@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.006163-0, author = "Vaz-Moreira, Ivone and Faria, Cátia and Lopes, Ana R. and Svensson, Liselott and Falsen, Enevold and Moore, Edward R. B. and Ferreira, António C. Silva and Nunes, Olga C. and Manaia, Célia M.", title = "Sphingobium vermicomposti sp. nov., isolated from vermicompost", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2009", volume = "59", number = "12", pages = "3145-3149", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.006163-0", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.006163-0", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "Strain VC-230T was isolated from homemade vermicompost produced from kitchen waste. The isolate was a Gram-negative-staining, catalase- and oxidase-positive, motile rod-shaped bacterium able to grow at 15–37 °C and pH 6–8. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, strain VC-230T was determined to belong to the family Sphingomonadaceae by its clustering with type strains of the genus Sphingobium, with Sphingobium chlorophenolicum ATCC 33790T (97.7 %) and Sphingobium herbicidovorans DSM 11019T (97.4 %) as its closest neighbours. The polar lipid pattern, the presence of spermidine and ubiquinone 10, the predominance of the cellular fatty acids C18 : 1 ω7c/9t/12t, C16 : 1 ω7c and C16 : 0 and the G+C content of the genomic DNA supported the affiliation of this organism to the genus Sphingobium. The phylogenetic, chemotaxonomic, phenotypic and DNA–DNA hybridization analyses verify that strain VC-230T represents a novel species, for which the name Sphingobium vermicomposti sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is VC-230T (=CCUG 55809T =DSM 21299T).", }