title: Acinetobacter soli sp. nov., isolated from forest soil.
abstract: A non-motile and rod shaped bacterium, designated strain B1(T), was isolated from forest soil at Mt. Baekwoon, Republic of Korea. Cells were Gram-negative, catalase-positive, and oxidase-negative. The major fatty acids were 9-octadecenoic acid (C(18:1) omega9c; 42%) and hexadecanoic acid (C(16:0); 25.9%) and summed feature 3 (comprising iso-C(15:0) 2-OH and/or C(16:1) omega7c; 10.0%). The DNA G+C content was 44.1 mol%. A phylogenetic tree based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain B1(T) formed a lineage within the genus Acinetobacter and was closely related to A. baylyi DSM 14961(T) (98.6% sequence similarity), followed by A. baumannii DSM 30007(T) (97.4%), A. calcoaceticus DSM 30006(T) (97.0%) and 3 genomic species (96.8 approximately 7.6%). Phenotypic characteristics, gyrB gene sequence analysis and DNA-DNA relatedness data distinguished strain B1(T) from type strains of A. baylyi, A. baumannii, and A. calcoaceticus. On the basis of the evidence presented in this study, strain B1(T) represents a novel species of the genus Acinetobacter, for which the name Acinetobacter soli sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is B1(T) (= KCTC 22184(T)= JCM 15062(T)).
authors.affiliation: Division of Food Science and Aqualife Medicine, Chonnam National University, Yeosu 550-749, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Duwoon
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Keun Sik
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Baik
authors.forename: Mi Sun
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Seong Chan
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Seon Suk
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Moon Soo
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Rhee
authors.forename: Young Se
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kwak
authors.forename: Chi Nam
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Seong