title: Devosia psychrophila sp. nov. and Devosia glacialis sp. nov., from alpine glacier cryoconite, and an emended description of the genus Devosia.
abstract: Two psychrophilic strains, Cr7-05(T) and Cr4-44(T), isolated from alpine glacier cryoconite, were characterized by using a polyphasic approach. Both strains were psychrophilic, showing good growth over a temperature range of 1-20 °C. The chemotaxonomic characteristics of these isolates included the presence of C(18:1)ω7c and summed feature 3 (C(16:1)ω7c and/or C(16:1)ω6c) as the major cellular fatty acids, Q-10 as the predominant ubiquinone and diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol and unknown glycolipids as major polar lipids. The DNA G+C contents of strains Cr7-05(T) and Cr4-44(T) were 61.4 and 63.6 mol%, respectively. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that the two isolates belong to the genus Devosia. The 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity between the two strains was 98.6%, but DNA-DNA hybridization indicated 54% relatedness. Strains Cr7-05(T) and Cr4-44(T) exhibited 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity of 94.7-97.2 and 94.9-96.9%, respectively, to the type strains of recognized Devosia species. On the basis of phenotypic characteristics, phylogenetic analysis and DNA-DNA relatedness data, strains Cr7-05(T) and Cr4-44(T) represent two novel species within the genus Devosia, for which the names Devosia psychrophila sp. nov. (type strain Cr7-05(T) =DSM 22950(T) =CGMCC 1.10210(T) =CIP 110130(T)) and Devosia glacialis sp. nov. (type strain Cr4-44(T) =CGMCC 1.10691(T) =LMG 26051(T)) are proposed. An emended description of the genus Devosia is also provided.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: De-Chao
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: Mersiha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Redzic
authors.affiliation: China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center and State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China.
authors.forename: Hong-Can
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center and State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China.
authors.forename: Yu-Guang
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: Franz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schinner
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Margesin
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003080:Cold Temperature; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D041921:Hyphomicrobiaceae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D046448:Ice Cover / Q000382:microbiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000032:analysis; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014451:Ubiquinone / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D005227:Fatty Acids; D010743:Phospholipids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D014451:Ubiquinone