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Mitsuaria chitosanitabida gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic, chitosanase-producing member of the ‘Betaproteobacteria’

¹ Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University, 1060 Nishikawatsu, Matsue, Shimane 690-8504, Japan
² Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan

Correspondence
Makoto Kawamukai
kawamuka{at}life.shimane-u.ac.jp

Four strains (3001^T, 2, 12 and 13), which were isolated as chitosanase-producing bacteria from soil from Matsue city (Japan), were studied phenotypically, genotypically and phylogenetically. Based on sequence analysis of 16S rRNA genes, DNA G+C content (67·4–69·2 mol%), quinone type (UQ-8), major fatty acid composition (3-OH 10 : 0, 3-OH 14 : 0) and other phylogenetic studies, strains 3001^T, 12 and 13 were found to occupy a separate position in the ‘Betaproteobacteria’. Roseateles depolymerans, Rubrivivax gelatinosus and Ideonella dechloratans were their closest neighbours (93–95 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity). The 16S rRNA gene sequence and other characteristics suggested that strain 2 belonged to the genus Flavobacterium. DNA–DNA hybridization experiments supported the conclusion that strains 3001^T, 12 and 13 were of the same species (72–78 % DNA hybridization) and only distantly related to I. dechloratans and R. gelatinosus. It is proposed that strains 3001^T, 12 and 13 represent a novel genus and species for which the name Mitsuaria chitosanitabida gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of Mitsuaria chitosanitabida is 3001^T (=IAM 14711^T=ATCC BAA-476^T).

Published online ahead of print on 6 May 2005 as DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.63629-0.

The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession numbers for the 16S rRNA gene sequences of strains 3001^T, 2, 12 and 13 are AB006851, AY856841, AB024307 and AB024306, respectively.

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