Anaeromicropila herbilytica gen. nov., sp. nov., a plant polysaccharide-decomposing anaerobic bacterium isolated from anoxic soil subjected to reductive soil disinfestation, and reclassification of Clostridium populeti as Anaeromicropila populeti comb. nov.

An obligately anaerobic bacterial strain (TB5T) was isolated from a soil sample subjected to reductive or biological soil disin-festation. Cells of the strain were Gram- stain-positive, spore-forming and motile rods. The strain grew at 15-40 degrees C (optimum, 37 degrees C) and pH 5.4-7.5 (optimum, pH 7.3). Strain TB5Tutilized a wide variety of carbohydrates including polysaccharides (cel-lulose, xylan, starch, inulin, glucomannan and laminarin) and organic acids. Acetate, ethanol, H2 and CO2 were products from the substrates utilized. The major components of the cellular fatty acids were C16: 1 omega 7c DMA, C16: 0 DMA and C18: 1 omega 7c DMA. The diagnostic amino acid of the cell -wall peptidoglycan was meso- diaminopimelic acid. The closest related species to strain TB5T based on 16S rRNA gene sequences was Clostridium populeti 743AT (95.4 % sequence similarity). The genome size of strain TB5T was 5.09 Mb and the genomic DNA G+C content was 32.7 mol%. Strain TB5T had genes encoding polysaccharide-decomposing enzymes such as cellulase, xylanase,beta-glucosidase and beta-mannosidase in the genome. Based on the phylogenetic, genomic and phenotypic data, a novel species of a novel genus in the family Lachnospiraceae, Anaeromicropila herbilytica gen. nov., sp. nov., is proposed to accommodate the strain. The type species is Anaeromicropila herbilytica with strain TB5T (=NBRC 112093T=DSM 110037T) as the type strain. For the closest related species C. populeti, Anaeromicropila populeti comb. nov. is proposed with an emended description of the species.