Rheinheimera Palamurensis NG3 T

A bacterial strain designated NG3 T was isolated from a drinking water samples collected from NagarKurnool, Telangana State, India and characterized using a polyphasic taxonomic approach, Strain NG3 T was Gram-negative, aerobic, non pigmented and motile by means of a single polar flagellum. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequence showed that strain NG3 T belonged to the genus Rheincheimera and its most closely related neighbor was Rheinheimera aquatica GR5 T GQ168584 with sequence similarity of 99 percentage. The cellular fatty acid composition of strain NG3 T showed a spectrum of 11 fatty acids with a pronounced dominance of saturated fatty acids (82.7 ). The DNA GplusC content of the genomic DNA was 48.5 mol. percent. The polar lipid profile consisted of a mixture of phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylserine, aminolipid and two uncharacterized phospholipids. The DNA and DNA relatedness of strain NG3 T with respect to recognized members of the genus Rheinheimera was less than 70 percent. On the basis of the genotypic, chemotaxonomic and phenotypic data, strain NG3 T represents a novel species in the genus Rheinheimera, for which the name Rheinheimera palamurensis sp. nov. was proposed.