Phycicoccus cremeus sp. nov., isolated from forest soil, and emended description of the genus Phycicoccus

Author(s):  
Jia-Yue Zhang ◽  
Xing-Yu Liu ◽  
Shuang-Jiang Liu

A bacterial strain, designated V2M29T, was isolated from forest soil collected in the Changbai Mountains, Heilongjiang Province, China. Cells of strain V2M29T were Gram-positive, rod-shaped (0.5–0.8 μm in diameter and 1.5–2.0 μm in length), strictly aerobic and non-motile. Colonies produced on R2A agar plates were creamy, smooth, circular and 0.3–0.8 mm in diameter. Strain V2M29T grew at 14–35 °C (optimum, 29 °C), at pH 4.1–10.0 (optimum, pH 7.0–8.0) and in the presence of 0–7.0 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 0–2.0 %). Strain V2M29T contained MK-8(H4) as the major respiratory quinone and iso-C15 : 0 (20.9 %), iso-C16 : 0 (18.5 %), C17 : 1 ω8c (16.7 %) and 10-methyl-C17 : 0 (9.2 %) as the major cellular fatty acids. The cell-wall peptidoglycan type was based on meso-2,6-diaminopimelic acid and the acyl type of the muramic acid was acetyl. Diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylinositol and six unknown glycolipids were the major polar lipids. The G+C content of the DNA was 72.0 mol% (T m). 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis indicated that strain V2M29T was phylogenetically related to members of the genus Phycicoccus, with sequence similarities ranging from 96.6–97.8 %. The DNA–DNA relatedness values of strain V2M29T to Phycicoccus dokdonensis DS-8T and Phycicoccus bigeumensis DSM 19264T were 32.5±3.3 % and 29.2±2.3 %, respectively. Based on these results, it is concluded that strain V2M29T represents a novel species of the genus Phycicoccus, for which the name Phycicoccus cremeus sp. nov. is proposed, with V2M29T (=CGMCC 1.6963T =NBRC 104261T) as the type strain.

2010 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 790-795 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jia-Yue Zhang ◽  
Xing-Yu Liu ◽  
Shuang-Jiang Liu

Bacterial strain V2M44T was isolated from forest soil from the Changbai Mountains, Heilongjiang Province, China. Cells of strain V2M44T were Gram-negative, rod-shaped and 0.3–0.4 μm in diameter and 1.5–2.5 μm long. The cells were strictly aerobic and were motile by means of peritrichous flagella. Growth occurred at 20–33 °C (optimum, 29–31 °C), at pH 5–8 (optimum, pH 6.0–7.0) and in the presence of 0−0.1 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 0.05 %). Strain V2M44T contained C17 : 1 ω6c (38.9 %) and summed feature 7 (comprising C18 : 1 ω7c, C18 : 1 ω9t and/or C18 : 1 ω12t, 31.5 %) as the major cellular fatty acids and Q-10 as the major respiratory quinone. The major polar lipids were sphingoglycolipid, phosphatidylmonomethylethanolamine, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol and diphosphatidylglycerol along with two unidentified phospholipids and four unidentified glycolipids. The major component in the polyamine pattern was sym-homospermidine. The DNA G+C content was 65.8 mol%. Analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain V2M44T was phylogenetically related to members of the genus Sphingomonas, with sequence similarities ranging from 92.0–95.8 %. Based on these results, it is concluded that strain V2M44T represents a novel species of the genus Sphingomonas, for which the name Sphingomonas changbaiensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is V2M44T (=CGMCC 1.7057T=NBRC 104936T).


2011 ◽  
Vol 61 (11) ◽  
pp. 2734-2739 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chae-Sung Lim ◽  
Yong-Sik Oh ◽  
Jae-Kwan Lee ◽  
A-Rum Park ◽  
Jae-Soo Yoo ◽  
...  

A yellow-pigmented, Gram-staining-negative, non-motile, strictly aerobic and rod-shaped bacterium, designated CS100T, was isolated from soil in Chungbuk, Korea. Phylogenetic analysis and comparative studies based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence showed that strain CS100T belonged to the genus Flavobacterium in the family Flavobacteriaceae. Strain CS100T showed the highest sequence similarities to Flavobacterium glaciei JCM 13953T (97.6 %) and Flavobacterium johnsoniae KACC 11410T (97.1 %). Sequence similarity to other members of the genus Flavobacterium was 91.5–97.0 %. Growth occurred at 4–30 °C, at pH 5.0–9.0 and in the presence of 0–2 % (w/v) NaCl. Flexirubin-type pigments were produced. Menaquinone-6 (MK-6) was the major respiratory quinone and the major fatty acids were iso-C15 : 0 (17.3 %), summed feature 3 (comprising iso-C15 : 0 2-OH and/or C16 : 1ω7c, 15.5 %) and C16 : 0 (11.8 %). The DNA G+C content was 36.4 mol%. Strain CS100T hydrolysed skimmed milk and gelatin, but not chitin or pectin, and showed oxidase and catalase activities. DNA–DNA relatedness was 3.0 % with F. glaciei JCM 13953T and 11.5 % with F. johnsoniae KACC 11410T. On the basis of the evidence from this study, strain CS100T represents a novel species of the genus Flavobacterium, for which the name Flavobacterium chungbukense sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is CS100T ( = KACC 15048T = JCM 17386T).


2010 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 344-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mika Miyashita ◽  
Shuki Fujimura ◽  
Yasuyoshi Nakagawa ◽  
Makoto Nishizawa ◽  
Noboru Tomizuka ◽  
...  

A rod-shaped Gram-staining-negative, non-motile, aerobic and fucoidan-digesting strain, designated TC2T, was isolated from marine algae collected from the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk at Abashiri, Hokkaido, Japan. The bacterium formed yellow, translucent, circular and convex colonies. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis indicated that the strain belonged to the genus Flavobacterium, with the highest sequence similarities of 97.1 to 97.3 % to the type strains of Flavobacterium frigidarium, Flavobacterium frigoris, Flavobacterium limicola and Flavobacterium psychrolimnae. DNA–DNA relatedness values between strain TC2T and the above-mentioned species were lower than 28 %. The genomic DNA G+C content was 33.9 mol%. The major respiratory quinone was menaquinone-6 and the predominant fatty acids were iso-C15 : 1 G, iso-C15 : 0, iso-C15 : 0 3-OH and summed feature 3 (which comprises iso-C15 : 0 2-OH and/or C16 : 1 ω7c). Strain TC2T could be differentiated from related species by several phenotypic characteristics. Thus, on the basis of these results, strain TC2T represents a novel species of the genus Flavobacterium, for which the name Flavobacterium algicola sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is TC2T (=NBRC 102673T =CIP 109574T).


2011 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 443-447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jia-Yue Zhang ◽  
Xing-Yu Liu ◽  
Shuang-Jiang Liu

A bacterial strain, designated VA24T, was isolated from forest soil of the Changbai Mountains, Heilongjiang province, China. Cells of strain VA24T were Gram-reaction-negative, aerobic, non-spore-forming, long rods, 0.3–0.5×2.0–3.0 μm in size and were motile by means of a subpolar flagellum. Strain VA24T was oxidase-positive and catalase-negative. Growth occurred at 21–36 °C, pH 5–10 and in 0–2 % (w/v) NaCl but did not occur at 37 °C. The predominant respiratory quinone was Q-8, the major polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylmonomethylethanolamine and the major cellular fatty acids were iso-C15 : 0 (14.9 %), iso-C17 : 1 ω9c (14.1 %), iso-C17 : 0 (10.8 %) and iso-C16 : 0 (10.3 %). The DNA G+C content was 67.4 mol% (T m). Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain VA24T was closely related to Frateuria aurantia IFO 13300T with 96.9 % sequence similarity. DNA–DNA relatedness of strain VA24T to F. aurantia DSM 6220T was 15.8 %. Based on its phenotypic and genotypic features, strain VA24T represents a novel species of the genus Frateuria, for which the name Frateuria terrea sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is VA24T (=CGMCC 1.7053T =NBRC 104236T).


2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (Pt_11) ◽  
pp. 3853-3860 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei-An Lai ◽  
Asif Hameed ◽  
Shih-Yao Lin ◽  
Mei-Hua Hung ◽  
Yi-Han Hsu ◽  
...  

A Gram-stain-variable, short-rod-shaped, endospore-forming, strictly aerobic, non-motile, chitinolytic and endophytic bacterium, designated strain CC-Alfalfa-19T, exhibiting unusual bipolar appendages was isolated from a root nodule of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) in Taiwan and subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic study. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, strain CC-Alfalfa-19T was found to be most closely related to Paenibacillus puldeungensis CAU 9324T (95.2 %), whereas other species of the genus Paenibacillus shared ≤ 95.0 % sequence similarity. The phylogenetic analysis revealed a distinct phyletic lineage established by strain CC-Alfalfa-19T with respect to other species of the genus Paenibacillus. Fatty acids comprised predominantly anteiso-C15 : 0, C16 : 0, anteiso-C17 : 0 and iso-C16 : 0. Menaquinone 7 (MK-7) was identified as the sole respiratory quinone and the genomic DNA G+C content was 42.7 mol%. Polar lipids included diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylmonomethylethanolamine, phosphatidylethanolamine, an unidentified glycolipid and an unidentified lipid. The diagnostic diamino acid found in the cell-wall peptidoglycan was meso-diaminopimelic acid. Based on the polyphasic taxonomic evidence that was in line with the genus Paenibacillus and additional distinguishing characteristics, strain CC-Alfalfa-19T is considered to represent a novel species, for which the name Paenibacillus medicaginis sp. nov. (type strain CC-Alfalfa-19T = BCRC 80441T = JCM 18446T) is proposed.


2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (Pt_5) ◽  
pp. 1515-1519 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chao-Yi Lin ◽  
Xi-Ying Zhang ◽  
Ang Liu ◽  
Chang Liu ◽  
Xiao-Yan Song ◽  
...  

A novel Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, orange-pigmented, non-flagellated, gliding, rod-shaped bacterium, designated strain SM1354T was isolated from surface seawater of the Atlantic Ocean. The strain hydrolysed gelatin and DNA but did not reduce nitrate. It grew at 4–40 °C and with 0.5–11 % (w/v) NaCl. Phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain SM1354T belonged to the genus Marivirga with 96.0–96.2 % sequence similarities to known species of the genus Marivirga . The major fatty acids of strain SM1354T were iso-C15 : 0, iso-C15 : 1 G, iso-C17 : 03-OH and summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c and/or iso-C15 : 02-OH). Polar lipids of strain SM1354T included phosphatidylethanolamine, three unidentified lipids and one unidentified aminolipid and aminophospholipid. The major respiratory quinone of strain SM1354T was menaquinone 7 (MK-7). The genomic DNA G+C content of strain SM1354T was 33.9±0.4 mol%. On the basis of the results of the polyphasic characterization in this study, it is proposed that strain SM1354T represents a novel species of the genus Marivirga , namely Marivirga atlantica sp. nov. The type strain of Marivirga atlantica is SM1354T ( = CCTCC AB 2014242T = JCM 30305T). An emended description of the genus Marivirga is also proposed.


2011 ◽  
Vol 61 (10) ◽  
pp. 2450-2455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciana Albuquerque ◽  
Fred A. Rainey ◽  
M. Fernanda Nobre ◽  
Milton S. da Costa

A bacterial isolate, with an optimum growth temperature of about 50 °C and an optimum pH for growth between 7.5 and 8.5, was recovered from a hot spring in the Furnas area of the Island of São Miguel in the Azores. The novel isolate is orange-pigmented, forms non-motile, rod-shaped cells that stain Gram-negative, is strictly aerobic, oxidase-positive and catalase-negative. The major fatty acids of strain TU-20T are 16 : 1ω6c, 17 : 0 iso 3-OH and 15 : 0 iso. Menaquinone 6 is the major respiratory quinone. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, physiological and biochemical characteristics, we describe a novel species of a novel genus represented by strain TU-20T ( = DSM 21410T  = LMG 24594T) for which we propose the name Schleiferia thermophila gen nov., sp. nov. We also propose the family Schleiferiaceae fam. nov. to accommodate this new genus.


2010 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 542-545 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kundi Zhang ◽  
Yang Wang ◽  
Yali Tang ◽  
Jun Dai ◽  
Lei Zhang ◽  
...  

A novel bacterial strain, designated THYL-44T, was isolated from the soil of a Euphrates poplar (Populus euphratica) forest in Xinjiang, China. The cells were strictly aerobic, Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, non-motile and filamentous. Growth occurred at 17–37 °C (optimum 30 °C), at pH 5.0–8.0 (optimum pH 7.0) and with 0–1 % NaCl (w/v; optimum 0 %). Flexirubin pigments were not produced. A phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain THYL-44T was closely related to Niastella koreensis KACC 11465T (95.5 % sequence similarity). The major respiratory quinone was MK-7 and the predominant cellular fatty acids were iso-C15 : 0 (28.6 %), iso-C17 : 0 3-OH (23.9 %) and iso-C15 : 1 G (17.4 %). The DNA G+C content was 45.2 mol%. Therefore, the phylogenetic, physiological and chemotaxonomic data demonstrated that strain THYL-44T represents a novel species of the genus Niastella, for which the name Niastella populi sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is THYL-44T (=CCTCC AB 208238T=KCTC 22560T). On the basis of new data, an emended description of the genus Niastella is also proposed.


2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_6) ◽  
pp. 2101-2107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong-Heon Lee ◽  
Sun Ja Cho ◽  
Suk Min Kim ◽  
Sun Bok Lee

A novel bacterium, designated strain F028-2T, was isolated from seawater at Damupo beach in Pohang, Korea, and investigated in a taxonomic study using a polyphasic approach. This novel strain was strictly aerobic, non-motile, Gram-stain-negative and rod-shaped, and occasionally formed aggregates. The temperature, pH and NaCl ranges for growth were 4–30 °C, pH 6.5–9.0 and 1–7 % (w/v), respectively. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain F028-2T formed a lineage within the family Rhodobacteraceae of the class Alphaproteobacteria , and was closely related to members of the genera Sagittula and Antarctobacter with 96.3–96.4 % sequence similarities. The polar lipid profile of strain F028-2T comprised diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, two unidentified aminolipids, one unidentified phospholipid and six unidentified lipids. The predominant cellular fatty acids were C18 : 1ω7c and C12 : 1 3-OH. The genomic DNA G+C content of strain F028-2T was 61.6 mol% and the major respiratory quinone was Q-10. Based on phenotypic, phylogenetic and genotypic data, strain F028-2T is considered to represent a novel species in the genus Sagittula , for which the name Sagittula marina sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is F028-2T ( = KCTC 23543T = JCM 17627T). An emended description of the genus Sagittula is also proposed.


2012 ◽  
Vol 62 (Pt_3) ◽  
pp. 495-499 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Zhang ◽  
Shu-An Chen ◽  
Jin-Wei Zheng ◽  
Shu Cai ◽  
Bao-Jian Hang ◽  
...  

A novel facultatively anaerobic, non-spore-forming, non-motile, catalase- and oxidase-positive, Gram-negative and rod-shaped bacterial strain, designated Y12T, was isolated from activated sludge of a wastewater bio-treatment facility. The strain was able to degrade about 90 % of added propanil (100 mg l−1) within 3 days of incubation. Growth occurred in the presence of 0–4.5 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum 0.5 %), at 10–40 °C (optimum 28 °C) and at pH 5.5–10.0 (optimum pH 7.0). Vesicular internal membrane structures and photoheterotrophic growth were not observed. The major respiratory quinone was ubiquinone-10 and the major cellular fatty acid was summed feature 8 (C18 : 1ω6c and/or C18 : 1ω7c). The genomic DNA G+C content of strain Y12T was 63.7 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequence comparison revealed that strain Y12T was a member of the genus Catellibacterium, as it showed highest sequence similarities to Catellibacterium caeni DCA-1T (99.1 %) and <96.0 % similarities with other species of the genus Catellibacterium. Strain Y12T showed low DNA–DNA relatedness values with C. caeni DCA-1T. Based on phenotypic, genotypic and phylogenetic properties, strain Y12T represents a novel species of the genus Catellibacterium, for which the name Catellibacterium nanjingense sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is Y12T ( = CCTCC AB 2010218T  = KCTC 23298T). An emended description of the genus Catellibacterium is also presented.


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