title: Cohnella plantaginis sp. nov., a novel nitrogen-fixing species isolated from plantain rhizosphere soil.
abstract: A novel bacterium capable of fixing nitrogen was isolated from plantain rhizosphere soil in China. The isolate, designated YN-83(T), is Gram-positive, aerobic, motile and rod-shaped (0.4-0.6 μm × 1.9-2.6 μm). Phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence revealed that strain YN-83(T) was a member of the genus Cohnella. High similarity of 16S rRNA gene sequence was found between YN-83(T) and Cohnella ginsengisoli DSM18997(T) (97.99%), whereas the similarity was below 96.0% between YN-83(T) and the other Cohnella species. DNA-DNA relatedness between strain YN-83(T) and C. ginsengisoli DSM18997(T) was 27.4 ± 6.2%. The DNA G+C content of strain YN-83(T) was 59.3 mol%. The predominant isoprenoid quinone was MK-7 and the major fatty acids were anteiso-C(15:0) (44.3%), iso-C(15:0) (11.3%), iso-C(16:0) (18.6%) and C(16:0) (7.7%). The polar lipids of strain YN-83(T) consist of diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, lyso- phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylinositol and phosphatidylinositol mannosides. On the basis of phenotypic and chemotaxonomic properties, 16S rRNA gene sequence, G+C content and DNA-DNA hybridization, strain YN-83(T) represents a novel species of the genus Cohnella, for which the name Cohnella plantaginis sp. nov. (type strain YN-83(T) = DSM 25424(T) = CGMCC 1.12047(T)) is proposed.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.
authors.forename: Li-Ying
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: San-Feng
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yu-Guang
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Hong-Can
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000332:Aerobiosis; D056449:Bacillales / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D002681:China; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003600:Cytosol / Q000737:chemistry; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D008124:Locomotion; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D009586:Nitrogen Fixation; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000032:analysis; D010802:Phylogeny; D010943:Plantago / Q000382:microbiology*; D011809:Quinones / Q000032:analysis; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D058441:Rhizosphere; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D005227:Fatty Acids; D010743:Phospholipids; D011809:Quinones; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D009584:Nitrogen