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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Nesterenkonia aethiopica sp. nov., an alkaliphilic, moderate halophile isolated from an Ethiopian soda lake
International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, Volume 56, No. 6, Year 2006
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Strain DSM 17733T, isolated from the shore of Lake Abjata in Ethiopia, is a heterotrophic, alkaliphilic, moderately halophilic, Gram-positive, strictly aerobic, non-motile, non-endospore-forming bacterium. The organism grows optimally at 30-37 °C, pH 9 and 3 % (w/ v) NaCl. Analysis of the cell wall showed the presence of murein of the type L-Lys-Gly-L-Glu, variation A4α. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 69.0 mol%. Sequence analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain DSM 17733T placed the isolate in the genus Nesterenkonia. DNA-DNA hybridization of DSM 17733T with those organisms with the closest phylogenetic affiliation, i.e. Nesterenkonia halobia, Nesterenkonia lacusekhoensis and Nesterenkonia xinjiangensis, gave relatedness values of 48.5 %, 63.7 % (repetition, 57.2 %) and 35.7 % (repetition, 29.3 %), respectively. On the basis of both phenotypic and phylogenetic criteria and the low levels of DNA-DNA relatedness with the phylogenetically closest species N. xinjiangensis and N. halobia, it is proposed that the isolate be classified in a novel species, Nesterenkonia aethiopica sp. nov. The type strain is DSM 17733T (=CCUG 48939T). © 2006 IUMS.
Authors & Co-Authors
Delgado, Osvaldo Daniel
Sweden, Lund
Lunds Universitet
Quillaguamán, Jorge
Sweden, Lund
Lunds Universitet
Mattìasson, Bo B. O.
Sweden, Lund
Lunds Universitet
Gessesse, Amare
Sweden, Lund
Lunds Universitet
Hatti-Kaul, Rajni
Sweden, Lund
Lunds Universitet
Statistics
Citations: 38
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1099/ijs.0.63633-0
ISSN:
14665026
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Study Locations
Ethiopia