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Abstract

Four novel bacterial strains, designated Z294, Z311, Z443 and Z446, were isolated from the intestinal contents of plateau pika () on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau of China. Cells were Gram-stain-positive, catalase-positive, oxidase-negative, aerobic, non-motile and short-rod shaped. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that the four isolates belong to the genus , but clearly separate from the currently recognized species. Both type strains (Z294 and Z443) shared low 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity, digital DNA–DNA hybridization relatedness and average nucleotide identity values with NBRC 107612, JCM 19765, JCM 15130 and DSM 21501 and against each other. The genomic DNA G+C contents of strains Z294 and Z443 were 73.3 and 70 %, respectively. The major cellular fatty acids of strain Z294 were -C, -C A and C, in contrast to -C and -C A for strain Z443. Both type strains (Z294 and Z443) shared the following common features: glucose, rhamnose and ribose as cell-wall sugars; MK-8(H) as major menaquinone; alanine, glutamic acid and lysine as cell-wall amino acids; and diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylinositol mannoside and one unidentified phosphoglycolipid as polar lipids. Comparing the phenotypic and phylogenetic features among the four strains and their related organisms, strains Z294 and Z443 represent two novel species within the genus , for which the names sp. nov. (type strain Z294=CGMCC 1.16428=DSM 106344) and sp. nov. (type strain Z443=CGMCC 1.16435=DSM 106174) are proposed.

Funding
This study was supported by the:
  • Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College (CN) (Award SZSM201811071)
    • Principle Award Recipient: Jianguo Xu
  • Research Units of Discovery of Unknown Bacteria and Function (Award 2018RU010)
    • Principle Award Recipient: Jianguo Xu
  • National Science and Technology Major Project of China (Award 2018ZX10712001-007, 2018ZX10305409-003)
    • Principle Award Recipient: Jing Yang
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