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International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volume 57, Issue 6

sp. nov., a novel bacterium that nodulates in a subtropical region of China Free

Abstract

A novel group associated with [ Wang (2006) , , 502–517] was further characterized. The seven strains in this group showed similar protein patterns and were different from defined species in SDS-PAGE of whole-cell proteins. The representative strain CCBAU 61158 formed a novel lineage in phylogenetic analyses of 16S rRNA, , and genes. However, its gene sequence was more similar to that of R602sp than to those of species. DNA–DNA relatedness between CCBAU 61158 and reference strains of defined species was lower than 34.1 %. These results indicated that this group was a unique genomic species. The subtropical distribution, host origin, PCR-RFLP patterns of 16S rRNA genes, fatty acid profile and a series of phenotypic characteristics could be used as distinctive features of this group. This group is therefore proposed as a novel species, sp. nov., with CCBAU 61158 (=LMG 23507=USDA 4964) as the type strain. Strain CCBAU 61158 could form effective nodules on , , and .

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Mesorhizobium albiziae sp. nov., a novel bacterium that nodulates Albizia kalkora in a subtropical region of China
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Dendrogram showing the relationship of the novel isolates ( sp. nov.) and reference strains for defined species derived from SDS-PAGE of whole-cell proteins.

Sequence alignment of the insertion in the 16S rRNA gene sequence of strains, defined species and type A LMG 9517.

DNA–DNA relatedness between strain CCBAU 61158 and related strains.

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