International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, Vol 51, 909-914, Copyright © 2001 by Society for General Microbiology

Rhizobium yanglingense sp. nov., isolated from arid and semi-arid regions in China

ZY Tan, FL Kan, GX Peng, ET Wang, B Reinhold-Hurek and WX Chen
Department of Microbiology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, PR China

A novel rhizobial group, cluster 9, defined in previous research [Tan, Z. Y., Wang, E. T., Peng, G. X., Zhu, M. E., Martinez-Romero, E. & Chen, W. X. (1999). Int J Syst Bacteriol 49, 1457--1469], was further characterized by determination of DNA base composition, whole-cell protein SDS-PAGE analysis, DNA--DNA hybridization, 16S rRNA gene sequencing and host specificity. These isolates were collected from the wild legumes Amphicarpaea trisperma, Coronilla varia and Gueldenstaedtia multiflora growing in arid and semi-arid regions in north-western China. Isolates within cluster 9 grouped into a single cluster above a similarity level of 90.6% in a cluster analysis based on protein SDS-PAGE, and they were differentiated from defined rhizobial species. Comparative analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that isolate CCBAU 71623(T), representing cluster 9, was most related to Rhizobium gallicum and Rhizobium mongolense. The DNA--DNA homologies were lower than 42.4% among cluster 9 and defined species, including R. gallicum and R. mongolense. These data indicated that cluster 9 was a unique genomic species. Isolates within this cluster could share their host plants. They could not nodulate Galega orientalis and Leucaena leucocephala and formed ineffective nodules on Phaseolus vulgaris. This group could also be differentiated from defined species by phenotypic characteristics. It is therefore proposed as a new species, Rhizobium yanglingense, with isolate CCBAU 71623 as the type strain.

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