Comparative Genomics and Pan-Genomics of the Myxococcaceae, including a Description of Five Novel Species: Myxococcus eversor sp. nov., Myxococcus llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis sp. nov., Myxococcus vastator sp. nov., Pyxidicoccus caerfyrddinensis sp. nov., and Pyxidicoccus trucidator sp. nov.
Author
Chambers, James
Author
Sparks, Natalie
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Sydney, Natashia
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Livingstone, Paul G
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Cookson, Alan R
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Whitworth, David E
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Genome Biology and Evolution
2020
2020-10-06
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaa212
journal article
10.1093/gbe/evaa212
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PMC7846144
33022031
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Myxococcus llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis
sp. nov.
Myxococcus llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis
, (llan.fair.pwll.gwyn.gyll.gog.er.ych.wyrn.dro.bwllll.ant.ysil.iog.ogogoch.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogo chensis, pertaining to llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, reflecting its isolation from soil collected in that parish [gridref
53.22 N
4.19 W
]).
Vegetative cells are Gram-negative bacilli tapering slightly at the ends, measuring
0.4–0.6
m
m 4.0–7.0
m
m in electron micrographs. Colonies exhibit swarming motility and appear pale brown on VY-2 agar (w/v 0.5% dried baker’s yeast, 0.1% CaCl
2
2H
2
O, and 1.5% agar). Fruiting bodies are irregular spheroids, orange in color. Aerobic growth was observed at 30 and 35 C and at pH 5.0–9.0. Growth was unaffected by the addition of 1–4% NaCl. Hydrolyzes esculin, gelatin,
p
-nitrophenyl-
B
-D- galactopyranoside, and urea. Assimilates
N
-acetyl-glucosamine, adipate, arabinose, glucose, malate, maltose, mannitol, mannose, and phenyl acetate. Cells prey with low efficiency upon
E. coli
TOP
10,
Cl. nebraskensis
DSM
7483, and
U. maydis
. DNA
GC
content is 68.7 mol%. The draft genome sequence of
AM
401
T
is available from GenBank (accession
VIFM
01).
The
type strain
(
AM401
T
¼
NBRC 114351
T
¼
NBBC 100770
T
) was isolated
from soil collected
in the
parish of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgo gerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
,
UK
(gridref
53.22 N
4.19 W
)
.