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Abstract

Previously, 22 aerobic Gram-negative bacteria were isolated from biofilms growing on granules of the synthetic polyester poly(-caprolactone); the granules were used as a fixed bed in a denitrification reactor. All the strains showed similar fatty acid profiles. The 16S rRNA gene sequences of five strains were phylogenetically related to spp. Repetitive extragenic palindromic DNA-PCR (REP-PCR) fingerprinting revealed four groups, and DNA hybridizations between representative strains showed that the strains belonged to two new species within the genus , for which the names (type strain LMG 21737=DSM 15424) and (type strain LMG 21746=DSM 15422) are proposed. Both species are able to grow at low temperatures, but not at 50 °C, and are non-haemolytic. Both species can be differentiated by several other phenotypic features from earlier described species of the genus . Cell extracts contain mainly branched fatty acids, with C iso, C iso 9, C iso 3OH and C iso as main constituents. The G+C content of the DNA of the novel species is between 67·6 and 68·7 mol%.

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