Cupriavidus plantarum sp. nov., a plant-associated species

• DOI: 10.1007/s00203-014-1018-7
• Publication Date: 2014-08-06T15:55:30Z
• Authors: Paulina Estrada-d...; Roosivelt Solano-...; Lucía Tomiko Mats...; María Soledad Vás...; Lourdes Martínez-...
• Keywords: Cupriavidus necator

During a survey of plant-associated bacteria in northeast Mexico, a group of 13 bacteria was isolated from agave, maize and sorghum plants rhizosphere. This group of strains was related to Cupriavidus respiraculi (99.4 %), but a polyphasic investigation based on DNA-DNA hybridization analysis, other genotypic studies and phenotypic features showed that this group of strains actually belongs to a new Cupriavidus species. Consequently, taking all the results together, the description of Cupriavidus plantarum sp. nov. is proposed.