Paralcaligenes ureilyticus gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from soil of a Korean ginseng field

Abstract

A bacterial strain, designated GR24-5(T), was isolated from soil cultivated with Korean ginseng. Cells were Gram-negative, strictly aerobic, catalase- and oxidase-positive, non-spore-forming motile rods. Based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence, strain GR24-5(T) could be assigned to the family Alcaligenaceae. Strain GR24-5(T) showed the highest sequence similarities with Parapusillimonas granuli Ch07(T) (97.1%), Pusillimonas noertemannii BN9(T) (96.9%), Pigmentiphaga kullae DSM 13608(T) (96.5%), and Castellaniella defragrans 54Pin(T) (96.3%). Strain GR24-5(T) demonstrated a low DNA-DNA relatedness (23%) with P. granuli Ch07(T). The major respiratory quinone is ubiquinone 8 (Q-8) and the major fatty acids are C(16:0), C(17:0) cyclo, and summed feature 1 (C(14:0) 3-OH/iso-C(16:1) I/C(12:0) aide). Putrescine, spermidine, and 2-hydroxyputrescine are the major polyamines. The major polar lipids are phosphatidylmethylethanolamine, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, di-phosphatidylglycerol, and an unknown aminophospholipid. Polar lipid patterns of strain GR24-5(T) were unique in having a large amount of phosphatidylmethylethanolamine. Based on phylogenetic analysis and physiological and biochemical characteristics, strain GR245(T) represents a novel genus and species, for which the name Paralcaligenes ureilyticus gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of P. aralcaligenes ureilyticus is GR24-5(T) (=KACC 13888 =DSM 24591(T)).