Sphingopyxis ginsengisoli sp. nov., isolated from soil of a ginseng field in South Korea.
A Gram-negative, aerobic, motile, rod-shaped bacterium (strain Gsoil 250(T)) was isolated from soil of a ginseng field in Pocheon province (South Korea) and was characterized using a polyphasic approach in order to determine its taxonomic position. Comparative analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain Gsoil 250(T) belonged to the family Sphingomonadaceae of the class Alphaproteobacteria, and was related to Sphingopyxis macrogoltabida (98.7 %), Sphingopyxis chilensis (98.2 %), Sphingopyxis alaskensis (97.9 %), Sphingopyxis taejonensis (97.9 %) and Sphingopyxis witflariensis (97.8 %). The phylogenetic distance from any other species with validly published names within the genus Sphingopyxis was greater than 3.8 %. The G+C content of the genomic DNA of strain Gsoil 250(T) was 69.2 mol%. Strain Gsoil 250(T) contained Q-10 as the predominant respiratory lipoquinone and C(18 : 1)omega7c and summed feature 4 (C(16 : 1)omega7c and/or iso-C(15 : 0) 2-OH; 34.6 %) as the major fatty acids. No 3-hydroxy fatty acids were detected. Major polar lipids consisted of sphingoglycolipid, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, diphosphatidylglycerol and two unknown glycolipids. Phenotypic and chemotaxonomic data supported the affiliation of strain Gsoil 250(T) to the genus Sphingopyxis. The results of DNA-DNA hybridization and physiological and biochemical tests allowed genotypic and phenotypic differentiation of strain Gsoil 250(T) from the eight recognized Sphingopyxis species. Strain Gsoil 250(T) therefore represents a novel species, for which the name Sphingopyxis ginsengisoli sp. nov. is proposed, with the type strain Gsoil 250(T) (=KCTC 12582(T)=LMG 23390(T)).
Lee
Myungjin
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Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 373-1, Guseong-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, Republic of Korea.
Ten
Leonid N
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Lee
Hae-Won
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Oh
Hyun Woo
HW
Im
Wan-Taek
WT
Lee
Sung-Taik
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D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D005838:Genotype; D007723:Korea; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005894:Panax / Q000382:microbiology*; D010641:Phenotype; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D042301:Sphingomonadaceae / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005227:Fatty Acids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S