Zr-based MOFs effectively sorb Pd(ii), Pt(iv) and Au(iii) from highly acidic solutions through inner-sphere complexation and electrostatic interaction.

A pink-pigmented, facultatively methylotrophic bacterium, strain CBMB20 T , isolated from stem tissues of rice, was analysed by a polyphasic approach. Strain CBMB20T utilized 1-aminocyclopropane 1-carboxylate (ACC) as a nitrogen source and produced ACC deaminase. It was related phylogenetically to members of the genus Methylobacterium. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis indicated that strain CBMB20 T was most closely related to Methylobacterium fujisawaense, Methylobacterium radiotolerans and Methylobacterium mesophilicum; however, DNA-DNA hybridization values were less than 70 % with the type strains of these species. The DNA G+C content of strain CBMB20 T was 70.6 mol%. The study presents a detailed phenotypic characterization of strain CBMB20 T that allows its differentiation from other Methylobacterium species. In addition, strain CBMB20 T is the only known member of the genus Methylobacterium to be described from the phyllosphere of rice. Based on the data presented, strain CBMB20T represents a novel species in the genus Methylobacterium, for which the name Methylobacterium oryzae sp. nov. is proposed, with strain CBMB20 T (=DSM 18207 T =LMG 23582 T =KACC 11585 T ) as the type strain.The genus Methylobacterium includes a group of strictly aerobic, Gram-negative, pink-pigmented, facultatively methylotrophic (PPFM) bacteria characterized by their ability to utilize single-carbon compounds like methanol and formaldehyde via the serine pathway, as well as a wide range of multicarbon growth substrates (Green, 1992). Methylobacterium is classified in the a2 subgroup of the Proteobacteria and presently consists of 22 species with validly published names

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Two bacterial strains, R2A1-13T and R2A45-3T, were isolated from greenhouse soils in Korea. The cells of both strains were Gram-negative, aerobic and rod-shaped. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis placed the isolates in the genus Flavobacterium within the family Flavobacteriaceae. Strain R2A1-13T was found to be related to Flavobacterium columnare IAM 14301T, Flavobacterium saliperosum CGMCC1.3801T and Flavobacterium croceum EMB47T, with sequence similarities of 96.8, 95.0 and 94.6 %, respectively. Strain R2A45-3T was found to be related to F. croceum EMB47T and Flavobacterium aquatile ATCC 11947T, with sequence similarities of 94.7 and 94.6 %, respectively. Both strains contained iso-C15 : 0 and iso-C16 : 0 as the main fatty acids and contained a menaquinone with six isoprene units (MK-6) as the major isoprenoid quinone. The G+C contents of the DNA from strains R2A1-13T and R2A45-3T were 34 and 38 mol%, respectively. A polyphasic taxonomic study revealed that these strains belong to two novel species within the genus Flavobacterium, for which the names Flavobacterium terrae sp. nov. and Flavobacterium cucumis sp. nov. are proposed. The type strains of F. terrae sp. nov. and F. cucumis sp. nov. are R2A1-13T (=KACC 11731T=DSM 18829T) and R2A45-3T (=KACC 11732T=DSM 18830T), respectively.