Andreprevotia chitinilytica gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from forest soil from Halla Mountain, Jeju Island, Korea

• DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.64694-0
• Publication Date: 2007-07-11T23:20:08Z
• Authors: Hang-Yeon Weon; Byung-Yong Kim; Seung-Hee Yoo; Jae-Ho Joa; Soon-Wo Kwon; Wan-Gyu Kim
• Keywords: DNA, Bacterial; Base Composition; 0303 health sciences; Korea; Fatty Acids; Molecular Sequence Data; Quinones; Temperature; Genes, rRNA; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Sodium Chloride; DNA, Ribosomal; Neisseriaceae; 6. Clean water; Bacterial Typing Techniques; Trees; RNA, Bacterial; 03 medical and health sciences; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; Phylogeny; Soil Microbiology

A motile, Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium, designated strain JS11-7T, was isolated from forest soil from Halla Mountain, Jeju Island, Korea. It grew optimally at 28 °C, pH 6–7 and in the presence of 0–2 % (w/v) NaCl. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain JS11-7T belongs to the family Neisseriaceae, with Silvimonas terrae as its closest relative (95.0 % similarity). It contained Q-8 as the predominant quinone and summed feature 3 (comprising iso-C15 : 0 2-OH and/or C16 : 1 ω6c), C16 : 0 and C18 : 1 ω7c as the major fatty acids. The DNA G+C content was 62 mol%. On the basis of phenotypic and genotypic characteristics and the results of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, strain JS11-7T represents a novel genus and species, for which the name Andreprevotia chitinilytica gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type species is Andreprevotia chitinilytica and the type strain is JS11-7T (=KACC 11608T=DSM 18519T).