Burkholderia zhejiangensis sp. nov., a methyl-parathion-degrading bacterium isolated from a wastewater-treatment system
The taxonomic status of a methyl-parathion-degrading strain, OP-1T, isolated from a wastewater-treatment system in China, was determined using a polyphasic approach. The rod-shaped cells were Gram-staining-negative, non-spore-forming and non-motile. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that the novel strain belonged to the genus Burkholderia , as it appeared closely related to Burkholderia glathei ATCC 29195T (97.4 % sequence similarity), Burkholderia sordidicola KCTC 12081T (96.5 %) and Burkholderia bryophila LMG 23644T (96.3 %). The major cellular fatty acids, C16 : 0, C17 : 0 cyclo and C18 : 1ω7c, were also similar to those found in established members of the genus Burkholderia . The genomic DNA G+C content of strain OP-1T was 59.4 mol%. The level of DNA–DNA relatedness between the novel strain and the closest recognized species, Burkholderia glathei ATCC 29195T, was only 30 %. Based on the phenotypic, genotypic and phylogenetic evidence, strain OP-1T represents a novel species of the genus Burkholderia , for which the name Burkholderia zhejiangensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is OP-1T ( = CCTCC AB 2010354T = KCTC 23300T).