Corrigendum: Paraburkholderia madseniana sp. nov., a phenolic acid-degrading bacterium isolated from acidic forest soil.

RP11(T) was isolated from forest soil following enrichment with 4-hydroxybenzoic acid. Cells of RP11(T) are aerobic, non-sporulating, exhibit swimming motility, and are rods (0.8 mu m by 1.4 mu m) that often occur as diplobacillus or in short chains (3-4 cells). Optimal growth on minimal media containing 4-hydroxybenzoic acid (mu=0.216 hr(-1)) occurred at 30 degrees C, pH 6.5 or 7.0 and 0% salinity. Comparative chemotaxonomic, genomic and phylogenetic analyses revealed the isolate was distinct from its closest relative type strains identified as Paraburkholderia aspalathi LMG 27731(T), Paraburkholderia fungorum LMG 16225(T) and Paraburkholderia caffeinilytica CF1(T) . Strain RP11(T) is genetically distinct from P aspalathi, its closest relative, in terms of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity (98.7%), genomic average nucleotide identity (94%) and in silico DNA-DNA hybridization (56.7%+/- 2.8). The composition of fatty acids and substrate utilization pattern differentiated strain RP11(T) from its closest relatives, including growth on phthalic acid. Strain RP11(T) encoded the greatest number of aromatic degradation genes of all eleven closely related type strains and uniquely encoded a phthalic acid dioxygenase and paralog of the 3-hydroxybenzoate 4-monooxygenase. The only ubiquinone detected in strain RP11(T) was Q-8, and the major cellular fatty acids were C-16:0' 30H-C-16:0' C-17:0 cyclo, C-19:0 cyclo omega 8c and summed feature 8 (C-18:1 omega 7c/omega 6c). On the basis of this polyphasic approach, it was determined that strain RP11(T) represents a novel species from the genus Paraburkholderia for which the name Paraburkholderia madseniana sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is RP11(T) (=DSM 110123(T)=LMG 31517(T)).