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Providencia vermicola sp. nov., isolated from infective juveniles of the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema thermophilum

¹ Division of Nematology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India
² DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH, Mascheroder Weg 1b, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany

Correspondence
Erko Stackebrandt
erko{at}dsmz.de

In the course of isolating bacteria from infective juveniles of the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema thermophilum Ganguly & Singh, 2000, three isolates were obtained (OP1^T, OP29 and VS3). On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis and riboprint patterns, these three strains were identical to each other but distinct from the type strains of the five recognized species of the genus Providencia. Based on biochemical and genomic analysis and supported by the low (<35 %) DNA–DNA relatedness between strain OP1^T and the type strain of its phylogenetically closest relative, Providencia rettgeri (99·5 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity), strain OP1^T was considered to be sufficiently distinct from recognized Providencia species to warrant the description of a novel species. The name Providencia vermicola sp. nov. is proposed, with OP1^T (=DSM 17385^T=CIP 108829^T) as the type strain.

The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession numbers for the 16S rRNA gene sequences reported here are AM040495 (strain OP1^T), AM040492 (P. rettgeri DSM 4542^T), AM040491 (P. stuartii DSM 4539^T), AM040489 (P. rustigianii DSM 4541^T) and AM040490 (P. heimbachae DSM 3591^T).

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