Journal article

Publication year: 2006

Pages: 287-291

Journal: Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volume number: 29

Issue number: 4

ISSN: 0723-2020

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2005.12.009

Publisher: Elsevier

Abstract: 
A bacterial strain (CCUG 36956T) isolated from drinking water was taxonomically studied in detail. Phylogenetic analyses using the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the isolate indicated that it belongs to family Oxalobacteraceae of the beta-subclass of the Proteobacteria, with the highest sequence similarity of 99.3% to the type strain of Herminiimonas fonticola. In the polyamine pattern putrescine and 2-hydroxyputrescine were the predominant compounds. In the polar lipid profile major compounds were phosphatidyl ethanolamine and diphosphatidyl glycerol. Phosphatidyl glycerol and an unknown phospholipid were detected in moderate proportions. The major respiratory quinone was a ubiquinone Q-8 and the major whole cell fatty acids were 16:1 omega7c, 17:1 omega6c, and 16:0. The strain also contained 10:0 3-OH and other fatty acids typical for members of the genus Herminiimonas. The results of DNA-DNA hybridizations and physiological and biochemical tests allowed genotypic and phenotypic differentiation of strain CCUG 36956T from H. fonticola. For this reason, we propose that strain CCUG 36956T represents a new species of the genus Herminiimonas for which we propose the name Herminiimonas aquatilis sp. nov.

Harvard Citation style: Kämpfer, P., Busse, H. and Falsen, E. (2006) Herminiimonas aquatilis sp. nov., a new species from drinking water, Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 29(4), pp. 287-291. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2005.12.009

APA Citation style: Kämpfer, P., Busse, H., & Falsen, E. (2006). Herminiimonas aquatilis sp. nov., a new species from drinking water. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 29(4), 287-291. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2005.12.009