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Viridibacterium curvum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from freshwater

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A Gram stain-negative, yellowish green-pigmented, facultatively anaerobic, motile, curved rod-shaped bacterium designated as strain JJ016T was isolated from an artificial lake in South Korea, and characterized using a polyphasic approach. The 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain JJ016T indicated that the isolate belonged to the family Rhodocyclaceae and exhibited 95.0% identity to Uliginosibacterium gangwonense 5YN10-9T. The major cellular fatty acids of the novel strain were summed feature 3 (C16:1 ω6c and/or C16:1 ω7c), C16:0, C14:0, and summed feature 8 (C18:1 ω7c and/or C18:1 ω6c). The DNA G+C content of strain JJ016T was 61.9 mol%. The major respiratory quinone and major polar lipid of strain JJ016T were ubiquinone-8 and phosphatidylethanolamine, respectively. Based on the morphological and physiological properties and the biochemical evidence presented, we concluded that strain JJ016T represents a novel species of a new genus in the family Rhodocyclaceae, for which the name Viridibacterium curvum gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is JJ016T (=KACC 16899T =JCM 18715T).

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  1. Industrial Microbiology and Bioprocess Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Jeongeup, 56212, Republic of Korea

    Ji Young Kang

  2. Department of Life Sciences, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, 54896, Republic of Korea

    Jeesun Chun, Young Cheol Jung & Kwang Yeop Jahng

  3. Research Center for Bioactive Materials, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, 54896, Republic of Korea

    Kwang Yeop Jahng

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The GenBank accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain JJ016T is JN712181.

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Kang, J.Y., Chun, J., Jung, Y.C. et al. Viridibacterium curvum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from freshwater. J Microbiol. 55, 514–519 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-017-7003-5

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