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Comamonas odontotermitis sp. nov., isolated from the gut of the termite Odontotermes formosanus

¹ Department of Soil Environmental Science, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
² Department of Marine Biotechnology, National Kaohsiung Marine University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
³ Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Seafood Science, National Kaohsiung Marine University, 142 Hai-Chuan Road, Nan-Tzu, Kaohsiung City 811, Taiwan

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Wen-Ming Chen
p62365{at}ms28.hinet.net

A bacterial strain, designated Dant 3-8^T, isolated from the gut of the termite Odontotermes formosanus, was investigated by a polyphasic taxonomic approach. The cells were rod-shaped, Gram-negative, non-pigmented, non-spore-forming and non-fermentative. Phylogenetic analyses using the 16S rRNA gene sequence showed that the strain formed a monophyletic branch towards the periphery of the evolutionary radiation occupied by the genus Comamonas, its closest neighbours being Comamonas testosteroni DSM 50244^T (96.4 % sequence similarity), Comamonas koreensis KCTC 12005^T (96.0 %) and Comamonas terrigena DSM 7099^T (96.2 %). Strain Dant 3-8^T was clearly distinguished from all of these strains by using phylogenetic analysis, DNA–DNA hybridization, whole-cell protein profiles, fatty acid composition data and a range of physiological and biochemical characteristics. It is evident from the genotypic and phenotypic data that Dant 3-8^T represents a novel species in the genus Comamonas, for which the name Comamonas odontotermitis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is Dant 3-8^T (=BCRC 17576^T=LMG 23579^T).

Whole-cell protein profiles of strain Dant 3-8^T and related strains are available as supplementary material in IJSEM Online.

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