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Isolation and Identification of Bacterial Strains from Skin of Terrestrial Amphibians
Published on: June 17, 2025
Mucilaginibacter rivuli sp. nov., isolated from a water rivulet
Seokhyeon Bae1, Heeyoung Kang, Haneul Kim1
1Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Gyeonggi 17035, Republic of Korea.
Abstract:
Strain HMF5004T was isolated from a rivulet located in Yongin, Republic of Korea. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain HMF5004T belonged to the genus Mucilaginibacter. Strain HMF5004T was closely related to Mucilaginibacter paludis (97.7%) and Mucilaginibacter gracilis (97.2%). The values of average nucleotide identity and digital DNA-DNA hybridization between strain HMF5004T and M. paludis were 72.8 and 19.2 %, respectively. Cells of strain HMF5004T were Gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped, non-motile, catalase-positive and oxidase-positive. The DNA G+C content of strain HMF5004T was 42.4 mol%. Strain HMF5004T had menaquinone-7 as a major quinone. The major cellular fatty acids included iso-C15 : 0, summed feature 3 (C16 : 1 ω7c and/or C16 : 1 ω6c) and anteiso-C15 : 0. The polar lipids of strain HMF5004T contained phosphatidylethanolamine, five unidentified aminolipids, one unidentified aminophospholipid and four unidentified polar lipids. On the basis of the evidence presented in this polyphasic taxonomic study, strain HMF5004T is considered to represent a novel species for which the name Mucilaginibacter rivuli sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is HMF5004T (=KCTC 82633T=NBRC 115091T).
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