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Published on: December 30, 2021
Ampullimonas aquatilis gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from bottled mineral water
Luís França1, Luciana Albuquerque1, Claudia Sánchez2
1Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, 3004-504 Coimbra, Portugal.
Abstract:
Two isolates, designated B15.09-116T and B15.09-124, were recovered from bottled mineral water in Portugal. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, these strains were related most closely to species of the genus Derxia (belonging to the family Alcaligenaceae) with pairwise sequence similarities of 93.0-93.6 %. The isolates were not pigmented and formed Gram-stain-negative, short, motile rod-shaped cells. The organisms were strictly aerobic, oxidase-positive and catalase-negative. These organisms also fixed N2. The major polar lipids were phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylethanolamine. Ubiquinone 8 was the major respiratory quinone. The DNA G+C content of strain B15.09-116T was 49.8 mol%. Based on phylogenetic, physiological and biochemical characteristics the two strains are considered to represent a novel species of a new genus, for which the name Ampullimonas aquatilis gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of Ampullimonas aquatilis is B15.09-116T ( = CECT 8581T = LMG 28208T).
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