TY - JOUR N1 - Copyright of this article belongs to Microbiology Society. ID - open2340 UR - https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.003541#tab2 IS - 8 A1 - Pal, Yash A1 - Mayilraj, Shanmugam A1 - Paul, Mohit A1 - Schumann, Peter A1 - Krishnamurthi, Srinivasan Y1 - 2019/08// N2 - A pink-pigmented, Gram-stain-positive, aerobic, coccoid-shaped bacterial strain, designated as S5-TSA-19, was isolated from an explosives contaminated site in Panchkula, Haryana, India. The 16S rRNA gene sequencing blast analysis indicated that the strain is a member of the family Planococcaceae with the highest sequence similarity to Planomicrobium soli XN13 (96.1?%), followed by Planococcus maitriensis S1 (95.6?%), Planococcus plakortidis DSM 23997 (95.6?%), Planomicrobium flavidum ISL-41 (95.6?%), Planococcus rifietoensis M8 (95.5?%), Planococcus salinus LCB217 (95.5?%) and Planococcus maritimus DSM 17275 (95.5?%). Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene and whole-genome sequences (based on a conserved set of 400 proteins) retrieved the strain in a distinct branch indicating a separate lineage within the family Planococcaceae. Strain S5-TSA-19 had a distinctive chemotaxonomic pattern comprising A4? type peptidoglycan based on l-Lys-d-Asp, iso-C15?:?0 as the major fatty acid, absence of phosphatidylethanolamine as a major lipid and MK-7 and MK-6 as the major menaquinones, differentiating it from the genera Planococcus and Planomicrobium, thus supporting the findings of molecular phylogeny. Further, strain S5-TSA-19 was able to biotransform hexahydro-1,3,5,-trinitro-1,2,5-triazine (RDX) into nitrite derivatives under aerobic conditions in 2-4?days, whereas the closest reference strains did not possess this property. On the basis of polyphasic taxonomic characterization and a phylogenomics approach, strain S5-TSA-19 is proposed as the type strain of a novel species in a novel genus for which the name Indiicoccus explosivorum gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed (=JCM 31737=KCTC 33871=MTCC 12608). PB - Microbiology Society JF - International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology VL - 69 KW - 16S rRNA gene; Indiicoccus; Indiicoccus explosivorum; S5-TSA-19T; biotransformation; explosives; phylogeny SN - 1466-5034 TI - Indiicoccus explosivorum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from an explosives waste contaminated site. SP - 2555 EP - 2564 ER -