@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-51-4-1491, author = "Lee, J S and Shin, Y K and Yoon, J H and Takeuchi, M and Pyun, Y R and Park, Y H", title = "Sphingomonas aquatilis sp. nov., Sphingomonas koreensis sp. nov., and Sphingomonas taejonensis sp. nov., yellow-pigmented bacteria isolated from natural mineral water.", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2001", volume = "51", number = "4", pages = "1491-1498", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-51-4-1491", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-51-4-1491", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "The taxonomic status of four strains from several mineral water sources in Taejon, Korea, was examined. The DNA base compositions of these strains ranged from 62 to 66 mol %. All of the strains contained sphingolipids and ubiquinone 10 as the main respiratory quinone. The cellular fatty acids of these strains included octadecenoic acid, hexadecanoic acid and 2-hydroxymyristic acid, without 3-hydroxy fatty acids. On the basis of morphological, physiological and chemotaxonomic characteristics, together with 16S rDNA sequence comparison and DNA-DNA reassociation data, three new species of the genus Sphingomonas are proposed for the strains isolated from natural mineral water: Sphingomonas aquatilis sp. nov. for strain JSS7T (= KCTC 2881T = KCCM 41067T), Sphingomonas koreensis sp. nov. for strains JSS26T (= KCTC 2882T = KCCM 41069T) and JSS28 (= KCTC 2883 = KCCM 41066) and Sphingomonas taejonensis sp. nov. for strain JSS54T (= KCTC 2884T = KCCM 41068T).", }