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Abstract

During a study to investigate the diversity of rhizobia associated with native legumes in South Africa’s Cape Floristic Region, a Gram-negative bacterium designated VG1C was isolated from the root nodules of Thunb. Based on phylogenetic analyses of the 16S rRNA and genes, VG1C belongs to the genus , with the highest degree of sequence similarity to the type strain of (98.5 % and 98 %, respectively). The DNA G+C content of strain VG1C was 60.1 mol%, and DNA–DNA relatedness values to the type strain of closely related species were found to be substantially lower than 70 %. As evidenced by results of genotypic, phenotypic and chemotaxonomic tests provided here, we conclude that isolate VG1C represents a novel rhizosphere-associated species in the genus , for which the name sp. nov. is proposed, with the type strain VG1C ( = DSM 27239 = LMG 27731).

Funding
This study was supported by the:
  • DST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology
  • Working for Water Programme
  • South African National Research Foundation (NRF)
  • British Ecological Society (Award 4101-4991)
  • National Geographic (Award 9250-13)
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