Ruegeria alba sp. nov., Isolated from a Tidal Flat Sediment

作者:Du, Juan; Liu, Yang; Pei, Tao; Li, Anzhang; Zhu, Honghui*
来源:Current Microbiology, 2022, 79(9): 267.
DOI:10.1007/s00284-022-02968-5

摘要

A novel Gram-staining-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped, and white-colored bacterium designated as 1NDH52C(T) was isolated from a tidal flat sediment and its taxonomic position was determined using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. The microorganism was found to grow at 10-37 degrees C, pH 6.0-9.0, and in the presence of 0-2% (w/v) NaCl, and to hydrolyze gelatin and aesculin. The major cellular fatty acid of strain 1NDH52C(T) was summed feature 8 (C-19:1 omega 7c and/or C-18:1 omega 6c); the polar lipids comprised diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, an aminolipid, and a lipid; the respiratory quinone was ubiquinone-10. The 16S rRNA gene-based phylogenetic analysis showed that strain 1NDH52C(T) was closely related to members of the genus Ruegeria with the identity of 98.2% to the type strain Ruegeria pomeroyi DSM 15711(T). The genome DNA G + C content of strain 1NDH52C(T) was 63.6%. The phylogenomic analysis indicated that strain 1NDH52C(T) formed an independent branch distinct from reference type strains of species within this genus. Digital DNA-DNA hybridization and average nucleotide identity values between strain 1NDH52C(T) and reference strains were, respectively, 19.1-41.5% and 78.3-91.3%, which are far below the thresholds of 70% and 95-96% for species definition, respectively, indicating that strain 1NDH52C(T) represents a novel genospecies of the genus Ruegeria. Based on phenotypic and genotypic data, strain 1NDH52C(T) is concluded to represent a novel species of the genus Ruegeria, for which the name Ruegeria alba sp. nov., is proposed. The type strain of the species is 1NDH52C(T) (= GDMCC 1.2382(T) = KCTC 82664(T)).