TY - JOUR N1 - Copyright of this article belongs to Springer Science ID - open476 UR - http://www.springerlink.com/content/q6uv616713088050/fulltext.pdf IS - 6 A1 - Mayilraj, Shanmugam A1 - Ruckmani, Arunachalam A1 - Kaur, Chandandeep A1 - Kaur, Ishwinder A1 - Klenk, Hans-Peter Y1 - 2011/06// N2 - The taxonomic position of a Gram-positive, endo-spore forming bacterium isolated from a haematite ore sample was analyzed by a polyphasic approach. The strain designated as HIO-4(T) matched most of the phenotypic and chemical characteristics of the genus Cohnella and represents a novel species. The sequence of the almost complete 16S rRNA (1489 bases) was compared with those of previously studied Cohnella type strains and confirmed that the strain belongs to the genus Cohnella. Strain HIO-4(T) differs from all other species of Cohnella by at least 3.9% at the 16S rRNA level and the moderately related species are Cohnella phaseoli (96.1%) and Cohnella yongneupensis (96.1%), respectively. Predominant polar lipids are diphosphatidylglycerol (DPG), phosphatidylglycerol (PG), phosphatidylethanolamine (PE); few unknown phospholipids, mannose containing lipid, aminophospholipid and aminophosphoglycolipids. The results of physiological and biochemical tests allowed the genotypic and phenotypic distinctiveness of strain HIO-4(T) with its phylogenetic relatives and suggest that the strain HIO-4(T) should be recognized as a novel species, for which the name Cohnella ferri sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is HIO-4(T) (=MTCC 8365(T) = JCM 16139(T)). PB - Springer Science JF - Current microbiology VL - 62 SN - 1432-0991 TI - Cohnella ferri sp. nov. a novel member of the genus Cohnella isolated from haematite ore. SP - 1704 AV - restricted EP - 9 ER -