title: Rhodococcus jostii: a home for Rhodococcus strain RHA1.
abstract: The taxonomic position of Rhodococcus strain RHA1, an effective degrader of polychlorinated biphenyls with a large linear chromosome, was established using a polyphasic approach. The morphological and chemotaxonomic properties of the strain were typical of members of the genus Rhodococcus. The strain shared a high level of 16S rRNA sequence similarity (99.9 %) with the type strain of Rhodococcus jostii, a member of the Rhodococcus erythropolis subclade. The two strains shared a DNA:DNA relatedness value well above the cut-off point recommended for the circumscription of genomic species and had a broad range of phenotypic properties in common. The combination of genomic and phenotypic data show strain RHA1 to be a bona fide member of the species Rhodococcus jostii.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. amanda.l.jones@northumbria.ac.uk
authors.forename: Amanda L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Julian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: Masao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: Roselyn
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Jesmine
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goodfellow
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001711:Biotransformation; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010802:Phylogeny; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000378:metabolism; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012240:Rhodococcus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls