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Cellulomonas bogoriensis sp. nov., an alkaliphilic cellulomonad

¹ Genencor International BV, Archimedesweg 30, 2333 CN Leiden, The Netherlands
² Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester, PO Box 138, Leicester LE1 9HN, UK
³ DSMZ – Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH, Mascheroder Weg 1b, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany

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Brian E. Jones
bjones{at}genencor.com

An alkaliphilic, slightly halotolerant, chemo-organotrophic, Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium, strain 69B4^T, was isolated from the sediment of the littoral zone of Lake Bogoria, Kenya. Phylogenetically, it is a member of the genus Cellulomonas, showing less than 97·5 % sequence similarity to the type strains of other Cellulomonas species. The highest level of similarity, albeit moderate, was found with respect to Cellulomonas cellasea DSM 20118^T. Chemotaxonomic properties confirm the 16S rRNA gene-based generic affiliation, i.e. a DNA G+C content of 71·5 mol%, anteiso-C_{15 : 0} and C_{16 : 0} as the major fatty acids, MK-9(H₄) as the major isoprenoid quinone, a peptidoglycan containing L-ornithine as the diamino acid and D-aspartic acid in the interpeptide bridge and phosphatidylglycerol as the only identified main polar lipid. The strain is aerobic to facultatively anaerobic, being capable of growth under strictly anaerobic conditions. Optimal growth occurs between pH values 9·0 and 10·0. On the basis of its distinct phylogenetic position and metabolic properties, strain 69B4^T represents a novel species of the genus Cellulomonas, for which the name Cellulomonas bogoriensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is 69B4^T (=DSM 16987^T=CIP 108683^T).

The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain 69B4^T is X92152.

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