Comparative Genomics of Novel Agrobacterium G3 Strains Isolated From the International Space Station and Description of Agrobacterium tomkonis sp. nov.

ABSTRACT: Strains of Agrobacterium genomospecies 3 (i.e., genomovar G3 of the Agrobacterium tumefaciens species complex) have been previously isolated from diverse environments, including in association with plant roots, with algae, as part of a lignocellulose degrading community, from a hospital environment, as a human opportunistic pathogen, or as reported in this study, from a surface within the International Space Station. Polyphasic taxonomic methods revealed the relationship of Agrobacterium G3 strains to other Agrobacterium spp., which supports the description of a novel species. The G3 strains tested (n = 9) were phenotypically distinguishable among the strains from other genomospecies of the genus Agrobacterium. Phylogenetic analyses of the 16S rRNA

SUBMITTER: Singh NK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8685578 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature