Pelospora glutarica gen. nov., sp nov., a glutarate-fermenting, strictly anaerobic, spore-forming bacterium

The strictly anaerobic, Gram-negative. spore-forming bacterium strain WoGI3 (T) had been enriched and isolated in mineral medium with glutarate as the sole source of energy and organic carbon, Glutarate was fermented to a mixt ure of butyrate, isobutyrate, CO2 and small amounts of acetate. Strain WoGI 3(T) grew only with the dicarboxylates glutarate. methylsuccinate and succi nate, 16S rDNA sequence analysis revealed an affiliation of strain WoGI3(T) to the family Syntrophomonadaceae. This monophyletic group is comprised of strain WoGI3(T) and the genera Syntrophomonas. Syntrophospora and Thermosy ntropha, within the phylum of Gram-positive bacteria with a low DNA G+C con tent. Overall intra-group 16S rRNA sequence similarities of 89.2-93.9% docu ment a separate phylogenetic status for strain WoGI3(T). Strain WoGI3(T)(= DSM 6652(T)) is described as the type strain of a new species within a new genus. Pelospora glutarica gen, nov., sp, nov.