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Phylogenetic Evidence for Transfer of Pentachlorophenol-Mineralizing Rhodococcus chlorophenolicus PCP-I^T to the Genus Mycobacterium

MARIA BRIGLIA^1,*, RIK I. L. EGGEN^1,, DIRK J. VAN ELSAS² and WILLEM M. DE VOS¹

¹ Bacterial Genetics Group, Department of Microbiology, Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
² Institute of Soil Fertility, Wageningen, The Netherlands

^* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, Wageningen Agricultural University, Hesselink van Suchtelenweg, 4, NL-6703 CT Wageningen, The Netherlands. Phone: 31 (0) 8370 84099. Fax: 31 (0) 8370 83829.

ABSTRACT

We determined the nucleotide sequence of a 16S rRNA gene of Rhodococcus chlorophenolicus PCP-I^T (= DSM 43826^T) (T = type strain). Sequence comparisons revealed that there was a close relationship between strain PCP-I^T and strains belonging to the genus Mycobacterium. The sequence data were used to construct a phylogenetic tree, which showed that Mycobacterium chubuense is the closest relative of strain PCP-I^T. We propose that strain PCP-I^T should be transferred to the genus Mycobacterium and renamed Mycobacterium chlorophenolicum PCP-I^T comb. nov.

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