%0 Journal Article %A Young, Chiu-Chung %A Chou, Jui-Hsing %A Arun, A. B. %A Yen, Wen-Shao %A Sheu, Shih-Yi %A Shen, Fo-Ting %A Lai, Wai-An %A Rekha, P. D. %A Chen, Wen-Ming %T Comamonas composti sp. nov., isolated from food waste compost %D 2008 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 58 %N 1 %P 251-256 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.65277-0 %I Microbiology Society, %X A bacterial strain designated YY287T, isolated from food waste compost, was investigated by polyphasic taxonomic approach. The cells were rod-shaped, Gram-negative, non-pigmented, non-spore-forming and non-fermentative. Phylogenetic analyses using the 16S rRNA gene sequence showed that the strain formed a monophyletic branch towards the periphery of the evolutionary radiation occupied by the genus Comamonas; its closest neighbours were the type strains Comamonas testosteroni DSM 50244T (96.5 %), Comamonas terrigena DSM 7099T (95.4 %), Comamonas odontotermitis Dant 3-8T (95.2 %) and Comamonas koreensis KCTC 12005T (94.6 %). Strain YY287T was clearly distinguished from all of these strains using phylogenetic analysis, DNA–DNA hybridization, fatty acid composition data and a range of physiological and biochemical characteristics. The major fatty acids were 16 : 0 (33 %), 18 : 1ω7c (13 %) and summed feature 3 (16 : 1ω7c and/or 15 : 0 iso 2-OH; 41 %). The DNA G+C content of the genomic DNA was 62.8 mol%. It is evident from the genotypic and phenotypic data that strain YY287T represents a novel species in the genus Comamonas, for which the name Comamonas composti sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is YY287T (=BCRC 17659T=LMG 24008T). %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.65277-0