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Identification of Rare Bacterial Pathogens by 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing and MALDI-TOF MS
Published on: July 11, 2016
Characterization of Roseibacterium persicicum sp. nov., and emended description of the genus Roseibacterium
1College of Pharmacy, Keimyung University, 1095 Dalgubeoldaero, Dalseo-Gu, Daegu 42601, Republic of Korea.
Abstract:
A novel alphaproteobacterium, designated as KMU-115T, was isolated from seawater collected on the coast of Chuam Beach, Republic of Korea, and subjected to a polyphasic characterization. The cells were pale apricot-colored, strictly aerobic, Gram-staining-negative, rod-shaped, non-motile and chemoorganoheterotrophic. The novel isolate grew at NaCl concentrations of 0-7%, pH 6.0-9.5 and 10-45°C. A phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence revealed that strain KMU-115T belongs to the family 'Rhodobacteraceae', and that it had the greatest sequence similarity (96.8%) with 'Roseibacterium beibuensis' JLT1202rT. The major respiratory quinone system of the novel isolate was ubiquinone-10 (Q-10) and the main (>10%) cellular fatty acid was C18:1 ω7c. The assembled draft genome size of strain KMU-115T was 3.71 Mbp. The genomic DNA G + C content was 70.8 mol%. Strain KMU-115T had phosphatidylglycerol, four unidentified aminolipids, an unidentified aminophospholipid and seven unidentified lipids as polar lipids. From the distinct polyphasic taxonomic characteristics, the strain is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Roseibacterium for which the name Roseibacterium persicicum sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of R. persicicum sp. nov. is KMU-115T (= KCCM 90339T = NBRC 114190T). An emended description of the genus Roseibacterium is also provided.
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