<i>Sphingomonas longa</i> sp. nov., <i>Sphingomonas mollis</i> sp. nov. and <i>Sphingomonas aurea</i> sp. nov.: three novel <i>Sphingomonas</i> species isolated from soil.

ABSTRACT: Three Gram-negative, aerobic and non-motile bacterial strains, BT552^T, BT553^T and KR1UV-12^T, were isolated from soil samples in Gwangju-si and Gangneung-si, the Republic of Korea. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequence showed that strains BT552^T, BT553^T and KR1UV-12^T clustered to a distinct clade within the family Sphingomonadaceae (order Sphingomonadales, class Alphaproteobacteria). The strains exhibited the highest genetic similarity with representatives of the genus Sphingomonas; moreover, strains BT552^T and BT553^T tightly clustered with Sphingomonas melonis DAPP-PG 224^T (98.2 and 98.1 %) and Sphingomonas aquatilis JSS-7^T

SUBMITTER: Kim EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12453569 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature