Methylobacterium ajmalii sp. nov., Isolated From the International Space Station.

ABSTRACT: Four strains belonging to the family of Methylobacteriaceae were isolated from different locations on the International Space Station (ISS) across two consecutive flights. Of these, three were identified as Gram-negative, rod-shaped, catalase-positive, oxidase-positive, motile bacteria, designated as IF7SW-B2^T, IIF1SW-B5, and IIF4SW-B5, whereas the fourth was identified as Methylorubrum rhodesianum. The sequence similarity of these three ISS strains, designated as IF7SW-B2^T, IIF1SW-B5, and IIF4SW-B5, was <99.4% for 16S rRNA genes and <97.3% for gyrB gene, with the closest being Methylobacterium indicum SE2.11^T. Furthermore, the multi-locus sequence analysis placed these three ISS strains in the same clade of M. indicum. Th

SUBMITTER: Bijlani S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8005752 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature