Pseudomonas Pichavaramensis sp. nov., Isolated from Brackish Water of Pichavaram Mangrove forest, Tamil Nadu
摘要
A cream-white bacterial colony designated SH1-B was isolated on Tryptone Soya Agar (TSA) plated with a brackish water sample collected from the Pichavaram mangrove forest. The strain SH1-B was Gram-stain negative, rod-shaped, motile, non-spore-forming aerobic bacterium. Catalase and oxidase activities were positive. Cells grew between 15 and 37 °C and pH 5.0–9.0. The nucleotide sequence of 16 S rRNA gene displayed high similarity with species of the genus Pseudomonas, including P. khazarica TBZ2T (98.5%), P. yangonensis MY50T (98.0%) and P. oleovorans subsp. oleovorans DSM1045T (98.0%). Genome sequence analysis of strain SH1-B showed 74.2–87.6% average nucleotide identity (ANI) with the type strains of the closest species. Additionally, digital DNA-DNA hybridization (dDDH) analysis revealed low relatedness, with a maximum value of 34.9% observed for its closest phylogenetic relative, P. khazarica TBZ2T. The G + C content of the genomic DNA was 62.2%. The major polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), phosphatidylglycerol (PG) and an unidentified phospholipid (PL1). The predominant cellular fatty acids of strain SH1-B included C18:1ω7c, C16:0, C12:0, summed feature 3 (C16:1ω6c/C16:1ω7c). Considering the phenotypic differences and low genomic identity compared to the closest species, strain SH1-B was identified as a novel species within the genus Pseudomonas, for which the name Pseudomonas pichavaramensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is SH1-BT (= MTCC 13546T = JCM 37389T = ICMP 25819T).