A novel polyhydroxyalkanoate-storing bacterium Thauera carbonocopians sp. nov. isolated from a sequencing batch reactor fed with volatile fatty acids.

ABSTRACT: A Gram-negative bacterial strain, namely Sel9^T, was isolated from a sequencing batch reactor for the selection of a polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA)-storing microbial biomass, fed with volatile fatty acids. 16S rRNA gene sequence and core genome analyses performed with maximum likelihood method evidenced that Sel9^T belongs to the genus Thauera with the highest phylogenetic relatedness with Thauera butanivorans DSM 2080^T (98.99%) and Thauera linaloolentis DSM 12138^T (98.49%). Digital DNA-DNA hybridization and Average Nucleotide Identity (OrthoANI) values between strain Sel9^T and the closest taxon, T. butanivorans DSM 2080^T, were 53.20 and 93.71%, respectively, which were below the cut-off values for species delineation. The predomi

SUBMITTER: Jaberi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12916913 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature