Undibacterium terreum sp. nov., isolated from permafrost soil.

ABSTRACT

The bacterial strain C3(T) was isolated from permafrost soil in Beijicun, Mohe County, Heilongjiang province, China. Cells of strain C3(T) were Gram-stain-negative rods, 0.3-0.4 µm in diameter and 1.0-2.6 µm in length. Strain C3(T) was strictly aerobic. Growth occurred at 15-37 °C but not at 4 or 42 °C, at pH 5.0-9.0 (optimum pH 6.0-7.0) and in the presence of 0-8 g NaCl l(-1) (optimum 0-1 g l(-1)). The analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain C3(T) was phylogenetically related to members of the genus Undibacterium, with similarities ranging from 94.7 to 96.5%. Strain C3(T) contained ubiquinone 8 as the major respiratory quinone. The major cellular fatty acids were summed feature 3 (C161ω7c/C161ω6c), C170 cyclo, straight-chain C160, C120 and C100, unsaturated C181ω7c and hydroxylated fatty acids C100 3-OH and C120 2-OH. The polar lipids were mainly phosphatidylethanolamine, diphosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylglycerol. The polyamines were putrescine and 2-hydroxyputrescine. The DNA G+C content was 57.4 mol% (determined from Tm). Based on these results, it is concluded that strain C3(T) represents a novel species of the genus Undibacterium, for which the name Undibacterium terreum sp. nov. is proposed, with C3(T) (=CGMCC 1.10998(T)=NBRC 108789(T)) representing the type strain.