Table 1 Phylogenetic characteristics of isolates based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence.

From: Light-inducible carotenoid production controlled by a MarR-type regulator in Corynebacterium glutamicum

Isolates No.

Source of isolation (Locality of source)

Isolation media

Closest taxon

Closest GeneBank relative

Response to lightb

Genus/Species

Order

Accession Noa

Similarity (%)

16

Biotope (Kanagawa pref.)

LB

Bacillus megaterium

Bacillales

AY030338

99

+

199

Paddy field (Ibaraki pref.)

1/10 LB

Bacillus megaterium

EU880506

99

+

295

Forest soil (Kanagawa pref.)

1/10 LB

Agromyces ulmi

Micrococcales

AY427830

98

++

296

1/10 LB

Bacillus subtilis

Bacillales

FJ483514

99

++

423

Bran pickled (Kanagawa pref.)

R2A

Brevibacterium linens

Micrococcales

DQ361016

98

++

459

Snow (Yamanashi pref.)

1/10 LBG

Sphingobacterium siyangense

Sphingobacteriales

EU646272

99

++

496

Soil of residential land (Chiba pref.)

1/10 LBG

Paeniglutamicibacter sulfureus

Micrococcales

AB046358

99

++

504

1/10 LBG

Paeniglutamicibacter sulfureus

X83409

99

++

514

1/10 LBG

Paeniglutamicibacter sulfureus

EF154245

99

++

516

1/10 LBG

Microbacterium phyllosphaerae

AJ277840

100

+

526

1/10 LBG

Microbacterium foliorum

EU714341

100

+

527

1/10 LBG

Paeniglutamicibacter sulfureus

AB046358

99

++

550

1/10 LBG

Paeniglutamicibacter sulfureus

X83409

99

++

647

R2A

Paenibacillus alvei

Bacillales

AB377108

99

+

732

Biotope (Hokkaido)

1/10 LB

Leifsonia shinshuensis

Micrococcales

DQ232614

99

++

742

Paddy field (Ibaraki pref.)

1/10 LB

Sinomonas atrocyanea

X80746

99

++

905

Cattle manure (Iwate pref.)

1/10 LB

Glutamicibacter arilaitensis

EU834260

99

++

919

1/10 LB

Simplicispira metamorpha

Burkholderiales

Y18618

96

+

943

1/10 LBG

Glutamicibacter nicotianae

Micrococcales

EU857420

99

++

951

1/10 LBG

Paenarthrobacter nicotinovorans

AB363933

99

+

1031

1/10 LBG

Simplicispira metamorpha

Burkholderiales

Y18618

96

+

1039

1/10 LBG

Microbacterium natoriense

Micrococcales

AY566291

99

++

1052

1/10 LBG

Microbacterium natoriense

AY566291

98

++

1077

1/10 LBG

Microbacterium natoriense

AY566291

99

++

  1. aCorresponding number in the nucleotide database of NCBI (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/).
  2. b+ and ++ indicate that carotenoid-like pigment production is weakly and strongly induced by illumination, respectively.