Solimonas soli gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from soil of a ginseng field
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Myung Kyum Kim1, Yu-Jin Kim1, Dong-Ha Cho2
1Department of Oriental Medicinal Material and Processing, College of Life Science, Kyung Hee University, 1 Seocheon-dong, Giheung-gu Yongin, Kyunggi-do 449-701, South Korea.
Abstract:
A micro-organism, DCY12T, comprising Gram-negative, non-motile, pale-yellow rods was isolated from soil from a ginseng field in South Korea and was investigated to determine its taxonomic status. It grew optimally at 30 degrees C and at pH 7.0, the G+C content of its DNA was 40.5 mol%, the major components of the fatty acid profile were C16:0 and C18:1 and the major ubiquinone was Q-8. A phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence revealed that the novel isolate was most closely related to Hydrocarboniphaga effusa AP103T (89.2%), Nevskia ramosa Soe1 (88.8%) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 10145T (83.2%). The phenotypic, physiological, metabolic and phylogenetic properties of DCY12T suggest that it represents a novel genus (class Gammaproteobacteria) and species, for which the name Solimonas soli gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of Solimonas soli is DCY12T (=KCTC 12834T=LMG 24014T).
