Description of Sphingomonas mohensis sp. nov., Isolated from Sediment

  • Lu Han
  • , Yue Wen Teng
  • , Qing Qing Feng
  • , Ren Gang Zhang
  • , Xing Min Zhao
  • , Jie Lv
  • , Bing Xie*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

An aerobic, gram-reaction-negative, rod-shaped bacterium, designated strain Z6T, was isolated from sediment collected at Mohe Basin, China. And its taxonomic position was investigated by applying a polyphasic approach. Growth occurs at 10–45 °C (optimum, 30 °C), at pH 6.0–11.0 (optimum, pH 7.0) and in the presence of 0–3.0 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 0 %). The polar lipid profile of strain Z6T revealed the presence of diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, sphingoglycolipid and two unidentified phospholipids, and the major quinone was Q-10. The major fatty acids were C18:1ω7c and/or C18:1ω6c (summed feature 8) and C16:1ω6c and/or C16:1ω7c (summed feature 3). The predominant polyamine was homospermidine. The DNA G + C content of strain Z6T is 65.2 mol%. On the basis of the polyphasic evidence presented, strain Z6T represents a novel species of the genus Sphingomonas, for which the name Sphingomonas mohensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is Z6T (=CGMCC 1.12891T = JCM 19983T).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)386-392
Number of pages7
JournalCurrent Microbiology
Volume73
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Sep 2016

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