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Abstract

The taxonomic position of a polycyclic-aromatic-hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium, strain 17A3, isolated from contaminated soil was determined using a combination of phenotypic and genotypic properties. The isolate showed phenotypic properties that were diagnostic for species of the genus . Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis assigned 17A3 to the 16S rRNA gene subgroup that contains , , and , but it could clearly be distinguished from these species using a combination of physiological, chemotaxonomic markers and internal rRNA gene spacer analyses. The data showed that strain 17A3 (=DSM 44605=NRRL B-24244) merits recognition as the type strain of a novel species of the genus . The name sp. nov. is proposed for the species because of its ability to use pyrene as a sole source of carbon and energy.

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