| Title |
Acinetobacter soli sp. nov., Isolated from Forest Soil |
| Author |
Duwoon Kim1, Keun Sik Baik2, Mi Sun Kim2, Seong Chan Park2, Seon Suk Kim2, Moon Soo Rhee3, Young Se Kwak4, and Chi Nam Seong2* |
| Address |
1Division of Food Science and Aqualife Medicine, Chonnam National University, Yeosu 550-749, Republic of Korea, 2Department of Biology, Sunchon National University, Suncheon 540-742, Republic of Korea, 3Korean Collection for Type Cultures, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon 305-600, Republic of Korea, 4Environment & Energy Research Center, Research Institute of Industrial Science & Technology (RIST), Gwangyang 545-090, Republic of Korea |
| Bibliography |
Journal of Microbiology, 46(4),396-401, 2008,
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| DOI |
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| Key Words |
Acinetobacter soli, gyrB gene, DNA-DNA relatedness |
| Abstract |
A non-motile and rod shaped bacterium, designated strain B1T, was isolated from forest soil at Mt. Baekwoon, Republic of Korea. Cells were Gram-negative, catalase-positive, and oxidase-negative. The major fatty acids were 9-octadecenoic acid (C18:1 ω9c; 42%) and hexadecanoic acid (C16:0; 25.9%) and summed feature 3 (comprising iso-C15:0 2-OH and/or C16:1 ω7c; 10.0%). The DNA G+C content was 44.1 mol%. A phylogenetic tree based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain B1T formed a lineage within the genus Acinetobacter and was closely related to A. baylyi DSM 14961T (98.6% sequence similarity), followed by A. baumannii DSM 30007T (97.4%), A. calcoaceticus DSM 30006T (97.0%), and 3 genomic species (96.8~7.6%). Phenotypic characteristics, gyrB gene sequence analysis and DNA-DNA relatedness data distinguished strain B1T from type strains of A. baylyi, A. baumannii, and A. calcoaceticus. On the basis of the evidence presented in this study, strain B1T represents a novel species of the genus Acinetobacter, for which the name Acinetobacter soli sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is B1T (= KCTC 22184T= JCM 15062T). |
