title: Rhodanobacter umsongensis sp. nov., isolated from a Korean ginseng field.
abstract: A bacterial isolate designated GR24-2(T) was isolated from Korean soil used for cultivating ginseng (Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer). The strain was aerobic, Gram-negative, motile, and rod-shaped. It grew optimally at 28-30°C, pH 7.0, and in a range of 0-1% NaCl. Phylogenetically, the strain clustered with members of the genus Rhodanobacter. The strain exhibited the highest sequence similarities (>98%) with R. panaciterrae LnR5-47(T) (98.4%), R. soli DCY45(T) (98.2%), and R. ginsengisoli GR17-7(T) (98.0%). However, it also showed high sequence similarities (>97%) with some other Rhodanobacter and Dyella species. The strain contained Q-8 as the predominant respiratory quinone. The major fatty acids (greater than 10% of the total fatty acids) were iso-C17:1 ω9c (24.5%), iso-C16:0 (22.8%), anteiso-C15:0 (10.5%), and iso-C15:0 (10.1%). Its major polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, and an unknown aminophospholipid. The DNA G+C content of strain GR24-2(T) was 65.6 mol%. The strain showed less than 70% DNA relatedness values between the closely related Rhodanobacter and Dyella species. The phylogeny, phenotype, DNA-DNA hybridization, and chemotaxonomic data generated in this study reveal that the isolate is a novel species of the genus Rhodanobacter. The name proposed for this strain is Rhodanobacter umsongensis sp. nov. (type strain GR24-2(T) =KACC 12917(T) =DSM 21300(T)).
authors.affiliation: Agricultural Microbiology Division, 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.forename: Soo-Jin
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Rangasamy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Anandham
authors.forename: Hang-Yeon
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Weon
authors.forename: Soon-Wo
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Kwon
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005894:Panax / Q000254:growth & development / Q000382:microbiology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D056910:Republic of Korea; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D044166:Xanthomonadaceae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D005227:Fatty Acids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S