title: Rhodococcus biphenylivorans sp. nov., a polychlorinated biphenyl-degrading bacterium.
abstract: A Gram-positive, aerobic, non-motile and rod-coccus shaped novel actinobacterial strain, designated as TG9(T), was isolated from a polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)-contaminated sediment in Taizhou city, Zhejiang province, eastern China. The isolate was observed to grow at 10-45 °C (optimum 28-32 °C), pH 5.0-11.0 (optimum pH 7.0-8.0) and with 0-9.0 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum 0-3.0 %). Comparison of the 16S rRNA gene sequences of strain TG9(T) and other members of the genus Rhodococcus showed that strain TG9(T) shared highest similarities with Rhodococcus pyridinivorans DSM 44555(T) (99.4 %), R. rhodochrous DSM 43241(T) (99.2 %), R. gordoniae DSM 44689(T) (99.2 %) and R. artemisiae DSM 45380(T) (98.2 %). However, low levels of DNA-DNA relatedness (15-48 %), which are below the 70 % limit for prokaryotic species identification, were obtained by DNA-DNA hybridization. Strain TG9(T) was found to contain meso-diaminopimelic acid as the diagnostic diamino acid and arabinose and galactose in the whole-cell hydrolysate. Mycolic acids were found to be present. The major fatty acids were identified as C16:0, C16:1 ω7c and/or iso-C15:0 2-OH, 10-methyl C18:0 and C18:1 ω9c. The only menaquinone detected was MK-8 (H2). The major polar lipids detected were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylinositol, glycolipid and traces of some unknown lipids. The genomic DNA G+C content of strain TG9(T) was determined to be 62.8 %. The combined phenotypic and genotypic data show that the strain represents a novel species of the genus Rhodococcus for which the name Rhodococcus biphenylivorans sp. nov. is proposed, with the type strain TG9(T) (=CGMCC 1.12975(T) = KCTC 29673(T) = MCCC 1K00286(T)).
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Yuhangtang Road 866#, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
authors.forename: Xiaomei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Yindong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Muhammad Zaffar
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Hashmi
authors.forename: Jinxing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Linxian
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Chaofeng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Shen
mesh_terms: D000332:Aerobiosis; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D001711:Biotransformation; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000737:chemistry; D002681:China; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003600:Cytosol / Q000737:chemistry; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D003960:Diaminopimelic Acid / Q000032:analysis; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008124:Locomotion; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000032:analysis; D010802:Phylogeny; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000378:metabolism*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012240:Rhodococcus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000378:metabolism; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000378:metabolism; D013696:Temperature; D024482:Vitamin K 2 / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D005227:Fatty Acids; D010743:Phospholipids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D024482:Vitamin K 2; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D003960:Diaminopimelic Acid; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls