Dyadobacter psychrophilus sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium isolated from soil

Abstract

A Gram-negative, aerobic bacterium, designated strain BZ26T, was isolated from hydrocarbon-contaminated soil. The strain was psychrophilic, showing good growth over a temperature range of 1–20 °C. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain BZ26T was related to members of the genus Dyadobacter and had highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to Dyadobacter alkalitolerans 12116T (98.1 %), Dyadobacter koreensis KCTC 12537T (97.5 %) and Dyadobacter ginsengisoli Gsoil 043T (97.2 %). Strain BZ26T had MK-7 as the major menaquinone and summed feature 3 (C16 : 1 ω7c/iso-C15 : 0 2-OH), C16 : 1 ω5c and iso-C15 : 0 as major fatty acids. The genomic DNA G+C content of strain BZ26T was 48.9 mol%. On the basis of phenotypic characteristics and genotypic analysis, strain BZ26T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Dyadobacter, for which the name Dyadobacter psychrophilus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is BZ26T (=DSM 22270T =CGMCC 1.8951T).