Phylotaxogenomics for the Reappraisal of the Genus With the Creation of Six New Genera.

The genus is a significant group of bacteria which is invariably of great clinical and ecological importance. Previous studies have shown that the genus is polyphyletic in nature. Our present study focused on generating a lucid understanding of the phylogenetic framework for the re-evaluation and reclassification of the genus Phylogenetic studies based on the 16S rRNA gene and 92 concatenated genes suggested that the genus is heterogeneous, forming seven major groups.

sp. nov., a new member of isolated from Chilika lagoon.

Strain JC651 was isolated from a sediment sample collected from Chilika lagoon, which is one of the world's most important brackish water lakes with estuarine characteristics. Colonies of this strain are light pink and cells are Gram-stain negative, spherical to pear shaped and form rosettes. Strain JC651 grows well up to pH 9.

sp. nov., an indole-producing bacterium isolated from the rhizosphere of an orchid, .

A Gram-stain-negative, non-motile, coccoid-shaped, catalase- and oxidase-positive, non-denitrifying, neutrophilic bacterium designated as strain JC501 was isolated from an epiphytic rhizosphere of an orchid, , growing in the Western Ghats of India. Phylogenetic analyses based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence indicated that strain JC501 belonged to the genus and had the highest levels of sequence identity with KKL-A5 (98.9 %), WPAn02 (97.