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Abstract

The taxonomic status of a light-orange-coloured bacterial isolate from an oil-contaminated soil sample was characterized by using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. Comparative analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences demonstrated that the isolate belonged phylogenetically to the genus , with , and as its closest phylogenetic relatives (97.3, 97.0 and 97.0 % similarity, respectively). DNA–DNA pairing studies showed that the unidentified organism displayed 25.0, 17.0 and 19.0 % relatedness to the type strains of , and , respectively. The generic assignment was confirmed by chemotaxonomic data, which revealed a fatty acid profile that was characteristic of the genus , consisting of straight-chain saturated and unsaturated fatty acids with C 7 as the major fatty acid, and ubiquinone with ten isoprene units (Q-10) as the predominant respiratory quinone. On the basis of both the phenotypic and molecular genetic evidence, it is proposed that the unknown isolate be classified as a representative of a novel species of the genus , for which the name sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is IMMIB AFH-6 (=CCUG 53966=DSM 19657).

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