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1 Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Blok A, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
2 Institut für Angewandte Mikrobiologie, Justus Liebig Universität, Giessen, Germany
3 Culture Collection of the University of Gøteborg, Gøteborg, Sweden
Correspondence
Mario Vaneechoutte
mario.vaneechoutte{at}ugent.be
Comparative 16S rDNA sequence analysis indicates that two distinct sublineages, with a sequence dissimilarity of >4 % (bootstrap value, 100 %), exist within the genus Ralstonia: the Ralstonia eutropha lineage, which comprises Ralstonia basilensis, Ralstonia campinensis, R. eutropha, Ralstonia gilardii, Ralstonia metallidurans, Ralstonia oxalatica, Ralstonia paucula, Ralstonia respiraculi and Ralstonia taiwanensis; and the Ralstonia pickettii lineage, which comprises Ralstonia insidiosa, Ralstonia mannitolilytica, R. pickettii, Ralstonia solanacearum and Ralstonia syzygii comb. nov. (previously Pseudomonas syzygii). This phylogenetic discrimination is supported by phenotypic differences. Members of the R. eutropha lineage have peritrichous flagella, do not produce acids from glucose and are susceptible to colistin, in contrast to members of the R. pickettii lineage, which have one or more polar flagella, produce acid from several carbohydrates and are colistin-resistant. Members of the R. pickettii lineage are viable for up to 6 days on tryptic soy agar at 25 °C, whereas members of the R. eutropha lineage are viable for longer than 9 days. It is proposed that species of the R. eutropha lineage should be classified in a novel genus, Wautersia gen. nov. Finally, based on the literature and new DNA–DNA hybridization data, it is proposed that Pseudomonas syzygii should be renamed Ralstonia syzygii comb. nov.
The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession numbers for the 16S rRNA gene sequences of Ralstonia insidiosa strains CCUG 46389 and CCUG 46388 are AJ507103 and AJ539233.
The results of lactose and maltose acidification by Ralstonia pickettii strains, the 16S rRNA gene signature sequences of the Ralstonia species, detailed phenotypic data of different species and a similarity matrix of the 16S rDNA sequences are available as supplementary material (Tables A1, A2, A3 and A4, respectively) in IJSEM Online.
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