Devosia elaeis sp. nov., isolated from oil palm rhizospheric soil

• Published in: International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology Vol. 67; no. 4; pp. 851 - 855
• Main Authors: Mohd Nor, Muhammad Nuruddin, Sabaratnam, Vikineswary, Tan, Geok Yuan Annie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01-04-2017
• Subjects: Arecaceae - microbiology; Bacterial Typing Techniques; Base Composition; DNA, Bacterial - genetics; Fatty Acids - chemistry; Glycolipids - chemistry; Hyphomicrobiaceae - classification; Hyphomicrobiaceae - genetics; Hyphomicrobiaceae - isolation & purification; Malaysia; Phospholipids - chemistry; Phylogeny; Rhizosphere; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Soil Microbiology; Ubiquinone - chemistry
• ISSN: 1466-5026; 1466-5034
• DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.001683

A bacterial isolate, designated strain S37T, was isolated from the rhizosphere of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis). Strain S37T was found to be Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, motile and rod shaped. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, strain S37T was most closely related to Devosia albogilva IPL15T (97.3 %), Devosia chinhatensis IPL18T (96.8 %) and Devosia subaequoris HST3-14T (96.5 %). The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 63.0 mol%, and dominant cellular fatty acids were summed feature 8 (C18 : 1ω7c and/or C18 : 1ω6c), 11-methyl C18 : 1ω7c and C16 : 0. The predominant isoprenoid quinone was ubiquinone-10 (Q-10), and the major polar lipids were phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, glycolipid and phospholipids. Based on the polyphasic taxonomic data, it is clear that strain S37T represents a novel species of the genus Devosia within the family Hyphomicrobiaceae, for which we propose the name Devosia elaeis sp. nov., with strain S37T (=TBRC 5145T=LMG 29420T) as the type strain.