@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.049619-0, author = "Glaeser, Stefanie P. and Galatis, Harald and Martin, Karin and Kämpfer, Peter", title = "Kaistia hirudinis sp. nov., isolated from the skin of Hirudo verbana", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2013", volume = "63", number = "Pt_9", pages = "3209-3213", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.049619-0", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.049619-0", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "A Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium was isolated from the skin of the medical leech Hirudo verbana and studied for its taxonomic allocation. 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities to other strains showed that the strain was closely related to species of the genus Kaistia . Kaistia geumhonensis was shown to be the most closely related species (96.8 %), followed by Kaistia soli (96.6 %) and Kaistia dalseonensis (96.2 %). All other species of the genus Kaistia showed 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities <96 %. Chemotaxonomic data for strain E94T (major ubiquinone: Q-10; major polar lipids: diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, hydroxyphosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylserine, unknown phospholipids, aminolipids and aminophospholipids; and major fatty acids: C18 : 1ω7c, C19 : 0ω8c cylco, C16 : 0 and C18 : 0) supported the affiliation of the isolate to the genus Kaistia . Phenotypic differentiation of strain E94T from all species of the genus Kaistia was possible using different physiological characters. Strain E94T represents a novel species of the genus Kaistia , for which the name Kaistia hirudinis sp. nov. is proposed, with the type strain E94T ( = LMG 26925T = CIP 110381T = CCM 8401T).", }