Rhizobium favelukesii sp. nov., isolated from the root nodules of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L).

TORRES TEJERIZO G; ROGEL, M; ORMENO-ORRILLO E; ALTHABEGOITI M. J; NILSSON J; NIEHAUS K; SCHLUTER A; PUHLER A; DEL PAPA; LAGARES A; MARTINEZ-ROMERO, E; PISTORIO M

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY.

SOC GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY

Lugar: London; Año: 2016

1466-5026

Isolatedfrom root nodules of alfalfa grown in acid soils from Argentina and USA,strains LPU83T and Or191 were Gram-negative, aerobic, non-motilerods. These strains share the same plasmid patterns; lipopolysacharideprofiles; insertion sequence fingerprints; 16S rRNA gene sequences;PCR-fingerprinting patterns and were different from reference strains of definedRhizobium species. On the basis of previouslyreported data and from new results on DNA-DNAhybridization, ANIm and phylogenies presented in this taxonomic study, strains LPU83T and Or191 areconsidered to represent a novel species of the genus Rhizobium, for which the name Rhizobiumfavelukesii sp. nov. is proposed. Thetype strain of this species is LPU83T.