@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001892, author = "Carro, Lorena and Mulas, Rebeca and Pastor-Bueis, Raquel and Blanco, Daniel and Terrón, Arsenio and González-Andrés, Fernando and Peix, Alvaro and Velázquez, Encarna", title = "Delftia rhizosphaerae sp. nov. isolated from the rhizosphere of Cistus ladanifer", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2017", volume = "67", number = "6", pages = "1957-1960", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001892", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001892", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "Cistus ladanifer", keywords = "Delftia", keywords = "rhizosphere", abstract = "A bacterial strain, designated RA6T, was isolated from the rhizosphere of Cistus ladanifer. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequence placed the isolate into the genus Delftia within a cluster encompassing the type strains of Delftia lacustris , Delftia tsuruhatensis , Delftia acidovorans and Delftia litopenaei , which presented greater than 97 % sequence similarity with respect to strain RA6T. DNA–DNA hybridization studies showed average relatedness ranging from of 11 to 18 % between these species of the genus Delftia and strain RA6T. Catalase and oxidase were positive. Casein was hydrolysed but gelatin and starch were not. Ubiquinone 8 was the major respiratory quinone detected in strain RA6T together with low amounts of ubiquinones 7 and 9. The major fatty acids were those from summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c/C16 : 1 ω6c) and C16 : 0. The predominant polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylethanolamine. Phylogenetic, chemotaxonomic and phenotypic analyses showed that strain RA6T should be considered as a representative of a novel species of genus Delftia , for which the name Delftia rhizosphaerae sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is RA6T (=LMG 29737T= CECT 9171T).", }