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sp. nov., an alkalitolerant member of rRNA group 6 Free

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A Gram-stain-positive, rod-shaped bacterium, designated strain NH3, was isolated from a sediment sample from the South China Sea and was subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic study. The isolate grew optimally at 37 °C and pH 9. Strain NH3 had cell-wall peptidoglycan based on -diaminopimelic acid and MK-7 as the predominant menaquinone. The cellular fatty acid profile included significant amounts of iso-C and iso-C. The major polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol and diphosphatidylglycerol. The DNA G+C content of strain NH3 was 40.3 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence revealed that strain NH3 was a member of rRNA group 6 of the genus , which includes alkalitolerant, alkaliphilic and halotolerant species. The closest phylogenetic relatives were 1139 (96.82 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity), DSM 8715 (96.76 %), Kh10-101 (96.76 %) and MS 6 (96.47 %). Strain NH3 could be distinguished from these phylogenetically close neighbours based on a number of phenotypic properties. On the basis of phenotypic and chemotaxonomic characteristics and phylogenetic data, we conclude that strain NH3 ( = CGMCC 1.10116  = JCM 16507) merits classification as the type strain of a novel species, for which the name sp. nov. is proposed.

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This study was supported by the:
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (Award 30970009)
  • Special Fund for Public Welfare Industrial (Agriculture) Research of China (Award 200903001)
  • Basic Research Foundation of Beijing Institute of Technology (Award 20091642006 and 20081642008)
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