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Abstract

Gut-associated bacteria were isolated in axenic culture from the honey bee and the bumble bees and and are here placed in the novel genera and species gen. nov., sp. nov. and gen. nov., sp. nov. Two strains from were characterized and are proposed as the type strains of (type strain wkB2  = NCIMB 14803  = ATCC BAA-2449  = NRRL B-59751) and (type strain wkB1  = NCIMB 14804  = ATCC BAA-2448), representing, respectively, phylotypes referred to as ‘Betaproteobacteria’ and ‘Gammaproteobacteria-1’/‘Gamma-1’ in earlier publications. These strains grew optimally under microaerophilic conditions, and did not grow readily under a normal atmosphere. The predominant fatty acids in both strains were palmitic acid (C) and -vaccenic acid (Cω7 and/or Cω6), and both strains had ubiquinone-8 as their major respiratory quinone. The DNA G+C contents were 41.3 and 33.6 mol% for wkB2 and wkB1, respectively. The strains from honey bees and bumble bees formed a novel clade within the family of the , showing about 94 % 16S rRNA gene sequence identity to their closest relatives, species of , and . The strains showed the highest 16S rRNA gene sequence identity to CN3 (93.9 %) and several sequences from uncultured insect-associated bacteria. Phylogenetic reconstruction using conserved, single-copy amino acid sequences showed as sister to the order of the . Given its large sequence divergence from and basal position to the well-established order , we propose to place the clade encompassing and in a new family and order, fam. nov. and ord. nov.

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This study was supported by the:
  • US National Science Foundation Dimensions of Biodiversity Award (Award 1046153)
  • Yale University
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