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Discovery of New Intracellular Pathogens by Amoebal Coculture and Amoebal Enrichment Approaches
Published on: October 27, 2013
Flavobacterium cloacae sp. nov., isolated from waste water
Hongming Liu1, Peng Lu1, Guoping Zhu1
1Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resources, Anhui Normal University, No. 1 Beijing East Road, Wuhu 241000, Anhui, PR China.
Abstract:
A Gram-stain-negative, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped, non-motile bacterium, named wh15T, was isolated from the waste water of a municipal wastewater treatment plant in Wuhu, PR China. The taxonomic status of the strain was characterized using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. Growth occurred at 15-45 °C (optimum, 25-40 °C), at pH 5.0-8.0 (optimum, pH 7.0) and with 0-4 % NaCl (optimum, 1-2 %). Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that wh15T represented a member of genus Flavobacterium and shared the highest similarity with Flavobacterium ummariense DS-12T (93.93 %), Flavobacterium ceti 454-2T (93.71 %) and Flavobacterium marinum SW105T (93.63 %). The major respiratory quinone of wh15T was MK-6 and major fatty acids were iso-C15 : 0, iso-C15 : 0 3-OH, iso-C17 : 0 3-OH, summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c and/or C16 : 1ω6c) and summed feature 9 (iso-C17 : 1ω9c and/or C16 : 0 10-methyl). The DNA G+C content of wh15T was 32.3 mol%. Phenotypic, phylogenetic and chemotaxonomic evidence indicated that wh15T represents a novel species of the genus Flavobacterium, the name Flavobacterium cloacae is proposed. The type strain is wh15T (=CCTCC AB 2015420T=JCM 31173T).
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