Roseateles caseinilyticus sp. nov. and Roseateles cellulosilyticus sp. nov., isolated from rice paddy field soil

Abstract

Two novel Gram-stain-negative strains designated P7T and P8T, were isolated from the soil of a paddy field in Goyang, Republic of Korea, and identified as new species within the genus Roseateles through a polyphasic taxonomic approach. These aerobic, rod-shaped, non-sporulating strains demonstrated optimal growth at 30 °C, pH 7, and in the absence of NaCl (0% w/v). Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated close relationships with Roseateles saccharophilus DSM654T (98.7%) and Roseateles puraquae CCUG 52769T (98.96%), respectively. The average nucleotide identity (ANI) and digital DNA–DNA hybridization (dDDH) values between the isolates with the most closely related strains with publicly available whole genomes were 82.0–85.5% and 25.0–30.2%, respectively. The predominant fatty acids identified were C16:0 and summed feature 3 (composed of C16:1 ω6c and/or C16:1ω7c), with minor amounts of C12:0, C10:0 3–OH and summed feature 8 (composed of C18:1ω7c and/or C18:1ω6c; 26.4%). Ubiquinone 8 was the main quinone, and the polar lipid profile included phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, two unidentified phosphoaminolipids, one unidentified phosphoglycolipid, three unidentified phospholipids, and one unidentified aminolipid. The draft genome sequences revealed genomic DNA G + C contents of 70.1% for P7T and 68.2% for P8T. Comprehensive physiological, biochemical, and 16S rRNA sequence analyses confirm these isolates as novel species of the genus Roseateles, proposed to be named Roseateles caseinilyticus sp. nov for strain P7T (= KACC 22504T = TBRC 15694T) and Roseateles cellulosilyticus sp. nov. for strain P8T (= KACC 22505T = TBRC 15695T). © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024.