Description of Sphingomonas xenophaga sp. nov. for strains BN6T and N,N which degrade xenobiotic aromatic compounds.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, 2000/1;50 Pt 1:35-41.
Stolz A, Schmidt-Maag C, Denner EB, Busse HJ, Egli T, Kämpfer P
PMID: 10826785DOI: 10.1099/00207713-50-1-35
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Abstract
The taxonomic position of two bacterial strains, BN6T and N,N, with the ability to degrade xenobiotic aromatic compounds (naphthalenesulfonates or N,N-dimethylaniline) was investigated. The 165 rRNA gene sequence, the G+C content of the DNA (62-63 mol%) and the detection of ubiquinone Q-10, 2-hydroxymyristic acid and the sphingoglycolipid present clearly placed the two strains into the genus Sphingomonas. Both strains are representatives of one species according to the level of DNA relatedness (70.7%). The strains could be separated from all validly described taxa of the genus Sphingomonas, according to the 16S rRNA gene sequence (the highest sequence similarity observed was 96 % to Sphingomonas yanoikuyae), the pattern of the polar lipids and physiological characteristics. Therefore, the new species Sphingomonas xenophaga is proposed to accommodate strains BN6T (= DSM 6383T) and N,N (= DSM 8566).
MeSH terms
Aniline Compounds; Base Composition; DNA, Bacterial; DNA, Ribosomal; Fatty Acids; Genes, rRNA; Lipids; Molecular Sequence Data; Naphthalenesulfonates; Nucleic Acid Hybridization; Pigments, Biological; Polyamines; Quinones; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; Sphingomonas; Xenobiotics
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