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sp. nov.: a rare member of the bumblebee gut microbiota Free

Abstract

Isolates LMG 28357 ( = R-53146) and LMG 28623 were obtained from gut samples of bumblebees caught in Ghent, Belgium. They had identical 16S rRNA gene sequences which were 95.7 % identical to that of wkB301, a member of the family Both isolates had highly similar matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) MS and randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) profiles. A draft genome sequence was obtained for strain LMG 28357 (Gold ID Gp0108260); its DNA G+C content was 30.4 %, which is within the range reported for members of the family (27 to 56 mol%) and which is similar to that of the type strain of (29.0 mol%). Whole-cell fatty acid methyl ester analysis of strain LMG 28357 revealed many branched-chain fatty acids, a typical characteristic of bacteria of the family and a profile that was similar to that reported for wkB301. MK6 was the major respiratory quinone, again conforming to bacteria of the family . The isolates LMG 28357 and LMG 28623 could be distinguished from strains through their oxidase activity. On the basis of phylogenetic, genotypic and phenotypic data, we propose to classify both isolates as representatives of a novel species of the genus , sp. nov., with LMG 28357 ( = DSM 100903 = R-53146) as the type strain.

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