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gen. nov., sp. nov., a carbon monoxide-oxidizing bacterium belonging to a novel genus of the family isolated from leaves of Open Access

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A novel carbon monoxide (CO)-oxidizing bacterial strain designated as SB112 was enriched and isolated from leaves from Tocil Wood Nature Reserve in Coventry, UK. The strain was Gram reaction-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped, motile with a polar flagellum and non-spore-forming. Growth of strain SB112 was observed at 10–45 °C, pH 6.0–12.0 and NaCl concentrations of 1–3%. The genomic DNA G+C content was 58.3 mol%, and the major fatty acids (>10%) of strain SB112 were C ω7c, C ω7c 11-methyl and C cyclo ω7c. Major polar lipids were phosphatidylcholine, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol and a phospholipid. Strain SB112ᵀ contains ubiquinone-10 as the major respiratory quinone. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain SB112 formed a separate lineage within the family , showing sequence identities of 97.7%, 97.6% and 97.5%, with its closest relatives , and , respectively. Phylogenomic analyses using whole-genome sequences consistently placed this strain within the family . However, its phylogenetic position did not correspond to any known genus within this family. The genome of strain SB112 was found to possess the form II gene, which encodes the large subunit of the CO dehydrogenase and potentially enables CO oxidation. The average nucleotide identity and digital DNA–DNA hybridization with members of closely related genera yielded values below the thresholds for prokaryotic species delineation (95–96 and 70%, respectively). Based on the phenotypic, chemotaxonomic, phylogenetic, genomic and physiological properties, strain SB112 is considered to represent a novel species of a new genus within the family for which the name gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type of strain is SB112 (=LMG 33802, =NCAIM B.02691).

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Keyword(s): carbon monoxide , genus , Ilex aquifolium , leaf , oxidation and phyllosphere
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This study was supported by the:
  • Natural Environment Research Council (Award NE/X001245/1)
    • Principal Award Recipient: SchäferHendrik
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Foliimonas ilicis gen. nov., sp. nov., a carbon monoxide-oxidizing bacterium belonging to a novel genus of the family Phyllobacteriaceae isolated from leaves of Ilex aquifolium
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