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Abstract
Two strains (NLN63T and NLN82) of Gram-stain-negative, oxidase- and catalase-positive, bacilli-shaped organisms were isolated from the faecal samples of two separate Rattus norvegicus in Baisha county of Hainan Province, Southern PR China. Phylogenetic analysis based on the near full-length 16S rRNA sequences revealed that strain NLN63T belongs to the genus Pelistega , having maximum similarity to Pelistega suis CCUG 64465T (97.1 %), Pelistega europaea CCUG 39967T (96.2 %) and Pelistega indica DSM 27484T (96.2 %), respectively. The phylogenomic tree built on 553 core genes from genomes of 20 species in the genus Pelistega and other adjacent genera further confirmed that strains NLN63T and NLN82 form a distinct subline and exhibit specific phylogenetic affinity with P. europaea CCUG 39967T. In digital DNA–DNA hybridization analyses, strain NLN63T showed low estimated DNA reassociation values (21.4–22.6 %) with the type strains of the species in the genus Pelistega . The DNA G+C contents of strains NLN63T and NLN82 were 37.3 and 37.1 mol%, respectively. Strain NLN63T had a unique MALDI-TOF MS profile, contained Q-8 as the major quinone and C16 : 0, summed feature 8 (C18 : 1 ω7c/C18 : 1 ω6c or both) and summed feature 3 (C16 : 1 ω7c/C16 : 1 ω6c or both) as the dominant fatty acids. Based upon these polyphasic characterization data obtained from the present study, a novel species of the genus Pelistega , Pelistega ratti sp. nov., is proposed with NLN63T (=GDMCC 1.1697T=JCM 33788T) as the type strain.
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Funding
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the Innovative research project for graduate students of Hainan Medical University
(Award HYYS2020-18)
- Principle Award Recipient: DuanduanXuan
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Key R&D Programs of Hainan Province
(Award ZDYF2018113)
- Principle Award Recipient: XiaojunZhou
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the Key Science and Technology Projects of Hainan Province
(Award ZDYF2018140)
- Principle Award Recipient: XiaojunZhou
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the Finance science and technology project of Hainan Privince
(Award ZDYF2018155)
- Principle Award Recipient: XiaojunZhou
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the National Natural Science Foundation of China
(Award 82060377, 81760376)
- Principle Award Recipient: LinaNiu
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Education Department of Hainan Province (CN)
(Award Hnky2019ZD-27)
- Principle Award Recipient: LinaNiu
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Hainan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China
(Award 820RC650)
- Principle Award Recipient: LinaNiu