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1 Bereich Mikrobiologie, Helmholtz Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (formerly GBF), D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany
2 Institut für Bakteriologie, Mykologie und Hygiene, Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien, A-1210 Wien, Austria
3 Institut für Angewandte Mikrobiologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität, D-35390 Giessen, Germany
4 Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, F-40500 Jyväskylä, Finland
5 Línea de Degradación de Tóxicos Orgánicos, Depto. de Protección Ambiental, Estación Experimental del Zaidín – EEZ, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Calle Profesor Albareda 1, E-18008 Granada, Spain
Correspondence
Wolf-Rainer Abraham
wab{at}gbf.de
Bacterial isolates obtained from polychlorophenol-contaminated sites in Finland (strain K101T) and from a Dutch drinking water well (strain A175T) were characterized taxonomically. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, determination of DNA G+C content, physiological characterization, estimation of the ubiquinone and polar lipid patterns and fatty acid content revealed that strains K101T and A175T were similar to Sphingomonas wittichii RW1T but also showed pronounced differences. The DNA G+C contents of the two novel strains were 63.6 and 66.1 mol%, respectively. On the basis of these results, two novel species of the genus Sphingomonas are described, for which the names Sphingomonas haloaromaticamans sp. nov. [type strain A175T (=DSM 13477T=CCUG 53463T)] and Sphingomonas fennica sp. nov. [type strain K101T (=DSM 13665T=CCUG 53462T)] are proposed.
The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession numbers for the 16S rRNA gene sequences of strains A175T and K101T are X94101 and AJ009706, respectively.
An additional phylogenetic tree and tables detailing polar lipid distribution, FAB of phospholipids and polyamine patterns for the novel species are available with the online version of this paper.
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