Mycobacterium meyganense sp. nov., Mycobacterium omidense sp. nov., and Mycobacterium seymarense sp. nov.: bioremediation-capable novel species from Iranian environmental samples.

  1. Conor J Meehan
  2. Sari Cogneau
  3. Mahboobeh Behruznia
  4. Maren Diels
  5. Leen Rigouts
  6. Hasan Shojaei
  7. Davood Azadi
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Abstract

Three strains capable of bioremediation were isolated from various environmental sources throughout Iran. Physiological characterisations conformed to known Mycobacterium standards with the addition of the ability to degrade sodium sulfate and/or crude oil. Whole genome sequencing, phylogenomic analyses and average nucleotide identity comparisons to all closely related sequenced type strains of mycobacteria revealed three novel species of mycobacteria. These are hence named Mycobacterium meyganense sp. nov. (strain A16 = BCCM ITM-500916 = DSM 107075), Mycobacterium omidense sp. nov. (strain A14 = BCCM ITM-500915 = DSM 107139), and Mycobacterium seymarense sp. nov. (strain A12 = BCCM ITM-500914 = DSM 107138).

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  1. Version published to 10.21203/rs.3.rs-8862259/v1 on Research Square