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A report on 30 unrecorded bacteria species in Korea belonging to the classes Betaproteobacteria and Gammaproteobacteria in 2021

  • Yunjeong Lee (Department of Microbiology, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine) ;
  • Jung-Hoon Yoon (Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University) ;
  • Myung Kyum Kim (Department of Bio and Environmental Technology, College of Natural Science, Seoul Women's University) ;
  • Kiseong Joh (Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies) ;
  • Seung Bum Kim (Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Che-Ok Jeon (Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University) ;
  • Chang-Jun Cha (Department of Systems Biotechnology, Chung-Ang University) ;
  • Wan-Taek Im (Department of Biotechnology, Hankyong National University) ;
  • Wonyong Kim (Department of Microbiology, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine)
  • Received : 2022.11.15
  • Accepted : 2023.04.17
  • Published : 2023.08.31
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Abstract

A total of 30 bacterial strains were identified in the classes Betaproteobacteria and Gammaproteobacteria in the study of prokaryotic species in Korea. These strains were isolated from a variety of environmental sources, including soil, tidal flat, mud, wetland, pine cone, seaweed, sea sediment, and brackish water. Phylogenetic analysis showed that isolates were identified based on high 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities (≥98.7%) with the predefined bacterial type species. In this study, we present data on previously unreported species from Korea, including 10 species from three families of one order in the class Betaproteobacteria and 20 species from 12 families of nine order in the class Gammaproteobacteria. Morphological, biochemical characteristics, isolation sources, and NIBR deposit numbers are provided in the description sections.

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Acknowledgement

This work was supported by the project on survey of indigenous species of Korea of the National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR) under the Ministry of Environment(MOE).

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