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Larkinella insperata gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium of the phylum ‘Bacteroidetes’ isolated from water of a steam generator

¹ BCCM/LMG Bacteria Collection, Ghent University, Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
² Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pr. 100 Let Vladivostoku 159, 690022, Vladivostok, Russia
³ Laboratory of Microbiology, Ghent University, Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium

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Marc Vancanneyt
Marc.Vancanneyt{at}UGent.be

A Gram-negative bacterium, designated strain LMG 22510^T, was isolated from water of a pharmaceutical company steam generator. The cells had a ring-like and horseshoe-shaped morphology and possessed gliding motility. Phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence showed that the strain was a member of the Flexibacter group within the phylum ‘Bacteroidetes’; its nearest neighbour was Spirosoma linguale (88·8 % sequence similarity). DNA base content, fatty acid composition and biochemical characteristics were determined. Genotypic and phenotypic data indicated that strain LMG 22510^T could not be assigned to any recognized genus; therefore, a novel genus and species is proposed, Larkinella insperata gen. nov., sp. nov., with LMG 22510^T (=NCIMB 14103^T) as the type strain.

The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession numbers for the 16S rRNA gene sequences of Larkinella insperata LMG 22510^T and Spirosoma linguale LMG 10896^T are AM000022 and AM000023, respectively.

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