Vogesella alkaliphila sp. nov., isolated from an alkaline soil, and emended description of the genus Vogesella.

Strain JC141(T) was isolated from an alkaline soil (pH 8.8) at Mau, Uttar Pradesh, India. Colonies were blue with a metallic sheen; cells stained Gram-negative, and were oxidase- and catalase-positive, but chitinase-negative. Major fatty acids were C16:1ω7c/C16:1ω6c, C16:0 and C18:0 with minor amounts of C10:0, C10:0 3-OH, C12:0, C14:0 and C18:1ω7c. Strain JC141(T) contained phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylglycerol as major polar lipids, with minor amounts of diphosphatidylglycerol, unidentified aminolipids (AL1-3) and unidentified lipids (L1-4). A bacterial hopane derivative (BHD1) was the major hopanoid. Genomic DNA G+C content was 62.5 mol%. 16S rRNA gene sequence comparisons indicated that strain JC141(T) represents a member of the genus Vogesella within the family Neisseriaceae of the class Betaproteobacteria. Strain JC141(T) had a 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity of 98% with Vogesella indigofera ATCC 19706(T) and <96.5% with other members of the genus Vogesella. However, strain JC141(T) showed 45.8% relatedness (based on DNA-DNA hybridization) with V. indigofera LMG 6867(T) (=ATCC 19706(T)). Distinct morphological, physiological and genotypic differences from previously described taxa support the classification of strain JC141(T) as a representative of a novel species in the genus Vogesella, for which the name Vogesella alkaliphila sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is JC141(T) (=KCTC 32041(T)=LMG 27066(T)). An emended description of the genus Vogesella is also proposed.