scholarly journals Sulfuriferula multivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater lake, reclassification of ‘Thiobacillus plumbophilus’ as Sulfuriferula plumbophilus sp. nov., and description of Sulfuricellaceae fam. nov. and Sulfuricellales ord. nov.

2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (Pt_5) ◽  
pp. 1504-1508 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomohiro Watanabe ◽  
Hisaya Kojima ◽  
Manabu Fukui

A sulfur-oxidizing bacterium, strain TTNT, was isolated from a Thioploca sample obtained from a freshwater lake in Japan. The isolate shared 97.1 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with an obligately aerobic chemolithoautotroph, ‘Thiobacillus plumbophilus’ Gro7T. Cells were rods, motile, and Gram-stain-negative. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was approximately 66 mol%. Strain TTNT grew over a temperature range of 8–32 °C (optimum 22–25 °C), an NaCl concentration range of 0–133.3 mM (optimum 0–3.3 mM) and a pH range of 5.3–8.6 (optimum pH 6.4–7.0). Strain TTNT was facultatively anaerobic and could utilize nitrate as an electron acceptor. The isolate oxidized tetrathionate, thiosulfate and elemental sulfur as the sole energy sources for autotrophic growth, and could also grow heterotrophically on a number of organic substrates. Based on its phylogenetic and phenotypic properties, strain TTNT represents a novel species of a novel genus, for which the name Sulfuriferula multivorans gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is TTNT ( = NBRC 110683T = DSM 29343T). Along with this, the reclassification of ‘Thiobacillus plumbophilus’ as Sulfuriferula plumbophilus sp. nov. (type strain Gro7T = NBRC 107929T = DSM 6690T) is proposed. Based on the data obtained in this study, we describe the designations Sulfuricellaceae fam. nov. and Sulfuricellales ord. nov.

2014 ◽  
Vol 64 (Pt_5) ◽  
pp. 1587-1592 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hisaya Kojima ◽  
Manabu Fukui

A novel facultatively autotrophic bacterium, strain BSN1T was isolated from sediment of a freshwater lake in Japan. The cells were rod-shaped, motile and Gram-stain-negative. As sole energy sources for autotrophic growth, the strain oxidized thiosulfate, elemental sulfur and hydrogen. Strain BSN1T was a facultative anaerobe utilizing nitrate as an electron acceptor. Growth was observed at temperatures lower than 34 °C, and the optimum growth was observed at 30–32 °C. The range of pH for growth was pH 6.8–8.8, and the optimum pH was pH 7.8–8.1. The optimum growth of the isolate occurred at concentrations of NaCl less than 50 mM. The G+C content of genomic DNA was 67 mol%. The major component in the fatty acid profile of strain BSN1T grown on fumarate was summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c and/or iso-C15 : 0 2-OH). Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that the strain was a member of the class Betaproteobacteria , and it showed the highest sequence similarity with Georgfuchsia toluolica G5G6T (96.2 %). Phylogenetic analyses were also performed on genes involved in sulfur oxidation. On the basis of its phylogenetic and phenotypic properties, strain BSN1T ( = DSM 26916T = NBRC 109412T) is proposed as the type strain of a novel species of a novel genus, Sulfurisoma sediminicola gen. nov., sp. nov.


2014 ◽  
Vol 64 (Pt_12) ◽  
pp. 3983-3987 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hisaya Kojima ◽  
Riho Tokizawa ◽  
Manabu Fukui

A novel, moderately thermophilic, bacterial strain (skMP5T) was isolated from sediment of a freshwater lake in Japan. The cells were rod-shaped, motile and Gram-stain-negative. Growth was observed at temperatures ranging from 25 to 52 °C, with optimum growth observed at 48–50 °C. The pH range for growth was pH 5.0–8.2, with optimum growth at pH 6.0–7.0. The G+C content of genomic DNA was 72 mol%. The major components in the fatty acid profile were iso-C17 : 0 and iso-C17 : 1ω9c. The predominant isoprenoid quinone of the strain was ubiquinone Q-8. The strain was facultatively anaerobic, and reduced nitrate to nitrite under anoxic conditions. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that the isolate was a member of the family Xanthomonadaceae within the class Gammaproteobacteria , showing highest sequence similarity with Tahibacter aquaticus RaM5-2 (93.6 %) and Metallibacterium scheffleri DKE6T (93.3 %). On the basis of phylogenetic and phenotypic properties, strain skMP5T represents a novel species of a new genus, Mizugakiibacter sediminis gen. nov., sp. nov. The type strain of the type species is skMP5T ( = DSM 27098T = NBRC 109608T).


2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_12) ◽  
pp. 4456-4461 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daria G. Zavarzina ◽  
Tatyana N. Zhilina ◽  
Boris B. Kuznetsov ◽  
Tatyana V. Kolganova ◽  
Georgy A. Osipov ◽  
...  

An obligately alkaliphilic, anaerobic, thermo- and halotolerant, spore-forming bacterium was isolated from sediments of soda lake Magadi (Kenya) and designated strain Z-1001T. Cells of strain Z-1001T were straight, Gram-positive rods, slowly motile. Strain Z-1001T was found to be an obligate anaerobe. It grew within a pH range from 7.5 to 10.7 with an optimum at 9.25–9.5 (at 40 °C), a temperature range from 20 to 57 °C with an optimum at 45–50 °C, and a NaCl concentration range from 0 to 1.55 M with an optimum at 1.2–1.4 M. Peptides, such as meat and yeast extracts, peptone and tryptone, were fermented by Z-1001T. Carbohydrates did not support growth. With yeast extract as an electron donor, strain Z-1001T reduced S 2 O 3 2 − , NO 3 − , AsO 4 3 − , Fe(III) citrate and anthraquinone-2,6-disulfonate (AQDS) as electron acceptors. The isolate was able to grow oligotrophically with a very small amount of yeast extract: 0.03 g l−1. The main fatty acids were C16 : 0, C16 : 1ω7c , C18 : 0 and C18 : 1ω9. The DNA G+C content of the isolate was 35.6 mol%. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that strain Z-1001T is a member of family Natranaerobiaceae , clustering with the type strain of Natranaerobius thermophilus (95.8–96.0 % sequence similarity). On the basis of physiological and phylogenetic data it is proposed that strain Z-1001T ( = DSM 24923T = VKM B-2666T) represents a novel genus and species, Natranaerobaculum magadiense gen. nov., sp. nov.


2012 ◽  
Vol 62 (Pt_6) ◽  
pp. 1359-1364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soo-Young Lee ◽  
Sooyeon Park ◽  
Tae-Kwang Oh ◽  
Jung-Hoon Yoon

A Gram-stain-negative, non-motile, ovoid or rod-shaped bacterial strain, designated L-6T, was isolated from seawater of Baekdo harbour of the East Sea in Korea and its taxonomic position was investigated by using a polyphasic study. Strain L-6T grew optimally at 30 °C, at pH 7.5–8.0 and in the presence of 2 % (w/v) NaCl. In the neighbour-joining phylogenetic tree based on 16S rRNA gene sequences, strain L-6T formed a cluster with the type strain of Celeribacter neptunius at a bootstrap resampling value of 100 %. Strain L-6T exhibited 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity values of 97.7 % to C. neptunius H 14T and of less than 96.2 % to the type strains of other species used in the phylogenetic analysis. The G+C content of the chromosomal DNA of strain L-6T was 60.9 mol%. The predominant ubiquinone found in strain L-6T and C. neptunius CIP 109922T was ubiquinone-10 (Q-10). The predominant fatty acid of strain L-6T and C. neptunius CIP 109922T was C18 : 1ω7c. The major polar lipids of strain L-6T were phosphatidylglycerol, one unidentified aminolipid and one unidentified lipid. The mean level of DNA–DNA relatedness between strain L-6T and C. neptunius CIP 109922T was 17 %. Differential phenotypic properties, together with phylogenetic and genetic distinctiveness, demonstrated that strain L-6T is distinguishable from C. neptunius . On the basis of the data presented, strain L-6T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Celeribacter , for which the name Celeribacter baekdonensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is L-6T ( = KCTC 23497T  = CCUG 60799T).


2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (Pt_5) ◽  
pp. 1679-1685 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sooyeon Park ◽  
Ji-Min Park ◽  
Yong-Taek Jung ◽  
Kang Hyun Lee ◽  
Jung-Hoon Yoon

A Gram-stain-negative, non-flagellated, non-gliding, aerobic and rod-shaped or ovoid bacterial strain, designated W-BA7T, was isolated from a brown alga reservoir on the South Sea in South Korea. This strain grew optimally at 25 °C, at pH 7.0–8.0 and in the presence of approximately 2.0 % (w/v) NaCl. A neighbour-joining phylogenetic tree based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain W-BA7T belonged to the genus Polaribacter , clustering coherently with the type strain of Polaribacter sejongensis, showing 99.3 % sequence similarity. Strain W-BA7T exhibited 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity of 93.4–98.6 % to the type strains of the other species of the genus Polaribacter . Strain W-BA7T contained MK-6 as the predominant menaquinone and iso-C15 : 0 3-OH and anteiso-C15 : 0 as the major fatty acids. The major polar lipids of strain W-BA7T were phosphatidylethanolamine, three unidentified lipids, one unidentified glycolipid, one unidentified aminolipid and one unidentified aminophospholipid. The DNA G+C content of strain W-BA7T was 31.9 mol%, and the mean DNA–DNA relatedness with the type strains of four phylogenetically related species of the genus Polaribacter was 12–27 %. Differential phenotypic properties, together with its phylogenetic and genetic distinctiveness, revealed that strain W-BA7T is separated from recognized species of the genus Polaribacter . On the basis of the data presented, strain W-BA7T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Polaribacter , for which the name Polaribacter undariae sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is W-BA7T ( = KCTC 42175T = CECT 8670T).


2014 ◽  
Vol 64 (Pt_12) ◽  
pp. 3943-3949 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong-Taek Jung ◽  
Sooyeon Park ◽  
Jung-Sook Lee ◽  
Jung-Hoon Yoon

A Gram-stain-negative, coccoid- or oval-shaped, gliding bacterial strain, designated HDW-31T, belonging to the class Alphaproteobacteria , was isolated from seawater of the Yellow Sea, Korea, and was subjected to a taxonomic study using a polyphasic approach. Strain HDW-31T grew optimally at pH 7.0–8.0, at 30 °C and in the presence of 2–3 % (w/v) NaCl. Neighbour-joining, maximum-likelihood and maximum-parsimony phylogenetic trees based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain HDW-31T fell within the clade comprising the genus Altererythrobacter , clustering with the type strains of Altererythrobacter luteolus and Altererythrobacter gangjinensis , with which strain HDW-31T exhibited 97.0 and 96.0 % sequence similarity values, respectively. Sequence similarities to the type strains of the other recognized species of the genus Altererythrobacter were 93.5–96.0 %. The DNA G+C content was 57.9 mol% and mean DNA–DNA relatedness between strain HDW-31T and the type strain of A. luteolus was 5.3 %. Strain HDW-31T contained Q-10 as the predominant ubiquinone and summed feature 8 (C18 : 1ω7c and/or C18 : 1ω6c), summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω6c and/or C16 : 1ω7c) and C16 : 0 as the major fatty acids. The major polar lipids were phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, a sphingoglycolipid, two unidentified glycolipids and an unidentified lipid. Differential phenotypic properties, together with the phylogenetic and genetic distinctiveness, demonstrated that strain HDW-31T is distinguishable from recognized species of the genus Altererythrobacter . On the basis of the data presented, strain HDW-31T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Altererythrobacter , for which the name Altererythrobacter aestiaquae sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is HDW-31T ( = KCTC 42006T = CECT 8527T).


2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_10) ◽  
pp. 3704-3709 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sooyeon Park ◽  
Jung-Sook Lee ◽  
Keun-chul Lee ◽  
Jung-Hoon Yoon

A Gram-stain-negative, non-flagellated, rod-shaped bacterial strain able to move by gliding, designated WS-MY9T, was isolated from a brown algae reservoir in South Korea. Strain WS-MY9T grew optimally at 25 °C, at pH 7.0–8.0 and in the presence of 2 % (w/v) NaCl. A neighbour-joining phylogenetic tree based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain WS-MY9T clustered with the type strain of Algibacter lectus with a bootstrap resampling value of 100 %. Strain WS-MY9T exhibited 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity values of 98.5 and 96.7 % to the type strains of A. lectus and Algibacter mikhailovii , respectively, and less than 96.1 % sequence similarity to other members of the family Flavobacteriaceae . Strain WS-MY9T contained MK-6 as the predominant menaquinone and anteiso-C15 : 0, iso-C17 : 0 3-OH, iso-C15 : 1 G and iso-C15 : 0 as the major fatty acids. The major polar lipids of strain WS-MY9T were phosphatidylethanolamine and two unidentified lipids. The DNA G+C content of strain WS-MY9T was 35.0 mol% and its DNA–DNA relatedness value with A. lectus KCTC 12103T was 15 %. The phylogenetic and genetic distinctiveness and differential phenotypic properties revealed that strain WS-MY9T is separate from the two recognized species of the genus Algibacter . On the basis of the data presented, strain WS-MY9T represents a novel species of the genus Algibacter , for which the name Algibacter undariae sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is WS-MY9T ( = KCTC 32259T = CCUG 63684T).


2014 ◽  
Vol 64 (Pt_11) ◽  
pp. 3717-3723 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong-Taek Jung ◽  
Sooyeon Park ◽  
Ji-Min Park ◽  
Jung-Hoon Yoon

A Gram-reaction-negative, aerobic, non-flagellated and coccoid, ovoid or rod-shaped bacterial strain, designated W-SW2T, was isolated from seawater in the South Sea of South Korea. The novel strain grew optimally at pH 7.0–8.0, at 25 °C and in the presence of approximately 2 % (w/v) NaCl. A neighbour-joining phylogenetic tree based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain W-SW2T fell within the clade comprising the type strains of species of the genus Loktanella , clustering and sharing the highest sequence similarity value (96.3 %) with the type strain of Loktanella koreensis . The 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity values between strain W-SW2T and the type strains of the other species of the genus Loktanella were in the range 93.1–96.0 %. The DNA G+C content of strain W-SW2T was 55.9 mol%. Strain W-SW2T contained Q-10 as the predominant ubiquinone and C18 : 1ω7c as the predominant fatty acid. The major polar lipids were phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylglycerol, one unidentified aminolipid and one unidentified lipid. Differential phenotypic properties, together with the phylogenetic distinctiveness, revealed that strain W-SW2T is separated phylogenetically from other species of the genus Loktanella . On the basis of the data presented, strain W-SW2T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Loktanella , for which the name Loktanella ponticola sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is W-SW2T ( = KCTC 42133T = NBRC 110409T).


2012 ◽  
Vol 62 (Pt_4) ◽  
pp. 839-843 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jung-Hoon Yoon ◽  
So-Jung Kang ◽  
Soo-Young Lee ◽  
Yong-Taek Jung ◽  
Jung-Sook Lee ◽  
...  

A Gram-stain-negative, non-motile, non-spore-forming, aerobic, rod-shaped bacterial strain, designated DPG-28T, was isolated from seawater on the southern coast of Korea. Strain DPG-28T grew optimally at 30 °C and in the presence of 2 % (w/v) NaCl. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain DPG-28T formed a coherent cluster with members of the genera Marivita and Gaetbulicola , with which it exhibited sequence similarity values of 97.8–98.5 %. The DNA G+C content of strain DPG-28T was 65.1 mol%. The predominant ubiquinone of strain DPG-28T was ubiquinone-10 (Q-10), consistent with data for the genera Marivita and Gaetbulicola . The cellular fatty acid profiles of strain DPG-28T and the type strains of Marivita cryptomonadis , Marivita litorea and Gaetbulicola byunsanensis were essentially similar in that the common predominant fatty acid was C18 : 1ω7c. Major polar lipids found in strain DPG-28T and the type strains of M. cryptomonadis , M. litorea and G. byunsanensis were phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine and an unidentified aminolipid. From these data, it is proposed that Gaetbulicola byunsanensis be reclassified as a member of the genus Marivita , for which the name Marivita byunsanensis comb. nov. is proposed, with the type strain SMK-114T ( = CCUG 57612T  = KCTC 22632T), and that strain DPG-28T be classified in the genus Marivita . Differential phenotypic properties and genetic distinctiveness of strain DPG-28T demonstrated that this strain is distinguishable from M. cryptomonadis , M. litorea and G. byunsanensis . On the basis of the data presented, strain DPG-28T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Marivita , for which the name Marivita hallyeonensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is DPG-28T ( = KCTC 23421T  = CCUG 60522T). An emended description of the genus Marivita is also provided.


2007 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 741-744 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiu-Chung Young ◽  
Peter Kämpfer ◽  
Wen-Ming Chen ◽  
Wen-Shao Yen ◽  
A. B. Arun ◽  
...  

A yellow-pigmented, Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium (strain CC-YY255T) was isolated from compost generated from food waste collected from Kinmen County, Taiwan. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis indicated that the strain formed a monophyletic branch at the periphery of the evolutionary radiation occupied by the genus Luteimonas; its closest neighbour was the type strain of Luteimonas mephitis (94.4 % sequence similarity). The isolate was distinguished from Luteimonas mephitis on the basis of several phenotypic properties. The organism utilized glucose, maltose, gentiobiose, melibiose and turanose and only a few organic acids (acetate, propionate) and amino acids (l-alanyl glycine, glycyl l-aspartic acid and glycyl l-glutamic acid) as substrates. The fatty acid profile was slightly different from that reported for Luteimonas mephitis. It is evident from the genotypic, chemotaxonomic and physiological data presented that strain CC-YY255T represents a novel species of the genus Luteimonas, for which the name Luteimonas composti sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is CC-YY255T (=CCUG 53595T=CIP 109311T=BCRC 17598T).


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