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Paracoccus lichenicola sp. nov., Isolated from Lichen

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Strain YIM 132242T, isolated from lichen collected from Pu’er, Yunnan Province, China, was short-rod-shaped, Gram-reaction-negative, aerobic, catalase- and oxidase-positive. Growth of the strain was occurred at 10–39 °C (optimum, 28–35 °C), at pH 4.0–10.0 (optimum, pH 7.0–8.0) and at salinities of 0–8% (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 0–2%). Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain YIM 132242T belonged to the genus Paracoccus and had the highest levels of sequence similarity to Paracoccus aerius KCTC 42845T (97.0% similarity), Paracoccus sediminis CMB17T (96.8% similarity), and Paracoccus fontiphilus MVW-1T (96.4% similarity). The major fatty acid was identified as C18:1 ω7c (77.6%). The predominant respiratory quinone was ubiquinone-10 (Q-10). Polar lipid analysis indicated the presence of phosphatidylglycerol (PG), phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), phosphatidylcholine (PC), diphosphatidylglycerol (DPG), an unidentified lipid (L), and three unidentified phospholipids (PL1-PL3). Based on the draft genome sequence, the DNA G + C content of the strain was 67.1 mol%, and the values of average nucleotide identity (ANI) and digital DNA–DNA hybridization (dDDH) of strain YIM 132242T with Paracoccus aerius KCTC 42845T were 85.4% and 29.1%, respectively. On the basis of the data from this polyphasic characterization, strain YIM 132242T represents a novel species of the genus Paracoccus, for which the name Paracoccus lichenicola sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is YIM 132242T (= KCTC 72463T = CGMCC1.17191T).

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This research was funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31460005), and National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 32060001).

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  1. Yunnan Institute of Microbiology, Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resource, School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, People’s Republic of China

    Lei Lang, De-Feng An, Long-Qian Jiang, Gui-Ding Li, Qin-Yuan Li, Cheng-Lin Jiang & Yi Jiang

  2. Key Lab for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, People’s Republic of China

    Li-Song Wang & Xin-Yu Wang

  3. Institute of Microbial Pharmaceuticals, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819, People’s Republic of China

    Gui-Ding Li

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The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain YIM 132242T is MN654118 and the genome sequence is WMBT00000000.

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Lang, L., An, DF., Jiang, LQ. et al. Paracoccus lichenicola sp. nov., Isolated from Lichen. Curr Microbiol 78, 816–821 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-020-02321-8

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