@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.65510-0, author = "Matsui, Toru and Shinzato, Naoya and Tamaki, Hideyuki and Muramatsu, Mizuho and Hanada, Satoshi", title = "Shinella yambaruensis sp. nov., a 3-methyl-sulfolane-assimilating bacterium isolated from soil", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2009", volume = "59", number = "3", pages = "536-539", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.65510-0", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.65510-0", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "A bacterial strain, designated MS4T, was isolated from soil in the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. The bacterium grew with 3-methyl sulfolane as sole sulfur source. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences suggested that strain MS4T belonged to the genus Shinella; it was closely related to the type strains of Shinella granuli and Shinella zoogloeoides (16S rRNA gene sequence similarities of 98.2 and 96.7 %, respectively). Strain MS4T was a Gram-negative, non-motile, rod-shaped, aerobic bacterium. The major respiratory quinone was ubiquinone-10 and the predominant cellular fatty acid was C18 : 1 ω7c. The DNA G+C content was 66.4 mol%. Based on phylogenetic and phenotypic traits, it was concluded that the organism represents a novel species in the genus Shinella for which the name Shinella yambaruensis sp. nov. is proposed; the type strain is MS4T (=NBRC 102122T=DSM 18801T).", }