<i>Foliimonas ilicis</i> gen. nov., sp. nov., a carbon monoxide-oxidizing bacterium belonging to a novel genus of the family <i>Phyllobacteriaceae</i> isolated from leaves of <i>Ilex aquifolium</i>.

ABSTRACT: A novel carbon monoxide (CO)-oxidizing bacterial strain designated as SB112^T was enriched and isolated from Ilex aquifolium leaves from Tocil Wood Nature Reserve in Coventry, UK. The strain was Gram reaction-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped, motile with a polar flagellum and non-spore-forming. Growth of strain SB112^T was observed at 10-45 °C, pH 6.0-12.0 and NaCl concentrations of 1-3%. The genomic DNA G+C content was 58.3 mol%, and the major fatty acids (>10%) of strain SB112^T were C_18 : 1 ω7c, C_18 : 1 ω7c 11-methyl and C_19 : 0 cyclo ω7c. Major polar lipids were phosphatidylcholine, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol and a phospholipid. Strain SB112ᵀ contains ubiquinone-10 as the major respiratory quinone. Phy

SUBMITTER: Banerjee S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12582533 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature