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Gordonia pseudamarae sp. nov., a home for novel actinobacteria isolated from stable foams on activated sludge wastewater treatment plants

Lookup NU author(s): Professor Michael Goodfellow

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Abstract

The taxonomic status of two Gordonia strains, designated BEN371 and CON9T, isolated from stable foams on activated sludge plants was the subject of a polyphasic study which also included the type strains of Gordonia species and three authenticated Gordonia amarae strains recovered from such foams. Phylogenetic analyses of 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that these isolates formed a compact cluster suggesting a well-supported lineage together with a second branch containing the G. amarae strains. A phylogenomic tree based on sequences of 92 core genes extracted from whole genome sequences of the isolates, the G. amarae strains and Gordonia type strains confirmed the assignment of the isolates and the G. amarae strains to separate but closely associated lineages. Average nucleotide index (ANI) and digital DNA-DNA hybridisation (dDDH) similarities showed that BEN371 and CON9T belonged to the same species and had chemotaxonomic and morphological features consistent with their assignment to the genus Gordonia. The isolates and the G. amarae strains were distinguished using a range of phenotypic features and by low ANI and dDDH values of 84.2 and 27.0 %, respectively. These data supplemented with associated genome characteristics show that BEN371 and CON9T represent a novel species of the genus Gordonia. The name proposed for members of this taxon is Gordonia pseudamarae sp. nov. with isolate CON9T (=DSM 43602T=JCM 35249T) as the type strain.

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Author(s): Riesco R, Rose JJA, Batinovic S, Petrovski S, Sanchez-Juanes F, Seviour RJ, Goodfellow M, Trujillo ME

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Year: 2022

Volume: 72

Issue: 10

Pages: 005547

Online publication date: 18/10/2022

Acceptance date: 21/07/2022

ISSN (print): 1466-5026

ISSN (electronic): 1466-5034

Publisher: Microbiology Society

URL: https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.005547

DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.005547

PubMed id: 36256446

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