title: Sphingobium vermicomposti sp. nov., isolated from vermicompost.
abstract: Strain VC-230(T) was isolated from homemade vermicompost produced from kitchen waste. The isolate was a Gram-negative-staining, catalase- and oxidase-positive, motile rod-shaped bacterium able to grow at 15-37 degrees C and pH 6-8. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, strain VC-230(T) was determined to belong to the family Sphingomonadaceae by its clustering with type strains of the genus Sphingobium, with Sphingobium chlorophenolicum ATCC 33790(T) (97.7 %) and Sphingobium herbicidovorans DSM 11019(T) (97.4 %) as its closest neighbours. The polar lipid pattern, the presence of spermidine and ubiquinone 10, the predominance of the cellular fatty acids C(18 : 1)omega7c/9t/12t, C(16 : 1)omega7c and C(16 : 0) and the G+C content of the genomic DNA supported the affiliation of this organism to the genus Sphingobium. The phylogenetic, chemotaxonomic, phenotypic and DNA-DNA hybridization analyses verify that strain VC-230(T) represents a novel species, for which the name Sphingobium vermicomposti sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is VC-230(T) (=CCUG 55809(T) =DSM 21299(T)).
authors: Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, 4200-072 Porto, Portugal.
authors: Ivone
authors: I
authors: Vaz-Moreira
authors: Cátia
authors: C
authors: Faria
authors: Ana R
authors: AR
authors: Lopes
authors: Liselott
authors: L
authors: Svensson
authors: Enevold
authors: E
authors: Falsen
authors: Edward R B
authors: ER
authors: Moore
authors: António C Silva
authors: AC
authors: Ferreira
authors: Olga C
authors: OC
authors: Nunes
authors: Célia M
authors: CM
authors: Manaia
mesh_terms: D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012987:Soil / Q000032:analysis; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D042301:Sphingomonadaceae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D005227:Fatty Acids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012987:Soil