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SeqCode facilitates naming of South African rhizobia left in limbo
Syst Appl Microbiol. 2024 Mar 25;47(2-3):126504. doi: 10.1016/j.syapm.2024.126504. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSouth Africa is well-known for the diversity of its legumes and their nitrogen-fixing bacterial symbionts. However, in contrast to their plant partners, remarkably few of these microbes (collectively referred to as rhizobia) from South Africa have been characterised and formally described. This is because the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (ICNP) are at odds with South Africa's National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act and its associated regulations. The ICNP requires th...
Source: Systematic and Applied Microbiology - April 9, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Melandr é van Lill Stephanus N Venter Esther K Muema Marike Palmer Wai Y Chan Chrizelle W Beukes Emma T Steenkamp Source Type: research

A comparative genomic analysis of Fructobacillus evanidus sp. nov. from bumble bees
Syst Appl Microbiol. 2024 Mar 22;47(2-3):126505. doi: 10.1016/j.syapm.2024.126505. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe increase in studies on bee microbiomes is prompted by concerns over global pollinator declines. Bumble bees host core and non-core microbiota which may contribute to increased lifetime fitness. The presence of Fructobacillus in the gut microbiomes of bumble bee workers, or the replacement of core symbionts with Fructobacillus bacteria, has been considered a marker of dysbiosis. A phylogenomic analysis and functional genomic characterization of the genomes of 21 Fructobacillus isolates from bumble bees demons...
Source: Systematic and Applied Microbiology - April 2, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Juliana Botero Charlotte Peeters Evelien De Canck David Laureys Anneleen D Wieme Ilse Cleenwerck Eliza Depoorter Jessy Praet Denis Michez Guy Smagghe Peter Vandamme Source Type: research

Paraflavitalea pollutisoli sp. nov., Pollutibacter soli gen. nov. sp. nov., Polluticoccus soli gen. nov. sp. nov., and Terrimonas pollutisoli sp. nov., four new members of the family Chitinophagaceae from polluted soil
Syst Appl Microbiol. 2024 Mar 12;47(2-3):126503. doi: 10.1016/j.syapm.2024.126503. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTA taxonomic investigation was conducted on four bacterial strains isolated from soil contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and heavy metals. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that these strains belonged to the family Chitinophagaceae. Examination of the 16S rRNA genes indicated that their sequence identities were below 97.6 % compared to any known and validly nominated bacterial species. The genomes of the four strains ranged from 4.12 to 8.76 Mb, with overall G + C molar contents varying from 41.28 % ...
Source: Systematic and Applied Microbiology - March 15, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Ze-Shen Liu Xiao-Kang Wang Ke-Huan Wang Mei-Ling Yang De-Feng Li Shuang-Jiang Liu Source Type: research