%0 Journal Article %A Strepis, Nikolaos %A Sánchez-Andrea, Irene %A van Gelder, Antonie H. %A van Kruistum, Henri %A Shapiro, Nicole %A Kyrpides, Nikos %A Göker, Markus %A Klenk, Hans-Peter %A Schaap, Peter %A Stams, Alfons J. M. %A Sousa, Diana Z. %T Description of Trichococcus ilyis sp. nov. by combined physiological and in silico genome hybridization analyses %D 2016 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 66 %N 10 %P 3957-3963 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001294 %K fermentation %K Trichococcus %K DDH %K genomics %K Genome Blast Distance Phylogeny %K citrate %I Microbiology Society, %X Species of the genus Trichococcus share high similarity of their 16S rRNA gene sequences (>99 %). Digital DNA–DNA hybridization values (dDDH) among type strains of all described species of the genus Trichococcus ( T. flocculiformis DSM 2094T , T. pasteurii DSM 2381T , T. collinsii DSM 14526T , T. palustris DSM 9172T, and T. patagoniensis DSM 18806T) indicated that Trichococcus sp. strain R210T represents a novel species of the genus Trichococcus . The dDDH values showed a low DNA relatedness between strain R210T and all other species of the genus Trichococcus (23–32%). Cells of strain R210T were motile, slightly curved rods, 0.63–1.40×0.48–0.90 µm and stained Gram-positive. Growth was optimal at pH 7.8 and at temperature of 30 °C. Strain R210T could utilize several carbohydrates, and the main products from glucose fermentation were lactate, acetate, formate and ethanol. The genomic DNA G+C content of strain R210T was 47.9 mol%. Based on morphological, physiological and biochemical characteristics along with measured dDDH values for all species of the genus Trichococcus , it is suggested that strain R210T represents a novel species within the genus Trichococcus , for which the name Trichococcus ilyis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is R210T (=DSM 22150T=JCM 31247T). %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001294