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Thermophilic (strain GOMI-1) and mesophilic (strain KOME-1) strains were isolated from two different cultures of propionate-degrading consortia obtained from thermophilic digester sludge and rice paddy soil, respectively. The two strains were non-spore-forming, non-motile and Gram-negative. Both strains were obligately anaerobic micro-organisms, showing multicellular filamentous morphotypes more than 100 μm in length. The cell width for strain GOMI-1 was 0.2–0.4 μm and that of strain KOME-1 was 0.4–0.6 μm. Strain GOMI-1 could grow at 45–65 °C with a pH range of 6.0–7.5 (optimum growth at 55 °C, pH 7.0). The temperature range for growth of strain KOME-1 was 30–40 °C and the pH range was pH 5.0–8.5 (optimum growth around 37 °C, pH 7.0). Yeast extract was required for growth of both strains. Strain GOMI-1 was able to grow with a number of carbohydrates in the presence of yeast extract. In yeast extract-containing medium, strain KOME-1 could utilize proteins and a limited range of sugars for growth. The G+C contents of the DNA of strains GOMI-1 and KOME-1 were respectively 54.7 and 57.6 mol%. Major fatty acids of strain GOMI-1 were C, C and iso-C, whereas those of strain KOME-1 were iso-C, anteiso-C and C. Based on comparative analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences of strains GOMI-1 and KOME-1, the strains were placed in different phylogenetic positions in the class of the bacterial phylum . Their phenotypic and genetic traits strongly supported the conclusion that the strains should be described as two independent taxa in the class . Hence, we propose the names gen. nov., sp. nov., and gen. nov., sp. nov., for strains GOMI-1 and KOME-1. The type strains of and are respectively GOMI-1 (=JCM 13669 =DSM 17877) and KOME-1 (=JCM 13670 =KTCC 5380).

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