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sp. nov., which lacks the bacterial tubulin and genes Free

Abstract

is a sheathed bacterium often found in metal-rich and oligotrophic aquatic environments. A bacterial strain that is able to degrade the NaOH-treated sheath of was isolated. The isolate was a Gram-negative, aerobic and prosthecate bacterium. The optimum growth temperature and pH were 30 °C and pH 7.0, respectively. The DNA G+C content was 62.9 mol%. The major respiratory quinone was MK-6. A phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene indicated that the isolate is a member of the genus . The nearest relative was the type strain of , with a similarity of 97.1 %. However, the isolate does not possess the bacterial tubulin genes, and , unique to known species of the genus . It is proposed that the isolate represents a novel species, sp. nov. The type strain is HAQ-1 (=JCM 14805 =KACC 12649 =KCTC 22182).

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Prosthecobacter fluviatilis sp. nov., which lacks the bacterial tubulin btubA and btubB genes
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Typical time-course of mucopolysaccharide degradation and growth of strain HAQ-1 .

Binding positions of PCR primers designed for amplification of the gene.

Binding positions of PCR primers designed for amplification of the gene.

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