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sp. nov., isolated from thermophilic anaerobic sludge from a methanol-fed reactor Open Access

Abstract

Strain AMP has been previously suggested as a strain of the species Jiang . 2009 (based on the high 16S rRNA gene identity, 98.3 %). However, genome-based phylogenetic analysis of strain AMP reveals that this bacterium is in fact a novel species of the genus . Genome relatedness indices between strain AMP and DSM 521 were below the minimum threshold values required to consider them members of the same species (digital DNA–DNA hybridization, 52.2 % (<70%); average nucleotide identity, 93.2 % (<95%)). Based on phylogenetic and phenotypic results we recommend that strain AMP (DSM 21394=JCM 35360) should be classified as representing new species, for which we propose the name sp. nov.

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Keyword(s): acetogen , carbon monoxide , methanol , Moorella and Moorella caeni sp. nov.
Funding
This study was supported by the:
  • Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap (Award 024.002.002)
    • Principle Award Recipient: AlfonsJ.M. Stams
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