032:analysis; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000032:analysis; D010802:Phylogeny; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012240:Rhodococcus / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D013696:Temperature; D024482:Vitamin K 2 / Q000032:analysis
D001562:Benzimidazoles; D002219:Carbamates; D002241:Carbohydrates; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D005227:Fatty Acids; D009171:Mycolic Acids; D010743:Phospholipids; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D024482:Vitamin K 2; C006698:carbendazim