Pseudomonas defluvii sp. nov., isolated from hospital sewage

A novel Gram-negative, obligate aerobic, mobile, rod-shaped and non-spore-forming bacterial strain, WCHP16^T, was isolated from the wastewater treatment plant at West China Hospital in Chengdu, PR China. It was characterized using a polyphasic approach. Analysis of its 16S rRNA gene sequence showed that strain WCHP16^T belonged to the genus Pseudomonas with the highest similarity to Pseudomonas qingdaonensis JJ3^T (99.34 %), Pseudomonas shirazica VM14^T (99.0 %), Pseudomonas plecoglossicida NBRC 103162^T (99.0 %) and Pseudomonas asiatica RYU5^T (99.0 %). Phylogenomic analysis based on 107 core gene sequences demonstrated that WCHP16^T was a member of the Pseudomonas putida group but was distant from all closely related species. Whole-genome comparisons, using average nucleotide identity based on blast (ANIb) and in silico DNA-DNA hybridization (isDDH), confirmed low genome relatedness to all the known Pseudomonas species (below the recommended thresholds of 95 % [ANIb] and 70 % [isDDH] for species delineation). Phenotypic characterization tests showed that the utilization of phenylacetic acid and capric acid, but not d-arabitol, and inability to produce fluorescent (King B medium) in combination could distinguish this strain from other related species of the genus Pseudomonas. Therefore, based on genetic and phenotypic evidence, it is clear that strain WCHP16^T represents a novel species, for which the name Pseudomonas defluvii sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is WCHP16^T (GDMCC1.1215^T=CCTCC AB 2017103^T=KCTC 52991^T).