Sphingobium vermicomposti sp nov., isolated from vermicompost

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2009

Authors

Ivone Vaz Moreira (Author) FEUP; Catia Faria (Author) Other; Ana Rita Lopes (Author) FEUP; Liselott Svensson (Author) Other; Enevold Falsen (Author) Other; Edward R B Moore (Author) Other; Antonio C S Silva Ferreira (Author) Other; Olga C Nunes (Author) FEUP; Celia M Manaia (Author) Other

Journal

Title: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Vol. 59 No. 12

Pages: 3145-3149

ISSN: 1466-5026

Publisher: Microbiology Society

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Scientific classification

FOS: Natural sciences > Biological sciences

CORDIS: Natural sciences > Biological sciences > Biology > Microbiology

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-003-DZF

DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.006163-0

Abstract (EN): Strain VC-230(T) was isolated from homemade vermicompost produced from kitchen waste. The isolate was a Gram-negative-staining, catalase- and oxidase-positive, motile rod-shaped bacterium able to grow at 15-37 degrees C and pH 6-8. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, strain VC-230(T) was determined to belong to the family Sphingomonadaceae by its clustering with type strains of the genus Sphingobium, with Sphingobium chlorophenolicum ATCC 33790(T) (97.7%) and Sphingobium herbicidovorans DSM 11019(T) (97.4%) as its closest neighbours. The polar lipid pattern, the presence of spermidine and ubiquinone 10, the predominance of the cellular fatty acids C(18:1)omega 7c/9t/2t, C(16:1)omega 7c and C(16:0) and the G + C content of the genomic DNA supported the affiliation of this organism to the genus Sphingobium. The phylogenetic, chemotaxonomic, phenotypic and DNA-DNA hybridization analyses verify that strain VC-230(T) represents a novel species, for which the name Sphingobium vermicomposti sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is VC-230(T) (=CCUG 55809(T) = DSM 21299(T)).

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 5