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Rhodococcus kroppenstedtii sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from a cold desert of the Himalayas, India.

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Title Rhodococcus kroppenstedtii sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from a cold desert of the Himalayas, India.
 
Creator Mayilraj, Shanmugam
Krishnamurthi, S
Saha, P
Saini, H S
 
Subject QR Microbiology
 
Description The taxonomic position of an actinomycete, strain K07-23T, isolated from a cold desert of the Himalayas, India, was established by a polyphasic approach. The strain exhibited phenotypic characters that were typical of the genus Rhodococcus. 16S rRNA gene sequence (1467 bases) comparisons confirmed that strain K07-23T belongs to the genus Rhodococcus. 16S rRNA sequence similarity studies showed that the isolate is very closely related to Nocardia corynebacterioides DSM 20151T (98.6 %), which has been recently reclassified as Rhodococcus corynebacterioides. It showed 94.4-96.6 % sequence similarity with other species of the genus Rhodococcus. However, genomic relatedness between strain K07-23T and R. corynebacterioides as revealed by DNA-DNA hybridization was low (62 %). Based on polyphasic analysis, strain K07-23T could be clearly distinguished from other species. It is proposed that strain K07-23T (=MTCC 6634T=DSM 44908T=JCM 13011T) represents a novel species of Rhodococcus, Rhodococcus kroppenstedtii sp. nov.
 
Publisher International Union of Microbiological Societies
 
Date 2006-05
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
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Identifier http://crdd.osdd.net/open/153/1/mayil2006.1.pdf
Mayilraj, Shanmugam and Krishnamurthi, S and Saha, P and Saini, H S (2006) Rhodococcus kroppenstedtii sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from a cold desert of the Himalayas, India. International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology, 56 (Pt 5). pp. 979-82. ISSN 1466-5026
 
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