title: Cohnella saccharovorans sp. nov., isolated from ginseng soil.
abstract: A novel bacterial strain, CJ22T, was isolated from soil of a ginseng field located in Anseong, Korea. Cells of strain CJ22T were aerobic, Gram-stain-positive, endospore-forming, motile, oxidase- and catalase-positive and rod-shaped. The isolate grew optimally at pH 7 and 30 °C. Phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence revealed that strain CJ22T belonged to the genus Cohnella, displaying highest sequence similarity of 97.3% with Cohnella panacarvi Gsoil 349T. DNA-DNA relatedness between strain CJ22T and its closest relative was 35.5 % (reciprocal value, 23.8%). The phenotypic features of strain CJ22T also distinguished it from related species of the genus Cohnella. The diagnostic diamino acid in the cell-wall peptidoglycan was meso-diaminopimelic acid. The major isoprenoid quinone was menaquinone MK-7 and the major polar lipids were phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, diphosphatidylglycerol, lysyl-phosphatidylglycerol, two unidentified phospholipids and two unidentified aminophospholipids. The predominant cellular fatty acids of strain CJ22T were anteiso-C15 : 0, iso-C16:0 and C16:0. The DNA G+C content was 63.1 mol%. Based on data from this polyphasic taxonomic study, strain CJ22T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Cohnella, for which the name Cohnella saccharovorans sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is CJ22T (=KACC 17501T=JCM 19227T).
authors.affiliation: Department of Systems Biotechnology, Chung-Ang University, Anseong 17546, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jung-Hye
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Department of Systems Biotechnology, Chung-Ang University, Anseong 17546, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Ji-Hye
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Seok
authors.affiliation: Department of Systems Biotechnology, Chung-Ang University, Anseong 17546, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Ho-Jin
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.affiliation: Department of Systems Biotechnology, Chung-Ang University, Anseong 17546, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Ju-Hee
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Cha
authors.affiliation: Department of Systems Biotechnology, Chung-Ang University, Anseong 17546, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Chang-Jun
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Cha
mesh_terms: D056449:Bacillales / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D003960:Diaminopimelic Acid / Q000737:chemistry; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D005894:Panax / Q000382:microbiology*; D010457:Peptidoglycan / Q000737:chemistry; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000737:chemistry; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D056910:Republic of Korea; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D024482:Vitamin K 2 / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005227:Fatty Acids; D010457:Peptidoglycan; D010743:Phospholipids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D024482:Vitamin K 2; D003960:Diaminopimelic Acid; C062629:menaquinone 7