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Published on: April 13, 2021
Roseiterribacter gracilis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel filterable alphaproteobacterium isolated from soil using a
Ryosuke Nakai1, Hiroyuki Kusada2, Fumihiro Sassa3
1Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
Abstract:
Our previous studies indicate the abundant and diverse presence of yet-to-be-cultured microorganisms in the micropore-filtered fractions of various environmental samples. Here, we isolated a novel bacterium (designated as strain TMPK1T) from a 0.45-μm-filtered soil suspension by using a gel-filled microwell array device comprising 900 microwells and characterized its phylogenetic and physiological features. This strain showed low 16S rRNA gene sequence identities (<91%) and low average nucleotide identity values (<70%) to the closest validly described species, and belonged to a novel-family-level lineage within the order Rhodospirillales of Alphaproteobacteria. Strain TMPK1T exhibited small cell sizes (0.08-0.23 μm3) and had a high cyclopropane fatty acid content (>13%), and these characteristics were differentiated from other Rhodospirillales bacteria. A comprehensive habitability search using amplicon datasets suggested that TMPK1T and its close relatives are mainly distributed in soil and plant-associated environments. Based on these results, we propose that strain TMPK1T represents a novel genus and species named Roseiterribacter gracilis gen. nov., sp. nov. (JCM 34627T = KCTC 82790T). We also propose Roseiterribacteraceae fam. nov. to accommodate the genus Roseiterribacter.
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