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Abstract

Two novel members of the bacterial phylum ‘’, strains CAG34 and CV41, were isolated from the guts of and ants, respectively. Strains CAG34 and CV41 were coccoid, Gram-stain-negative, non-motile, and formed cream-coloured colonies on trypticase soy agar. Optimum growth occurred under an atmosphere of 12–20 % O and 1 % CO for both strains, although strain CV41 could not grow without supplemental CO. Growth was possible under NaCl concentrations of 0.5–1.5 % (w/v) and temperatures of 23–37 °C for both strains, and pH values of 6.9–7.7 for strain CAG34 and 6.9–7.3 for strain CV41. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 60.7 mol% for strain CAG34 and 60.5 mol% for strain CV41. The major fatty acids for both strains were anteiso-C, iso-C, C, and C 5. Based on the phylogenetic analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences, the closest cultivated relative for both strains was the type strain of (91.8 % similarity). Hence, strains CAG34 and CV41 are considered to represent a new genus within the ‘ family , for which we propose the name gen. nov. Given that strains CAG34 and CV41 share 97.7 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with each other and are physiologically distinct, we propose to classify the isolates as representing two novel species, sp. nov. for strain CAG34 (=NCIMB 15004 =ATCC TSD-38) and sp. nov. for strain CV41 (=NCIMB 15005 =ATCC TSD-39 =DSM 100879).

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