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sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing species isolated from cultivated soil Free

Abstract

A polyphasic approach was used to characterize a novel nitrogen-fixing bacterial strain, designated CC-HIH038, isolated from cultivated soil in Taiwan. Cells of strain CC-HIH038 were Gram-stain-negative, facultatively aerobic and spiral-shaped, with motility provided by a single polar flagellum. The 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis of strain CC-HIH038 showed highest sequence similarity to (98.0 %), (97.5 %), (97.4 %) and (97.2 %) and lower sequence similarity ( < 97.0 %) to all other species of the genus . According to DNA–DNA association, the relatedness values of strain CC-HIH038 with , , and were 51.8 %, 41.2 %, 56.5 % and 37.5 %, respectively. Strain CC-HIH038 was able to grow at 20–37 °C and pH 7.0–8.0. Strain CC-HIH038 gave positive amplification for dinitrogen reductase ( gene); the activity was recorded as 8.4 nmol ethylene h. The predominant quinone system was ubiquinone Q-10 and the DNA G+C content was 68.8 mol%. The major fatty acids found in strain CC-HIH038 were C, iso-C, C 3-OH, C 3-OH/iso-C and Cω7/Cω6. Based on the distinct phylogenetic, phenotypic and chemotaxonomic traits together with results of comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, strain CC-HIH038 is considered to represent a novel species in the genus , for which the name sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is CC-HIH038 ( = BCRC 80909 = JCM 30827).

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