A mesophilic, endospore-forming, sulfate-reducing bacterium, designated strain NAW-5T, was isolated from marsh soil. Cells of strain NAW-5T were Gram-stain-negative, curved rods that were motile. Strain NAW-5T grew at 18–48 °C (optimum 32–37 °C) and pH 5.8–8.4 (optimum pH 6.2–7.3). Electron donors utilized were various organic acids and H2 which support autotrophic growth. Fermentative growth occurred on carboxylic acids, but not on sugar. Sulfate, thiosulfate and elemental sulfur were used as electron acceptors. The respiratory isoprenoid quinone was MK-7. The genomic DNA G+C content of this strain was 46.6 mol%. Sequence analysis of the 16S rRNA gene showed that strain NAW-5T was affiliated to the family ‘Desulfotomaculaceae’ but the strain shared very low sequence similarity with any representatives of this family (≥89 %). Strain NAW-5T belongs to Desulfotomaculum subcluster Ig which does not include any species with validly published names. On the basis of significant differences in the phylogenetic and phenotypic properties between strain NAW-5T and related species, strain NAW-5T represents a novel species of a new genus for which the name Desulfocucumis palustris gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of the type species is NAW-5T (=DSM 102911T=NBRC 112242T).
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