title: Cupriavidus plantarum sp. nov., a plant-associated species.
abstract: During a survey of plant-associated bacteria in northeast Mexico, a group of 13 bacteria was isolated from agave, maize and sorghum plants rhizosphere. This group of strains was related to Cupriavidus respiraculi (99.4 %), but a polyphasic investigation based on DNA-DNA hybridization analysis, other genotypic studies and phenotypic features showed that this group of strains actually belongs to a new Cupriavidus species. Consequently, taking all the results together, the description of Cupriavidus plantarum sp. nov. is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biologicas, Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Prolongacion de Carpio y Plan de Ayala s/n, Col. Santo Tomas, Delegacion Miguel Hidalgo, 11340, Mexico, DF, Mexico, pestradadelossantos@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Paulina
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Estrada-de Los Santos
authors.forename: Roosivelt
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Solano-Rodríguez
authors.forename: Lucía Tomiko
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Matsumura-Paz
authors.forename: María Soledad
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Vásquez-Murrieta
authors.forename: Lourdes
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Martínez-Aguilar
mesh_terms: D027882:Agave / Q000382:microbiology; D049921:Cupriavidus / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010641:Phenotype; D010802:Phylogeny; D010944:Plants / Q000382:microbiology*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D058441:Rhizosphere; D045868:Sorghum / Q000382:microbiology; D013045:Species Specificity; D003313:Zea mays / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S