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sp. nov., isolated from discarded tar Free

Abstract

A polyphasic taxonomic study was performed on a pink-coloured unknown bacterium isolated from discarded road tar. Comparative analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence demonstrated that the isolate belongs phylogenetically to the genus with , and as its closest phylogenetic relatives (96.7, 96.6 and 96.6 % similarity to the respective type strains). The generic assignment was confirmed on the basis of chemotaxonomic data, which revealed a fatty acid profile characteristic for the genus , consisting of straight-chain saturated and unsaturated fatty acids, with C 7 as the major unsaturated non-hydroxylated fatty acid, and C 3-OH as the major hydroxylated fatty acid, and a ubiquinone with ten isoprene units (Q-10) as the predominant respiratory quinone. On the basis of both the phenotypic and molecular genetic evidence, it is proposed that the unknown isolate should be classified within a novel species of the genus , for which the name sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is IMMIB TAR-3 (=CCUG 55431 =DSM 19922).

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