Shivaji S, Chaturvedi P, Reddy G S N, Suresh K
Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500 007, India.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2005 May;55(Pt 3):1083-1088. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.63532-0.
Strain HHS 22(T) was isolated from a glacial water sample from the snout of the Hamta glacier located in the Himalayan mountain ranges of India. Phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic analyses established the affiliation of the isolate to the genus Pedobacter. HHS 22(T) exhibits high 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with Pedobacter cryoconitis (98 %). However, the level of DNA-DNA relatedness between HHS 22(T) and P. cryoconitis is only 42 %. Furthermore, HHS 22(T) differs from P. cryoconitis and the four other recognized species of Pedobacter in a number of phenotypic characteristics. These data suggest that HHS 22(T) represents a novel species of the genus Pedobacter, for which the name Pedobacter himalayensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is HHS 22(T) (= JCM 12171(T) = MTCC 6384(T)).
菌株HHS 22(T)是从印度喜马拉雅山脉哈姆塔冰川冰舌的一份冰川水样中分离得到的。通过表型、化学分类和系统发育分析确定了该分离株属于Pedobacter属。HHS 22(T)与嗜冷Pedobacter cryoconitis的16S rRNA基因序列相似性很高（98%）。然而，HHS 22(T)与P. cryoconitis之间的DNA-DNA相关性水平仅为42%。此外，HHS 22(T)在一些表型特征上与P. cryoconitis以及Pedobacter属其他四个已确认的物种不同。这些数据表明HHS 22(T)代表了Pedobacter属的一个新物种，为此提议将其命名为喜马拉雅Pedobacter himalayensis sp. nov.。模式菌株为HHS 22(T)（= JCM 12171(T) = MTCC 6384(T)）。
