Sequence organization of the chloroplast ribosomal spacer ofSpinacia oleracea including the 3? end of the 16S rRNA and the 5? end of the 23S rRNA

1987 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oliver Massenet ◽  
Pascal Martinez ◽  
Patrick Seyer ◽  
Jean-Fran�ois Briat
Pathogens ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Cilia ◽  
Fabrizio Bertelloni ◽  
Marta Angelini ◽  
Domenico Cerri ◽  
Filippo Fratini

Leptospirosis is a re-emerging, worldwide zoonosis, and wild boar (Sus scrofa) are involved in its epidemiology as the reservoir. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of Leptospira with serological, bacteriological, and molecular assays in wild boar hunted in Tuscany (Italy) during two hunting seasons. In total, 287 specimens of sera, kidneys, and liver were collected to perform microscopic agglutination tests (MATs), isolation, and RealTime PCR to detect pathogenic (lipL32 gene), intermediate (16S rRNA gene), and saprophytic (23S rRNA gene) Leptospira. Within sera, 39 (13.59%) were positive to the MAT, and Australis was the most represented serogroup (4.88%), followed by Pomona (4.18%), and Tarassovi (3.14%). Moreover, four Leptospira cultures were positive, and once isolates were identified, one was identified as L. borgpetersenii serovar Tarassovi, and three as L. interrogans serovar Bratislava. Pathogenic Leptospira DNA were detected in 32 wild boar kidneys (11.15%). The characterization through the amplification of the rrs2 gene highlighted their belonging to L. interrogans (23 kidneys), L. borgpetersenii (four), and L. kirschneri (one), while nine kidneys (3.14%) were positive for intermediate Leptospira, all belonging to L. fainei. The results of this study confirmed the importance of wild boar in the epidemiology of leptospirosis among wildlife in Central Italy.


Plant Disease ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 93 (3) ◽  
pp. 208-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lia W. Liefting ◽  
Paul W. Sutherland ◽  
Lisa I. Ward ◽  
Kerry L. Paice ◽  
Bevan S. Weir ◽  
...  

A new disease of glasshouse-grown tomato and pepper in New Zealand has resulted in plant decline and yield loss. Affected plants are characterized by spiky, chlorotic apical growth, curling or cupping of the leaves, and overall stunting. Transmission electron microscopy revealed the presence of phloem-limited bacterium-like organisms in symptomatic plants. The strategy used to identify the bacterium involved using specific prokaryote polymerase chain reaction (PCR) primers in combination with universal 16S rRNA primers. Sequence analysis of the 16S rRNA gene, the 16S/23S rRNA spacer region, and the rplKAJL-rpoBC operon revealed that the bacterium shared high identity with ‘Candidatus Liberibacter’ species. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the bacterium is distinct from the three citrus liberibacter species previously described and has been named ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’. This is the first report of a liberibacter naturally infecting a host outside the Rutaceae family. A specific PCR primer pair was developed for its detection.


2010 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 963-971 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael R. de la Haba ◽  
Cristina Sánchez-Porro ◽  
M. Carmen Márquez ◽  
Antonio Ventosa

We have carried out a polyphasic taxonomic characterization of the type strains of the species with the recently validated name Salinicola socius, together with two species that were phylogenetically closely related, Halomonas salaria and Chromohalobacter salarius. 16S rRNA gene sequence analyses showed that they constituted a coherent cluster, with sequence similarities between 98.7 and 97.7 %. We have determined the almost complete 23S rRNA gene sequences of these three type strains, and the percentage of similarity between them was 99.2–97.6 %. Phylogenetic trees based on the 16S rRNA and 23S rRNA gene sequences, obtained by using three different algorithms, were consistent and showed that these three species constituted a cluster separated from the other species of the genera of the family Halomonadaceae, supporting their placement in a single genus. All three species have ubiquinone 9 as the major respiratory quinone, and showed similar fatty acid and polar lipid profiles. The level of DNA–DNA hybridization between Salinicola socius DSM 19940T, Halomonas salaria DSM 18044T and Chromohalobacter salarius CECT 5903T was 41–21 %, indicating that they are different species of the genus Salinicola. A comparative phenotypic study of these strains following the proposed minimal standards for describing new taxa of the family Halomonadaceae has been carried out. The phenotypic data are consistent with the placement of these three species in a single genus and support their differentiation at the species level. On the basis of these data we have emended the description of the species Salinicola socius and we propose to transfer the species Halomonas salaria and Chromohalobacter salarius to the genus Salinicola, as Salinicola salarius comb. nov. (type strain M27T =KCTC 12664T =DSM 18044T) and Salinicola halophilus nom. nov. (type strain CG4.1T =CECT 5903T =LMG 23626T), respectively.


2012 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 322-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
William J. Wolfgang ◽  
An Coorevits ◽  
Jocelyn A. Cole ◽  
Paul De Vos ◽  
Michelle C. Dickinson ◽  
...  

Twelve independent isolates of a Gram-positive, endospore-forming rod were recovered from clinical specimens in New York State, USA, and from raw milk in Flanders, Belgium. The 16S rRNA gene sequences for all isolates were identical. The closest species with a validly published name, based on 16S rRNA gene sequence, is Sporosarcina koreensis (97.13 % similarity). DNA–DNA hybridization studies demonstrate that the new isolates belong to a species distinct from their nearest phylogenetic neighbours. The partial sequences of the 23S rRNA gene for the novel strains and their nearest neighbours also provide support for the novel species designation. Maximum-likelihood phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequences confirmed that the new isolates are in the genus Sporosarcina. The predominant menaquinone is MK-7, the peptidoglycan has the type A4α l-Lys–Gly–d-Glu, and the polar lipids consist of diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylethanolamine. The predominant fatty acids are iso-C14 : 0, iso-C15 : 0 and anteiso-C15 : 0. In addition, biochemical and morphological analyses support designation of the twelve isolates as representatives of a single new species within the genus Sporosarcina, for which the name Sporosarcina newyorkensis sp. nov. (type strain 6062T  = DSM 23544T  = CCUG 59649T  = LMG 26022T) is proposed.


2011 ◽  
Vol 61 (9) ◽  
pp. 2117-2122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jintana Kommanee ◽  
Somboon Tanasupawat ◽  
Pattaraporn Yukphan ◽  
Taweesak Malimas ◽  
Yuki Muramatsu ◽  
...  

Three strains, RBY-1T, PHD-1 and PHD-2, were isolated from fruits in Thailand. The strains were Gram-negative, aerobic rods with polar flagella, produced acetic acid from ethanol and did not oxidize acetate or lactate. In phylogenetic trees based on 16S rRNA gene sequences and 16S–23S rRNA gene internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences, the strains formed a cluster separate from the type strains of recognized species of the genus Gluconobacter. The calculated 16S rRNA gene sequence and 16S–23S rRNA gene ITS sequence similarities were respectively 97.7–99.7 % and 77.3–98.1 %. DNA G+C contents ranged from 57.2 to 57.6 mol%. The strains showed high DNA–DNA relatedness of 100 % to one another, but low DNA–DNA relatedness of 11–34 % to the tested type strains of recognized Gluconobacter species. Q-10 was the major quinone. On the basis of the genotypic and phenotypic data obtained, the three strains clearly represent a novel species, for which the name Gluconobacter nephelii sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is RBY-1T ( = BCC 36733T = NBRC 106061T = PCU 318T), whose DNA G+C content is 57.2 mol%.


2010 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 737-748 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael R. de la Haba ◽  
David R. Arahal ◽  
M. Carmen Márquez ◽  
Antonio Ventosa

A phylogenetic study of the family Halomonadaceae was carried out based on complete 16S rRNA and 23S rRNA gene sequences. Several 16S rRNA genes of type strains were resequenced, and 28 new sequences of the 23S rRNA gene were obtained. Currently, the family includes nine genera (Carnimonas, Chromohalobacter, Cobetia, Halomonas, Halotalea, Kushneria, Modicisalibacter, Salinicola and Zymobacter). These genera are phylogenetically coherent except Halomonas, which is polyphyletic. This genus comprises two clearly distinguished clusters: group 1 includes Halomonas elongata (the type species) and the species Halomonas eurihalina, H. caseinilytica, H. halmophila, H. sabkhae, H. almeriensis, H. halophila, H. salina, H. organivorans, H. koreensis, H. maura and H. nitroreducens. Group 2 comprises the species Halomonas aquamarina, H. meridiana, H. axialensis, H. magadiensis, H. hydrothermalis, H. alkaliphila, H. venusta, H. boliviensis, H. neptunia, H. variabilis, H. sulfidaeris, H. subterranea, H. janggokensis, H. gomseomensis, H. arcis and H. subglaciescola. Halomonas salaria forms a cluster with Chromohalobacter salarius and the recently described genus Salinicola, and their taxonomic affiliation requires further study. More than 20 Halomonas species are phylogenetically not within the core constituted by the Halomonas sensu stricto cluster (group 1) or group 2 and, since their positions on the different phylogenetic trees are not stable, they cannot be recognized as additional groups either. In general, there is excellent agreement between the phylogenies based on the two rRNA gene sequences, but the 23S rRNA gene showed higher resolution in the differentiation of species of the family Halomonadaceae.


Microbiology ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 148 (2) ◽  
pp. 481-496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabelle Iteman ◽  
Rosmarie Rippka ◽  
Nicole Tandeau de Marsac ◽  
Michael Herdman

The taxonomic coherence and phylogenetic relationships of 11 planktonic heterocystous cyanobacterial isolates were examined by investigating two areas of the rRNA operon, the 16S rRNA gene (rrnS) and the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) located between the 16S rRNA and 23S rRNA genes. The rrnS sequences were determined for five strains, including representatives of Anabaena flos-aquae, Aphanizomenon flos-aquae, Nodularia sp. and two alkaliphilic planktonic members of the genera Anabaenopsis and Cyanospira, whose phylogenetic position was previously unknown. Comparison of the data with those previously published for individual groups of planktonic heterocystous cyanobacteria showed that, with the exception of members assigned to the genus Cylindrospermopsis, all the planktonic strains form a distinct subclade within the monophyletic clade of heterocystous cyanobacteria. Within this subclade five different phylogenetic clusters were distinguished. The phylogenetic groupings of Anabaena and Aphanizomenon strains within three of these clusters were not always consistent with their generic or specific assignments based on classical morphological definitions, and the high degree of sequence similarity between strains of Anabaenopsis and Cyanospira suggests that they may be assignable to a single genus. Ribotyping and additional studies performed on PCR amplicons of the 16S rDNA or the ITS for the 11 planktonic heterocystous strains demonstrated that they all contain multiple rrn operons and ITS regions of variable size. Finally, evidence is provided for intra-genomic sequence heterogeneity of the 16S rRNA genes within most of the individual isolates.


2007 ◽  
Vol 51 (9) ◽  
pp. 3385-3387 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Scott Champney ◽  
Ward K. Rodgers

ABSTRACT Retapamulin inhibited protein biosynthesis and cell viability in methicillin-sensitive and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus organisms. A specific inhibitory effect on 50S ribosomal subunit formation was also found. Pulse-chase labeling experiments confirmed the specific inhibition of 50S subunit biogenesis. Turnover of 23S rRNA was found, with no effect on 16S rRNA amounts.


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