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Lechevalieria atacamensis sp nov., Lechevalieria deserti sp nov and Lechevalieria roselyniae sp nov., isolated from hyperarid soils

Lookup NU author(s): Chinyere Okoro, Professor Alan Bull, Ankur Mutreja, Professor Michael Goodfellow

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Abstract

The taxonomic positions of three Lechevalieria-like strains isolated from hyperarid soils of the Atacama Desert, Chile, were established by using a polyphasic approach. The organisms had chemical and morphological properties consistent with their classification in the genus Lechevalieria. They formed a distinct subclade in the Lechevalieria 16S rRNA gene clade and were most closely related to the type strain of Lechevalieria xinjiangensis. DNA-DNA relatedness data showed that each of the isolates and Lechevalieria xinjiangensis DSM 45081(T) belong to distinct genomic species. The new isolates and the type strains of recognized Lechevalieria species were readily distinguished based on a number of phenotypic properties. A combination of the genotypic and phenotypic data showed that the three isolates represent three novel species of the genus Lechevalieria. The names proposed for these taxa are Lechevalieria atacamensis sp. nov. (type strain C61(T) =CGMCC 4.5536(T) =NRRL B-24706(T)), Lechevalieria deserti sp. nov. (type strain C68(T) =CGMCC 4.5535(T) =NRRL B-24707(T)) and Lechevalieria roselyniae, sp. nov. (type strain C81(T) =CGMCC 4.5537(T) =NRRL B-24708(T)).


Publication metadata

Author(s): Okoro CK, Bull AT, Mutreja A, Rong XY, Huang Y, Goodfellow M

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Year: 2010

Volume: 60

Pages: 296-300

Print publication date: 01/02/2010

Date deposited: 24/06/2010

ISSN (print): 1466-5026

ISSN (electronic): 1466-5034

Publisher: Society for General Microbiology

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.009985-0

DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.009985-0


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