title: Rhodocytophaga aerolata gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Cytophagaceae isolated from air.
abstract: A strictly aerobic, Gram-staining-negative, oxidase- and catalase-positive, non-motile, rod-shaped bacterium, designated strain 5416T-29(T), was isolated from air and was characterized by using a polyphasic approach. Colonies were reddish pink and circular with entire margins. Flexirubin-type pigments were absent. The strain formed a distinct phylogenetic lineage within the family Cytophagaceae of the phylum Bacteroidetes. Strain 5416T-29(T) did not show more than 88 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to the type strain of any recognized species. The major cellular fatty acids were C(16 : 1)omega5c, iso-C(17 : 0) 3-OH and iso-C(15 : 0). The polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine, one unknown amino lipid and several unknown polar lipids. Menaquinone-7 (MK-7) was the major respiratory quinone. The G+C content of the DNA of strain 5416T-29(T) was 45.5 mol%. Results of phenotypic and phylogenetic analyses clearly indicate that strain 5416T-29(T) represents a novel species of a new genus in the family Cytophagaceae, for which the name Rhodocytophaga aerolata gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of Rhodocytophaga aerolata is 5416T-29(T) (=KACC 12507(T) =DSM 22190(T)).
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural Microbiology, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Madurai 625 104, Tamil Nadu, India.|Organic Agriculture Division, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration, Suwon 441-707, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Rangasamy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Anandham
authors.affiliation: Korean Agricultural Culture Collection (KACC), National Agro biodiversity Center, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration, Suwon 441-707, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Hang-Yeon
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Weon
authors.affiliation: Korean Agricultural Culture Collection (KACC), National Agro biodiversity Center, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration, Suwon 441-707, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Soo-Jin
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Korean Agricultural Culture Collection (KACC), National Agro biodiversity Center, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration, Suwon 441-707, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Yi-Seul
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Korean Agricultural Culture Collection (KACC), National Agro biodiversity Center, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration, Suwon 441-707, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Soon-Wo
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Kwon
mesh_terms: D000391:Air Microbiology; D041963:Bacteroidetes / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D001482:Base Composition; D001483:Base Sequence; D008055:Lipids / Q000032:analysis; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids