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Description of Tellurirhabdus bombi sp. nov., Isolated from Bumblebee

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A Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, non-motile, and rod-shaped bacterium, designated IE-0392T, was isolated from a bumblebee. The 16S rRNA gene sequence (highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with the type strain of Tellurirhabdus rosea (90.0%) and phylogenetic analysis suggest that strain IE-0392T was a member of the genus Tellurirhabdus. Strain IE-0392T optimally grew at 25 ℃ and pH 7.0. Menaquinone 7 (MK-7) was the only isoprenoid quinone present in strain IE-0392T. The major fatty acids (> 10%) of strain IE-0392T were iso-C15:0, C16:1 ω5c, and iso-C17:0 3-OH. The polar lipids of strain IE-0392T were phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylserine, unidentified aminophospholipids, unidentified aminolipid, unidentified phospholipid, and unidentified lipids. The genomic DNA G + C content of strain IE-0392T was 48.8%. The amino acid identity (AAI) and the average nucleotide identity (ANI) values suggest that strain IE-0392T is a novel member of the genus Tellurirhabdus. The results suggest that strain IE-0392T represents a novel species of the genus Tellurirhabdus, for which the name Tellurirhabdus bombi sp. nov., is proposed. The type strain is IE-0392T (= GDMCC 1.2794T = JCM 35040T).

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The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence and whole-genome sequence of strain IE-0392T are MW888470 and CP090557, respectively.

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The authors acknowledge the Shaanxi Province Academy of Sciences, China, for kindly supporting the project. We are grateful to Ling-ling Yang for the electron microscopy sample preparation.

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This research work was supported by the Foundation of Science and Technology in Shaanxi Province (2020TD-050); Science and Technology Research Project of Shaanxi Province Academy of Sciences (grant: 2018nk-01); Key Research and Development Program of Shaanxi Province (grant: 2022NY-136); Agricultural Technology Research Project of Xi’an (grant: 21NYYF0027).

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    Kun Zhang, Jun Wang, Jing Zi, Yan Wang & Yi Wan

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YiW supervised the study. KZ designed the research and project outline. SYN performed sample collection. JW performed isolation. MPNR and AB conducted the genome analysis. JZ and YaW performed deposition and polyphasic taxonomy. KZ and MPNR finished the study and revised the final manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Zhang, K., Narsing Rao, M.P., Banerjee, A. et al. Description of Tellurirhabdus bombi sp. nov., Isolated from Bumblebee. Curr Microbiol 80, 337 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-023-03440-8

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