Vogesella urethralis sp. Nov., isolated from human urine, and emended descriptions of vogesella perlucida and vogesella mureinivorans

A novel Vogesella strain, YM-1^T, was recovered from human urine in PR China in 2017. Cells of strain YM-1^T were Gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped, aerobic, motile, non-spore-forming and poly-β-hydroxybutyrate-accumulating. The strain contained C_16:1 ω6c/C^{ω7c, C and C} ω7c as major fatty acids; phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol and an unidentified phospholipid as major polar lipids; and ubiquinone-8 as the predominant respiratory quinone. Compar-16:1 16:0 18:0 ison of 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that this strain had highest similarities to Vogesella perlucida DS-28^T (98.8%) and Vogesella mureinivorans 389^T (98.1%). The results of phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that the novel strain was clustered and well separated with V. perlucida DS-28^T and V. mureinivorans 389^T within the genus Vogesella. The average nucleotide identity (ANI) and amino acid identity (AAI) analyses showed that this strain was not identified as V. perlucida DS-28^T or V. mureinivorans 389^T, with values well below the threshold limit for species demarcation (ANI <88.1%, AAI <88.6%). Based on the above results, strain YM-1^T is proposed to be a novel species of the genus Vogesella with the name Vogesella urethralis sp. nov. (YM-1^T=NBRC 113779=CGMCC 1.17135).