Arthrobacter sulfonylureivorans sp. nov., isolated from a sulfonylurea herbicides degrading consortium enriched with birch forest soil.

A gram-stain positive, aerobic, motile, rod-shaped bacterium, designated strain LAM7117T, was isolated from a sulfonylurea herbicides degrading consortium enriched with birch forest soil. The optimal temperature and pH for the growth of strain LAM7117T were 35 °C and 7.5, respectively. Strain LAM7117T could grow in the presence of NaCl with concentration up to 9% (w/v). Strain LAM7117T formed a distinct phylogenetic subclade within the genus Arthrobacter in the phylogenetic trees built with 16S rRNA gene sequences and shared the highest similarity with A. crystallopoietes JCM 2522T (97.7%). The values of digital DNA-DNA relatedness and Avery Nucleotide Identity based on the genome sequences between LAM7117T and A. crystallopoietes JCM 2522T were 21.4 and 77.4%, respectively. The genomic DNA G + C content was 65.9 mol%. The major cellular fatty acids were anteiso-C15:0, iso-C16:0 and anteiso-C17:0. The cell wall peptidoglycan contained the amino acids as glycine, lysine, alanine and glutamic acid. The major polar lipids present in strain LAM7117T were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidyl inositol, two unidentified glycolipids and one unidentified lipid. The predominant menaquinones of strain LAM7117T were MK-8 and MK-9. Based on the phenotypic characteristics, chemotaxonomic data and genotypic analyses, strain LAM7117T should be classified as a novel species of genus Arthrobacter, for which the name Arthrobacter sulfonylureivorans sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is LAM7117T (= JCM 32824T = CGMCC 1.16681T).