scholarly journals Halomonas xinjiangensis sp. nov., a halotolerant bacterium isolated from a salt lake

2010 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 349-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tong-Wei Guan ◽  
Jing Xiao ◽  
Ke Zhao ◽  
Xiao-Xia Luo ◽  
Xiao-Ping Zhang ◽  
...  

A novel bacterium, TRM 0175T, belonging to the genus Halomonas, was isolated from a soil sample taken from a salt lake in Xinjiang Province, north-west China. The isolate was Gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped and motile by means of peritrichous flagella. It was catalase-positive and oxidase-negative. Growth occurred at NaCl concentrations of 0–20 % (optimum at 10–13 %), at 15–50 °C (optimum at 37 °C) and at pH 6.0–9.0 (optimum at pH 7.0). Metabolism was respiratory with oxygen as terminal electron acceptor. Acid was produced from d-ribose, d- and l-arabinose, d-xylose, d-galactose, d-mannose, l-rhamnose, cellobiose, maltose, trehalose and d- and l-fucose and was produced weakly from aesculin. The predominant ubiquinone was Q-9. The major fatty acids were C18 : 1 ω7c and C19 : 0 cyclo ω8c. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 60.0 mol%. The affiliation of strain TRM 0175T with the genus Halomonas was confirmed by 16S rRNA gene sequence comparisons. The most closely related species was Halomonas anticariensis; 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity between H. anticariensis FP35T and strain TRM 0175T was 95.3 %. Phenotypically, some characteristics of TRM 0175T differed from those of H. anticariensis. On the basis of data from this polyphasic study, strain TRM 0175T represents a novel species of the genus Halomonas, for which the name Halomonas xinjiangensis sp. nov. is proposed; the type strain is TRM 0175T (=CCTCC AB 208329T =KCTC 22608T).

2005 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valme Jurado ◽  
Ingrid Groth ◽  
Juan M. Gonzalez ◽  
Leonila Laiz ◽  
Cesareo Saiz-Jimenez

A polyphasic study was carried out to clarify the taxonomic position of two Gram-positive bacteria isolated from soil samples of the Grotta dei Cervi (Italy), a relatively unexplored hypogean environment. The strains, 20-5T and 23-23T, showed phenotypic and phylogenetic characteristics that were consistent with their classification in the genus Agromyces. 16S rRNA gene sequence comparisons revealed that the two strains formed distinct phyletic lines within the genus Agromyces. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity, chemotaxonomic data and the results of DNA–DNA relatedness studies, it is proposed that the two isolates represent two novel species of the genus Agromyces. Pronounced differences in a broad range of phenotypic characteristics and DNA G+C content distinguished the two strains from each other and from previously described species of the genus Agromyces. Two novel species are proposed: Agromyces salentinus sp. nov. (type strain, 20-5T=HKI 0320T=DSM 16198T=NCIMB 13990T) and Agromyces neolithicus sp. nov. (type strain, 23-23T=HKI 0321T=DSM 16197T=NCIMB 13989T).


2011 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 834-838 ◽  
Author(s):  
Misa Otoguro ◽  
Hideki Yamamura ◽  
Tomohiko Tamura ◽  
Rohmatussolihat Irzaldi ◽  
Shanti Ratnakomala ◽  
...  

Two actinomycete strains, ID05-A0653T and ID06-A0464T, were isolated from soils of West Timor and Lombok island, respectively, in Indonesia. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis clearly demonstrated that the isolates belonged to the family Pseudonocardiaceae and were closely related to the genus Actinophytocola. Strains ID05-A0653T and ID06-A0464T exhibited 98.1 and 98.2 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity, respectively, with Actinophytocola oryzae GMKU 367T. The isolates grew well on ISP media and produced white aerial mycelium. Short spore chains were formed directly on the substrate mycelium. The isolates contained meso-diaminopimelic acid, arabinose and galactose as cell-wall components, MK-9(H4) as the sole isoprenoid quinone, iso-C16 : 0 as the major cellular fatty acid and phosphatidylethanolamine as the diagnostic polar lipid. The DNA G+C contents of strains ID05-A0653T and ID06-A0464T were 69.7 and 71.2 mol%, respectively. On the basis of phenotypic characteristics, DNA–DNA relatedness and 16S rRNA gene sequence comparisons, strains ID05-A0653T and ID06-A0464T each represent a novel species of the genus Actinophytocola, for which the names Actinophytocola timorensis sp. nov. (type strain ID05-A0653T  = BTCC B-673T  = NBRC 105524T) and Actinophytocola corallina sp. nov. (type strain ID06-A0464T  = BTCC B-674T  = NBRC 105525T) are proposed.


2010 ◽  
Vol 60 (10) ◽  
pp. 2293-2297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maya Shnit-Orland ◽  
Alex Sivan ◽  
Ariel Kushmaro

A marine bacterial strain, designated fav-2-10-05T, was isolated from the mucus layer of a coral of the genus Favia, collected from the coral reef in the Gulf of Eilat, Israel (29.5 ° N 34.9 ° E). On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence comparisons, strain fav-2-10-05T was affiliated with the family Shewanellaceae. The closest relatives of strain fav-2-10-05T were Shewanella marisflavi SW-117T (96.0 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity) and Shewanella haliotis DW-1T (95.9 %). Strain fav-2-10-05T was Gram-negative, rod-shaped and motile by means of a single polar flagellum and formed yellow–brownish colonies within 2 days of incubation at 26 °C. Strain fav-2-10-05T demonstrated antibacterial activity against indicator strains and grew in the presence of 0.5–8.0 % (w/v) NaCl and at 10–37 °C. The major fatty acids were C17 : 1 ω8c (21.6 %), iso-C15 : 0 (18.6 %), C15 : 0 (9.1 %) and iso-C13 : 0 (8.9 %). The DNA G+C content was 49.1 mol%. The phylogenetic and phenotypic analyses of strain fav-2-10-05T suggested that it belongs to a novel species of the genus Shewanella, for which the name Shewanella corallii sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is fav-2-10-05T (=LMG 24563T =DSM 21332T).


2005 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 341-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Kämpfer ◽  
Renate Schulze ◽  
Udo Jäckel ◽  
Khursheed A. Malik ◽  
Rudolf Amann ◽  
...  

Two Gram-negative, oxidase-positive rods (strains BSB 9.5T and BSB 41.8T) isolated from wastewater were studied using a polyphasic approach. 16S rRNA gene sequence comparisons demonstrated that both strains cluster phylogenetically within the family Comamonadaceae: the two strains shared 99·9 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity and were most closely related to the type strains of Hydrogenophaga palleronii (98·5 %) and Hydrogenophaga taeniospiralis (98·0 %). The fatty acid patterns and substrate-utilization profiles displayed similarity to the those of the five Hydrogenophaga species with validly published names, although clear differentiating characteristics were also observed. The two strains showed DNA–DNA hybridization values of 51 % with respect to each other. No close similarities to any other Hydrogenophaga species were detected in hybridization experiments with the genomic DNAs. On the basis of these results, two novel Hydrogenophaga species, Hydrogenophaga defluvii sp. nov. and Hydrogenophaga atypica sp. nov. are proposed, with BSB 9.5T (=DSM 15341T=CIP 108119T) and BSB 41.8T (=DSM 15342T=CIP 108118T) as the respective type strains.


2006 ◽  
Vol 56 (9) ◽  
pp. 2063-2069 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trine Fredlund Jakobsen ◽  
Kasper Urup Kjeldsen ◽  
Kjeld Ingvorsen

A novel moderately halophilic, sulfate-reducing bacterium, strain EtOH3T, was isolated from anoxic hypersaline (270 g NaCl l−1) sediment of the northern arm of the Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA. Cells of strain EtOH3T were oval to rod-shaped, non-motile, non-sporulating and stained Gram-negative. The strain required sodium and magnesium ions for growth and grew at salinities of up to 240 g NaCl l−1 and 121 g MgCl2.6H2O l−1. The optimum NaCl concentration was 80–100 g l−1. Strain EtOH3T grew at temperatures ranging from 15 to 44 °C (optimum 37 °C). The pH range for growth was 6.5–8.3 (optimum around pH 6.8). Only sulfate and thiosulfate served as electron acceptors for a broad range of electron donors including various short-chain fatty acids and primary (C1–5) alcohols, amino acids, H2/acetate and H2/yeast extract. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 51.4 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis of dsrAB [genes encoding the major subunits of dissimilatory (bi)sulfite reductase] and 16S rRNA gene sequence data placed strain EtOH3T within the deltaproteobacterial family Desulfohalobiaceae. Strain EtOH3T shared 76 and 91 % dsrAB and 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity, respectively, with the type strain of the phylogenetically most closely related species with a validly published name, Desulfohalobium retbaense DSM 5692T. High 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity (~97 %) was shared with the recently described strain ‘Desulfovermiculus halophilus’ VKM B-2364. Strain EtOH3T, however, clearly differed from this strain in both genomic G+C content and in several of its phenotypic properties. On the basis of phenotypic and genotypic characteristics, the novel species Desulfohalobium utahense sp. nov. is proposed, with strain EtOH3T (=VKM B-2384T=DSM 17720T) as the type strain.


2005 ◽  
Vol 55 (5) ◽  
pp. 1811-1816 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ken-ichiro Iida ◽  
Yasuichi Ueda ◽  
Yoshiaki Kawamura ◽  
Takayuki Ezaki ◽  
Akemi Takade ◽  
...  

A novel bacterial strain, MC10T, was isolated from a compost sample produced in a composting machine utilizing soil from Motobu-town, Okinawa, Japan. The isolate was Gram-negative, but produced endospores. These conflicting characters prompted a taxonomic study of the isolate. The isolate was examined using a combination of phenotypic characterization, cellular fatty acid analysis, DNA base composition determination and 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. Phylogenetic analysis, based on 16S rRNA gene sequence comparisons, placed strain MC10T within the genus Paenibacillus. As in other Paenibacillus species, the isolate contained anteiso-C15 : 0 as the major fatty acid and the DNA G+C content was 47·0 mol%. However, 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity values of less than 95·6 % were found between this isolate and all members of the genus Paenibacillus. Based upon these results, strain MC10T (=GTC 1835T=JCM 12774T=CCUG 50090T) should be designated as the type strain of a novel species within the genus Paenibacillus, Paenibacillus motobuensis sp. nov.


2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (Pt_11) ◽  
pp. 4128-4133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Du ◽  
Shahina Akter ◽  
KyungHwa Won ◽  
Hina Singh ◽  
Chang Shik Yin ◽  
...  

A Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, motile and rod-shaped strain, THG-DN7.3T, was isolated from a waterfall. Strain THG-DN7.3T grew well at 18–28 °C and at pH 6.0–7.5 on Reasoner's 2A agar. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence comparisons, strain THG-DN7.3T was most closely related to Undibacterium jejuense JS4-4T (97.3 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity) and Undibacterium seohonense SHS5-24T (96.5 %). The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 57.4 mol%. The mean DNA–DNA relatedness of strain THG-DN7.3T with U. jejuense KACC 12607T was 40 ± 1 % (reciprocal 50 ± 2.1 %). The major cellular fatty acids of strain THG-DN7.3T were summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c and/or C16 : 1ω6c) (47.4 %), C16 : 0 (30.4 %), summed feature 8 (C18 : 1ω6c and/or C18 : 1ω7c) (6.8 %) and C12 : 0 (6.2 %). The predominant isoprenoid quinone was ubiquinone-8. The major polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol and diphosphatidylglycerol. The results of the DNA–DNA hybridization and genotypic analysis, in combination with chemotaxonomic and physiological data, demonstrated that strain THG-DN7.3T represents a novel species of the genus Undibacterium, for which the name Undibacterium aquatile sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is THG-DN7.3T ( = KCTC 42243T = CCTCC AB 2015119T).


2011 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 828-833 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. V. N. S. Lakshmi ◽  
Ch. Sasikala ◽  
G. V. Ashok Kumar ◽  
R. Chandrasekaran ◽  
Ch. V. Ramana

Two strains (JA480T and JA481) of phototrophic alphaproteobacteria were isolated from sediment samples collected from brackish water near Nagapattinam, India. They were Gram-negative, vibrioid cells containing bacteriochlorophyll a and rhodopin as major photosynthetic pigments. Most cells of both strains were non-flagellated; 1 % of cells showed two monopolar flagella. Cells showed positive phototaxis. Both strains showed chimeric intracellular photosynthetic membranes, where both lamellar stacks and vesicles were present together in a single cell. The major fatty acids were C18 : 1ω7c and C16 : 0 in both strains. The genomic G+C content was 67.2–68.8 mol% and the two strains were closely related (mean DNA–DNA hybridization >85 %). 16S rRNA gene sequence comparisons indicated that the isolates represent members of the Rhodospirillaceae within the class Alphaproteobacteria. According to the sequence comparison data, strain JA480T is positioned distinctly outside the group formed by the phototrophic genera Rhodospirillum, Rhodocista, Phaeospirillum, Rhodovibrio, Rhodospira and Roseospira, with only 80–92 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity. Distinct morphological, physiological and genotypic differences from previously described taxa support the classification of this isolate as a representative of a novel species in a new genus, for which the name Phaeovibrio sulfidiphilus gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of Phaeovibrio sulfidiphilus is JA480T ( = KCTC 5825T  = NBRC 106163T  = DSM 23193T).


2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (Pt_8) ◽  
pp. 2372-2377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Du ◽  
Hien T. T. Ngo ◽  
KyungHwa Won ◽  
Ki-Young Kim ◽  
Feng-Xie Jin ◽  
...  

Strain THG-EP9T, a Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, motile, rod-shaped bacterium was isolated from field-grown eggplant (Solanum melongena) rhizosphere soil collected in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi–do, Republic of Korea. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence comparisons, strain THG-EP9T had closest similarity with Chryseobacterium ginsenosidimutans THG 15T (97.3  % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity), Chryseobacterium soldanellicola PSD1-4T (97.2 %), Chryseobacterium zeae JM-1085T (97.2 %) and Chryseobacterium indoltheticum LMG 4025T (96.8 %). DNA–DNA hybridization showed 5.7 % and 9.1 % DNA reassociation with Chryseobacterium ginsenosidimutans KACC 14527T and Chryseobacterium soldanellicola KCTC 12382T, respectively. Chemotaxonomic data revealed that strain THG-EP9T possesses menaquinone–6 as the only respiratory quinone and iso-C15 : 0 (29.0 %), C16 : 0 (12.5 %) and iso-C17 : 0 3-OH (11.9 %) as the major fatty acids. The polar lipid profile consisted of phosphatidylethanolamine, an unidentified aminophospholipid, two unidentified glycolipids, six unidentified aminolipids and two unidentified polar lipids. The DNA G+C content was 35.3 mol%. These data corroborated the affiliation of strain THG–EP9T to the genus Chryseobacterium. Thus, the isolate represents a novel species of this genus, for which the name Chryseobacterium solani sp. nov. is proposed, with THG-EP9T ( = KACC 17652T = JCM 19456T) as the type strain.


2010 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 796-800 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moriyuki Hamada ◽  
Misa Otoguro ◽  
Hideki Yamamura ◽  
Tomohiko Tamura ◽  
Ken-ichiro Suzuki ◽  
...  

A novel Gram-stain-positive bacterium, designated R19-04T, was isolated from a soil sample from Rishiri Island, Japan, and its taxonomic position was investigated by a polyphasic approach. Cells of strain R19-04T exhibited a rod–coccus cycle. The peptidoglycan type of the isolate was A4α; lysine was the diagnostic diamino acid. The predominant menaquinone was MK-8(H2) and the major fatty acid was anteiso-C15 : 0. The polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylglycerol. The DNA G+C content was 72.9 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequence comparisons revealed that strain R19-04T represented a novel member of the suborder Micrococcineae. Its nearest phylogenetic neighbours were the members of the genus Oerskovia, with 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity of 97.0–97.1 %. However, strain R19-04T was clearly distinguishable from members of the genus Oerskovia and phylogenetically related genera in terms of chemotaxonomic characteristics. On the basis of the chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic characteristics, a novel genus and species are proposed, Luteimicrobium subarcticum gen. nov., sp. nov. The type strain of Luteimicrobium subarcticum is R19-04T (=NBRC 105647T =DSM 22413T).


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