A Gram-stain-negative bacterium, designated SP-35T, was isolated from compost and was subjected to a taxonomic study. This isolate was short-rod-shaped and non-spore-forming. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA sequence comparison indicated the isolate was related to the genus Comamonas. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that its closest neighbours were the type strains Comamonas odontotermitis Dant 3-8T (96.8 % similarity), Comamonas testosteroni DSM 50244T (96.5 %), Comamonas guangdongensis CY01T (95.9 %) and Comamonas composti YY287T (95.6 %). Using phylogenetic analysis, DNA–DNA hybridization, fatty acid composition data and a range of physiological and biochemical characteristics we could clearly distinguish strain SP-35T from type strains of the genus Comamonas. The genomic DNA G+C content of strain SP-35T was 63.1 mol%. The predominant cellular fatty acids were C16 : 0, C17 : 0 cyclo, summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω6c and/or C16 : 1ω7c) and summed feature 8 (C18 : 1ω6c and/or C18 : 1ω7c). The major polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidlyglycerol. Differences in phenotypic and phylogenetic characteristics support the classification of strain SP-35T as a representative of a novel species in the genus Comamonas, for which the name Comamonasserinivorans sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is SP-35T ( = DSM 26136T = JCM 18194T).
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This study was supported by the:
Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, China
(Award BK2012695)
Technology Innovation Fund for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises of Jiangsu Province, China
(Award BC2013209)
Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, State Education Ministry, China
Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
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