Pseudonocardia mahuensis sp. nov., Isolated from Sediment of Mahu Lake in China
摘要
An actinomycete, designated strain H11422T, was isolated from sediment collected from Mahu Lake, Sichuan Province, P.R. China, and characterized by a polyphasic taxonomic approach. Strain H11422T, based on the 16 S rRNA gene sequence analysis, exhibited the highest similarities to Pseudonocardia acidicola K10HN5T (98.5%), Pseudonocardia bannensis YIM63101T (97.9%), Pseudonocardia nigra ATK03T (97.8%) and Pseudonocardia saturnea IMSNU 20,052T (97.7%). Phylogenetic analysis based on the 16 S rRNA gene sequence placed strain H11422T into the genus Pseudonocardia, where it formed a subclade with Pseudonocardia acidicola K10HN5T. Genomic comparison with the closest type strain revealed average nucleotide identity (ANI) value of 84.8%, average amino acid identity (AAI) value of 81.6%, and digital DNA-DNA hybridization (dDDH) value of 28.9%, all significantly below the accepted species delineation thresholds. The whole-cell hydrolysates of strain H11422T were composed of meso-diaminopimelic acid (meso-DAP) as the diagnostic diamino acid, and arabinose, galactose, glucose and ribose as the major sugars. Mycolic acids were not present. The only menaquinone was determined to be MK-8(H4). The phospholipid profile included diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylinositol, three unidentified phospholipids, two unidentified aminophospholipids and two unidentified lipids. The predominant fatty acid was iso-C16:0. Based on this comprehensive taxonomic evidence, strain H11422T represents a novel species within the genus Pseudonocardia, for which the name Pseudonocardia mahuensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is H11422T (= JCM 34850T = CICC 25117T).