Pseudomonas bambusae sp.nov., an Aniline Blue-Decolorizing Bacterium Isolated from Decaying Round Bamboo Culms.

A novel bacterial strain, designated RC10, was isolated from decaying round bamboo culms. Phylogenetic and sequence similarity analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain RC10 was grouped with members of the genus Pseudomonas, with the highest similarity of 98.4% to Pseudomonas lutea DSM 17257, followed by Pseudomonas kuykendallii DSM 25107 (98.