Rhodococcus pseudokoreensis sp. nov. isolated from the rhizosphere of young M26 apple rootstocks.

ABSTRACT: The Gram-positive strain R79^T, isolated from the rhizosphere of young M26 apple rootstocks, was investigated by a polyphasic taxonomic approach. Phylogenetic identification based on the full-length 16S rRNA gene sequence revealed highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to the type strains of Rhodococcus wratislaviensis (99.6%) and Rhodococcus opacus (99.2%) followed by Rhodococcus imtechensis (98.9%). All other 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities were below 98.65%. A phylogenomic tree calculated based on a whole-genome sequence also showed a distinct clustering with the type strain of Rhodococcus koreensis. Average nucleotide identity (ANI) values between whole-genome sequences of R79^T and the closest related type strains were below 95% supported the novel species s

SUBMITTER: Kampfer P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9300504 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature