Macromonas nakdongensis sp. nov., Isolated from Freshwater and Characterization of Bacteriophage BK-30P-The First Phage That Infects Genus Macromonas.

ABSTRACT: A Gram-stain-negative, non-motile, non-pigmented, rod-shaped bacterium was isolated from a freshwater sample of Nakdong River in South Korea and designated as strain BK-30^T. An analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain BK-30^T revealed its closest phylogenetic neighbors were members of the genus Macromonas. Specifically, the strain formed a robust clade with Macromonas bipunctata DSM 12705^T, sharing 98.4% similarity in their 16S rRNA gene sequences. The average nucleotide identity value between strain BK-30^T and M. bipunctata DSM 12705^T was 79.8%, and the genome-to-genome distance averaged 21.3%, indicating the representation of a novel genomic species. Strain BK-30^T exhibited optimum growth at 30

SUBMITTER: Baek K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10535371 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature