Polynucleobacter paneuropaeus sp. nov., characterized by six strains isolated from freshwater lakes located along a 3000 km north-south cross-section across Europe.

ABSTRACT: Six Polynucleobacter (Burkholderiaceae, Betaproteobacteria) strains isolated from different freshwater lakes located across Europe were taxonomically investigated. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences assigns all six strains to the cryptic species complex PnecC within the genus Polynucleobacter. Analyses of partial glutamine synthetase (glnA) genes suggests that all six strains belong to the species-like taxon designated F15 in previous papers. Comparative genome analyses reveal that the six strains form a genomically coherent group characterized by whole-genome average nucleotide identity (gANI) values of >98 % but separated by gANI values of <88 % from the type strains and representatives of the 16 previously described Polynucleobacter species. In phylogenetic analyses

SUBMITTER: Hoetzinger M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6445354 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature