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Elevation of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. californiensis to species level as Clavibacter californiensis sp. nov., merging and re-classification of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. chilensis and Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. phaseoli as Clavibacter phaseoli sp. nov. based on complete genome in silico analyses

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MICROBIOLOGY SOC
DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.005427

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ANI; Clavibacter; dDDH; MLSA; taxonomy; phylogenomics; whole genome

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  1. USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Hatch project [9038H]
  2. NIGMS of the National Institutes of Health [P20GM125508]
  3. National Science Foundation [NSF487 CSBR, DBI-1561663]

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This study assessed the taxonomic position of Clavibacter michiganensis subspecies and clarified the taxonomy of other Clavibacter strains. Based on genomic sequencing and computational methods, it proposed raising C. michiganensis subspecies to a new species, Clavibacter californiensis, and merging C. michiganensis subsp. chilensis and C. michiganensis subsp. phaseoli into a new species, Clavibacter phaseoli.
The Gram-positive genus Clavibacter is currently divided into seven species (Clavibacter michiganensis, Clavibacter nebraskensis, Clavibacter capsici, Clavibacter sepedonicus, Clavibacter tessellarius, Clavibacter insidiosus and Clavibacter zhangzhiyongii) and three subspecies (C. michiganensis subsp. californiensis, C. michiganensis subsp. chilensis and C. michiganensis subsp. phaseoli). Recent studies have indicated that the taxonomic rank of the subspecies must be re-evaluated. In this research, we assessed the taxonomic position of the three C. michiganensis subspecies and clarified the taxonomic nomenclature of other 75 Clavibacter strains. The complete genomes of the type strains of the three Clavibacter subspecies, the type strain of C. tessellarius and C. nebraskensis A6096 were sequenced using PacBio RSII technology. Application of whole-genome-based computational approaches such as average nucleotide identity (ANI), digital DNA-DNA hybridization, multi-locus sequence analysis of seven housekeeping genes (acnA, atpD, bipA, icdA, mtID, recA and rpoB), a phylogenomic tree reconstructed from 1028 core genes, and ANI-based phylogeny provided sufficient justification for raising C. michiganensis subsp. californiensis to the species level. These results led us to propose the establishment of Clavibacter californiensis sp. nov. as a species with its type strain C55(T) (=CFBP 8216(T)=ATCC BAA-2691(T)). Moreover, the orthologous and in silico dot plot analyses, along with the above described bioinformatic strategies, revealed a high degree of similarity between C. michiganensis subsp. chilensis and C. michiganensis subsp. phaseoli. Based on these analyses, we propose that both subspecies be combined into a single taxon and elevated to the species level as Clavibacter phaseoli sp. nov., with LPPA 982T (=CECT 8144(T)=LMG 2766(T)) as the the type strain.

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