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Isolation and Culture of Adult Epithelial Stem Cells from Human Skin
Published on: March 31, 2011
Roseomonas cutis sp. nov., isolated from human epidermis
Haelim Son1, Wonsik Mun2, Robert J Mitchell2
1Department of Bio Health Science, Changwon National University, Changwon, Gyeongnam 51140, Republic of Korea.
Abstract:
Five pink-pigmented bacterial strains, isolated from human skin and classified within the genus Roseomonas, were examined. Among them, four were identified as Roseomonas mucosa, while strain OT10T was deemed to be a potential novel species. Strain OT10T exhibited characteristics, such as Gram-stain-negative, oxidase positive, motile, strictly aerobic and rod shaped. The cells had multiple flagella at one end, arranged in a lophotrichous pattern. The predominant cellular fatty acids in OT10T were C18:1 ω7c/C18:1 ω6c and C18:1 2OH; ubiquinone (Q)-10 was identified as the sole quinone. Major polar lipids included phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine and two aminolipids. The G+C content of the genome was determined to be 72.6 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities revealed that strain OT10T is closely related to Roseomonas gilardii subsp. gilardii ATCC 49956T (97.7%), Roseomonas gilardii subsp. rosea ATCC BAA-691T (97.7%) and R. mucosa ATCC BAA-692T (97.5%). For the comparative genomic analyses, whole-genome sequencing was also conducted for strain OT10T. Considering the chemotaxonomic, genotypic and phenotypic features, as well as the low average nucleotide identity and digital DNA-DNA hybridization values compared to its closest phylogenomic neighbours, OT10T is proposed to be a novel species named Roseomonas cutis sp. nov., with OT10T designated as the type strain (=KCTC 92087T =JCM 34968T).
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