Microbacterium suwonense sp. nov., isolated from cow dung

An actinomycete strain, designated M1T8B9(T), was isolated from cow dung in Suwon, Republic of Korea. The isolate was a Gram-positive, nonmotile, and non-spore-forming bacterium. Phylogenetic evaluation based on 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity showed that this isolate belongs to the genus Microbacterium, with its closest neighbors being Microbacterium soli DCY17(T) (98.2%) and Microbacterium esteraromaticum DSM 8609(T) (98.0%). The polar lipid pattern consisted of diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, and one unknown glycolipid. Strain M1T8B9(T) contained the major fatty acids C(15:0) anteiso, C(16:0) iso, C (17:0) anteiso, and C(15:0) iso, and the cell-wall peptidoglycan was of type B2β. According to DNA-DNA hybridization studies, strain M1T8B9(T) showed 42% and 26% relatedness with M. soli DCY17(T) and M. esteraromaticum DSM 8609(T), respectively. On the basis of the data presented, strain M1T8B9(T) is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Microbacterium, for which the name Microbacterium suwonense sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is M1T8B9(T) (=KACC 14058(T) =NBRC 106310(T)).