Vogesella perlucida sp nov., a non-pigmented bacterium isolated from spring water

A transparent, non-pigmented, Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium, designated strain DS-28(T) was isolated from water samples collected from a spring located in Tainan County, Taiwan. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis indicated that the novel strain formed a monophyletic branch at the periphery of the evolutionary radiation occupied by the genus Vogesella; the only sole close neighbour of the novel strain was Vogesella indigofera ATCC 19706 T (97.4% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity). The isolate was distinguished from V indigofera on the basis of genotypic data, several phenotypic properties and an inability to produce characteristic blue-pigmented colonies on peptone agar. The fatty acid profile was slightly different from that reported for T V. indigofera ATCC 19706(T). It was evident from the genotypic and phenotypic data that strain DS-28(T) represents a novel species of the genus Vogesella, for which the name Vogesella perlucida sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is DS-28(T) (=BCRC 17730(T) =LMG 24214(T)).