scholarly journals Haloplanus aerogenes sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon from a marine solar saltern

2011 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 965-968 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heng-Lin Cui ◽  
Xia Gao ◽  
Xin Yang ◽  
Xue-Wei Xu

Halophilic archaeal strain TBN37T was isolated from Taibei marine solar saltern near Lianyungang city of Jiangsu province, China. Cells were pleomorphic, flat and contained gas vesicles. Cells of strain TBN37T stained Gram-negative and the colonies were pink-pigmented. The strain was able to grow at 25–50 °C (optimum, 37–40 °C), with 1.4–5.1 M NaCl (optimum, 2.1 M NaCl), with 0–1.0 M MgCl2 (optimum, 0.01 M MgCl2) and at pH 6.0–9.0 (optimum, pH 7.5). Cells lysed in distilled water and the minimal NaCl concentration to prevent cell lysis was 8 % (w/v). The major polar lipids of strain TBN37T were phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol phosphate methyl ester, phosphatidylglycerol sulfate and one major glycolipid chromatographically identical to sulfated mannosyl glucosyl diether (S-DGD-1). On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, strain TBN37T was closely related to Haloplanus natans and Haloplanus vescus, with the same similarity of 97.4 %. The DNA G+C content of strain TBN37T is 64.1 mol%. DNA–DNA hybridization values between strain TBN37T and Haloplanus natans JCM 14081T and between strain TBN37T and Haloplanus vescus RO5-8T were 37.6 % and 42.1 %, respectively. It was concluded that strain TBN37T represents a novel species of the genus Haloplanus, for which the name Haloplanus aerogenes sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is TBN37T ( = CGMCC 1.10124T  = JCM 16430T).

2010 ◽  
Vol 60 (11) ◽  
pp. 2613-2617 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heng-Lin Cui ◽  
Xin Yang ◽  
Xia Gao ◽  
Xin-Yi Li ◽  
Xue-Wei Xu ◽  
...  

Two halophilic archaea, strains RO1-4T and RO1-64, were isolated from a marine solar saltern in Jiangsu, China. Cells of the two strains were pleomorphic, motile, and stained Gram-negative. Colonies were red-pigmented. Strains RO1-4T and RO1-64 were able to grow at 25–55 °C (optimum 40–42 °C), at 2.1–5.1 M NaCl (optimum 3.9 M NaCl), at 0.05–0.7 M MgCl2 (optimum 0.3 M MgCl2) and at pH 6.0–8.5 (optimum pH 7.0). Cells lyse in distilled water and the minimal NaCl concentration to prevent cell lysis is 12 % (w/v). On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, strains RO1-4T and RO1-64 were closely related to Halogeometricum borinquense PR3T (98.0 and 98.2 % similarity, respectively) and Halosarcina pallida BZ256T (97.8 and 97.9 %). The major polar lipids of the two strains were phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol phosphate methyl ester and two glycolipids (S-DGD-1 and DGD-1). The DNA G+C contents of strains RO1-4T and RO1-64 are 64.9 and 62.4 mol%, respectively. The DNA–DNA hybridization value between strains RO1-4T and RO1-64 was 83.0 % and both strains showed low DNA–DNA relatedness with Halogeometricum borinquense PR3T (42.5 and 50.1 % relatedness, respectively) and Halosarcina pallida BZ256T (37.6 and 42.1 % relatedness). It was concluded that strains RO1-4T and RO1-64 represent a novel species of the genus Halogeometricum, for which the name Halogeometricum rufum sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is RO1-4T (=CGMCC 1.7736T =JCM 15770T).


2007 ◽  
Vol 57 (10) ◽  
pp. 2204-2206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heng-Lin Cui ◽  
Ze-Ying Lin ◽  
Ying Dong ◽  
Pei-Jin Zhou ◽  
Shuang-Jiang Liu

An extremely halophilic archaeon, strain Fa-1T, was isolated from a marine solar saltern in Fujian, China. Strain Fa-1T required Mg2+ and at least 2.0 M NaCl for growth. It was able to grow at pH 6.5–9.0 (optimally at pH 7.0–7.5) and at 20–55 °C (optimally at 37–42 °C). The major polar lipids of strain Fa-1T were phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol phosphate methyl ester, phosphatidylglycerol sulfate and a sulfated diglycosyl diether. On the basis of a 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, strain Fa-1T was closely related to nine species of the genus Halorubrum, showing sequence similarities of 97.4–98.4 %. The G+C content of the DNA of strain Fa-1T is 64.9 mol% (T m). DNA–DNA hybridization values between strain Fa-1T and the most closely related members of the genus Halorubrum were below 51 %. On the basis of the data from this study, strain Fa-1T represents a novel species of the genus Halorubrum, for which the name Halorubrum litoreum sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is Fa-1T (=CGMCC 1.5336T =JCM 13561T).


2010 ◽  
Vol 60 (8) ◽  
pp. 1824-1827 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heng-Lin Cui ◽  
Xia Gao ◽  
Xin-Yi Li ◽  
Xue-Wei Xu ◽  
Yu-Guang Zhou ◽  
...  

An extremely halophilic archaeon, strain RO5-8T, was isolated from a disused marine solar saltern in China. The cells were pleomorphic and flat. In static liquid medium, cells floated to the surface. Strain RO5-8T stained Gram-negative and colonies were pink-pigmented. It was able to grow at 30–50 °C (optimum 40 °C), at 2.6–4.3 M NaCl (optimum 3.1 M NaCl), at 0.03–0.5 M MgCl2 (optimum 0.03 M MgCl2) and at pH 5.5–7.5 (optimum pH 6.0–6.5). Cells lysed in distilled water and the minimal NaCl concentration to prevent cell lysis was 12 % (w/v). The major polar lipids of strain RO5-8T were phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol phosphate methyl ester, phosphatidylglycerol sulfate and one major glycolipid chromatographically identical to the sulfated mannosyl glucosyl diether S-DGD-1. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, strain RO5-8T was closely related to three strains of Haloplanus natans with similarities of 97.3–97.6 %. The DNA G+C content of strain RO5-8T was 62.1 mol%. The DNA–DNA hybridization value between strain RO5-8T and Haloplanus natans JCM 14081T was 51.6 %. It was concluded that strain RO5-8T represents a novel species of the genus Haloplanus, for which the name Haloplanus vescus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is RO5-8T (=CGMCC 1.8712T =JCM 16055T).


2011 ◽  
Vol 61 (5) ◽  
pp. 1144-1148 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. C. Gutiérrez ◽  
A. M. Castillo ◽  
P. Corral ◽  
M. Kamekura ◽  
A. Ventosa

Two halophilic archaea, strains EN-2T and SH-4, were isolated from the saline lakes Erliannor and Shangmatala, respectively, in Inner Mongolia, China. Cells were strictly aerobic, motile rods. Colonies were red. Strains EN-2T and SH-4 were able to grow at 25–50 °C (optimum 35–40 °C), with 2.5–5.0 M NaCl (optimum 3.4 M NaCl) and at pH 6.0–9.0 (optimum pH 7.5). MgCl2 was not required for growth. Cells lysed in distilled water and the lowest NaCl concentration that prevented cell lysis was 12 % (w/v). On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, strains EN-2T and SH-4 were closely related to Halorubrum cibi B31T (97.9 and 98.0 % similarity, respectively), Hrr. tibetense 8W8T (97.3 and 97.7 %), Hrr. alkaliphilum DZ-1T (96.8 and 97.1 %), Hrr. luteum CGSA15T (96.8 and 97.0 %) and Hrr. lipolyticum 9-3T (96.8 and 97.0 %). DNA–DNA hybridization showed that strains EN-2T and SH-4 did not belong to the same species as any of these strains (≤45 % DNA–DNA relatedness) but that they are members of the same species (>70 % DNA–DNA relatedness). Polar lipid analysis revealed that strains EN-2T and SH-4 contained phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol phosphate methyl ester, sulfated diglycosyl diethers and several unidentified glycolipids. The DNA G+C content of both isolates was 62.1 mol%. It was concluded that strains EN-2T and SH-4 represent a novel species of the genus Halorubrum, for which the name Halorubrum aquaticum sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is EN-2T ( = CECT 7174T  = CGMCC 1.6377T  = JCM 14031T).


2011 ◽  
Vol 61 (7) ◽  
pp. 1617-1621 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heng-Lin Cui ◽  
Xia Gao ◽  
Xin Yang ◽  
Xue-Wei Xu

Two extremely halophilic archaeal strains, TBN21T and TBN49, were isolated from the Taibei marine solar saltern near Lianyungang city, Jiangsu province, China. Cells of the two strains were pleomorphic and Gram-negative and colonies were red. Strains TBN21T and TBN49 were able to grow at 25–50 °C (optimum 37 °C), at 1.4–5.1 M NaCl (optimum 3.4–3.9 M) and at pH 5.5–9.5 (optimum pH 7.0–7.5) and neither strain required Mg2+ for growth. Cells lysed in distilled water and the minimal NaCl concentration to prevent cell lysis was 8 % (w/v). The major polar lipids of the two strains were phosphatidic acid, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol phosphate methyl ester, phosphatidylglycerol sulfate and eight glycolipids; three of these glycolipids (GL3, GL4 and GL5) were chromatographically identical to sulfated mannosyl glucosyl diether (S-DGD-1), galactosyl mannosyl glucosyl diether (TGD-1) and mannosyl glucosyl diether (DGD-1), respectively. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that strains TBN21T and TBN49 formed a distinct clade with their closest relative, Halobaculum gomorrense JCM 9908T (89.0–89.5 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity). The DNA G+C contents of strains TBN21T and TBN49 were 64.8 and 62.7 mol%, respectively. DNA–DNA hybridization between strains TBN21T and TBN49 was 90.1 %. The phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic properties suggest that strains TBN21T and TBN49 represent a novel species in a new genus within the family Halobacteriaceae, for which the name Halolamina pelagica gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of Halolamina pelagica is TBN21T ( = CGMCC 1.10329T  = JCM 16809T).


2011 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 911-915 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heng-Lin Cui ◽  
Xin Yang ◽  
Xia Gao ◽  
Xue-Wei Xu

Two extremely halophilic archaeal strains, designated TNN44T and TNN58T, were isolated from Tainan marine solar saltern near Lianyungang city, Jiangsu province, China. Cells of the two strains were pleomorphic and Gram-stain-negative; colonies were red-pigmented. Strains TNN44T and TNN58T were able to grow at 20–50 °C (optimum 37 °C for both), in the presence of 1.4–5.1 M NaCl (optimum 3.4–3.9 M NaCl) and at pH 5.5–9.0 (optimum pH 6.5–7.0); neither strain required Mg2+ for growth. Cells lysed in distilled water. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, strains TNN44T and TNN58T were related closely to Halogranum rubrum RO2-11T (96.2 and 97.2 % similarity, respectively). The polar lipids of the two strains were phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol phosphate methyl ester, phosphatidylglycerol sulfate (trace), and one major glycolipid and one minor glycolipid chromatographically identical to sulfated mannosyl glucosyl diether and mannosyl glucosyl diether, respectively; other trace unidentified lipids were also detected. The DNA G+C content of strains TNN44T and TNN58T was 64.0 and 62.0 mol%, respectively. The level of DNA–DNA relatedness between strains TNN44T and TNN58T was 37.2 %, and these two strains showed a low level of DNA–DNA relatedness with Halogranum rubrum RO2-11T (40.6 and 44.4 %, respectively). Two novel species of the genus Halogranum are proposed to accommodate these two strains, Halogranum gelatinilyticum sp. nov. (type strain TNN44T  = CGMCC 1.10119T  = JCM 16426T) and Halogranum amylolyticum sp. nov. (type strain TNN58T  = CGMCC 1.10121T  = JCM 16428T).


Author(s):  
Angéline Antezack ◽  
Manon Boxberger ◽  
Mariem Ben Khedher ◽  
Bernard La Scola ◽  
Virginie Monnet-Corti

A Gram-stain-negative bacterium, designated strain Marseille-Q3039T, was isolated from subgingival dental plaque of a woman with gingivitis in Marseille, France. Strain Marseille-Q3039T was found to be an anaerobic, motile and spore-forming crescent-shaped bacterium that grew at 25–41.5 °C (optimum, 37 °C), pH 5.5–8.5 (optimum, pH 7.5) and salinity of 5.0 g l−1 NaCl. The results of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that strain Marseille-Q3039T was closely related to Selenomonas infelix ATCC 43532T (98.42 % similarity), Selenomonas dianae ATCC 43527T (97.25 %) and Centipedia periodontii DSM 2778T (97.19 %). The orthologous average nucleotide identity and digital DNA–DNA hybridization relatedness between strain Q3039T and its closest phylogenetic neighbours were respectively 84.57 and 28.2 % for S. infelix ATCC 43532T and 83.93 and 27.2 % for C. periodontii DSM 2778T. The major fatty acids were identified as C13 : 0 (27.7 %), C15 : 0 (24.4 %) and specific C13 : 0 3-OH (12.3 %). Genome sequencing revealed a genome size of 2 351 779 bp and a G+C content of 57.2 mol%. On the basis of the results from phenotypic, chemotaxonomic, genomic and phylogenetic analyses and data, we concluded that strain Marseille-Q3039T represents a novel species of the genus Selenomonas , for which the name Selenomonas timonae sp. nov. is proposed (=CSUR Q3039=CECT 30128).


2005 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 1311-1314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xue-Wei Xu ◽  
Pei-Gen Ren ◽  
Shuang-Jiang Liu ◽  
Min Wu ◽  
Pei-Jin Zhou

A novel extremely halophilic strain, AJ2T, was isolated from Ayakekum salt lake located in the Altun Mountain National Nature Reserve in Xinjiang, China. This isolate was neutrophilic, motile and grew in a wide range of MgCl2 concentrations (0·005–1·0 M). The major polar lipids of the isolate were C20C20 and C20C25 derivatives of phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol phosphate methyl ester and phosphatidylglycerol sulfate. A comprehensive 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that the isolate shared 96·6–97·7 % sequence identity with Natrinema species. The isolate, however, could be genetically differentiated from these species by DNA–DNA hybridization analysis and on the basis of its physiological properties. On the basis of the polyphasic evidence, strain AJ2T (=AS 1.3731T=JCM 12890T) represents the type strain of a novel species, for which the name Natrinema altunense sp. nov. is proposed.


2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (Pt_10) ◽  
pp. 3734-3738 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pan-Pan Yuan ◽  
Wei-Tao Ye ◽  
Jia-Xiang Pan ◽  
Dong Han ◽  
Wen-Jiao Zhang ◽  
...  

A halophilic archaeal strain, YC93T, was isolated from Yuncheng salt lake in Shanxi Province, China. Cells were pleomorphic rods, stained Gram-negative and formed light-red-pigmented colonies on agar plates. Strain YC93T was able to grow at 25–50 °C (optimum 37 °C), with 1.4–4.8 M NaCl (optimum 2.0 M), with 0–1.0 M MgCl2 (optimum 0.05 M) and at pH 6.0–9.5 (optimum pH 7.0). Cells lysed in distilled water and the minimal NaCl concentration to prevent cell lysis was 8 % (w/v). 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that strain YC93T had two dissimilar 16S rRNA genes both of which were phylogenetically related to those of the two recognized members of the genus Halorussus (93.0–95.3 % similarity). The rpoB′ gene of strain YC93T was phylogenetically related to the corresponding gene of Halorussus rarus TBN4T (91.3 % similarity) and Halorussus ruber YC25T (90.5 %). The major polar lipids were phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol phosphate methyl ester, phosphatidylglycerol sulfate and five glycolipids chromatographically identical to those of Halorussus rarus CGMCC 1.10122T. The DNA G+C content of strain YC93T was 64.6 mol%. The phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic properties suggested that strain YC93T represents a novel species of the genus Halorussus, for which the name Halorussus amylolyticus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is YC93T ( = CGMCC 1.12126T = JCM 18367T).


2004 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 2275-2279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mostafa S. Elshahed ◽  
Kristen N. Savage ◽  
Aharon Oren ◽  
M. Carmen Gutierrez ◽  
Antonio Ventosa ◽  
...  

A pleomorphic, extremely halophilic archaeon (strain M6T) was isolated from a sulfide- and sulfur-rich spring in south-western Oklahoma (USA). It formed small (0·8–1·0 mm), salmon pink, elevated colonies on agar medium. The strain grew in a wide range of NaCl concentrations (6 % to saturation) and required at least 1 mM Mg2+ for growth. Strain M6T was able to reduce sulfur to sulfide anaerobically. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis indicated that strain M6T belongs to the family Halobacteriaceae, genus Haloferax; it showed 96·7–98·0 % similarity to other members of the genus with validly published names and 89 % similarity to Halogeometricum borinquense, its closest relative outside the genus Haloferax. Polar lipid analysis and DNA G+C content further supported placement of strain M6T in the genus Haloferax. DNA–DNA hybridization values, as well as biochemical and physiological characterization, allowed strain M6T to be differentiated from other members of the genus Haloferax. A novel species, Haloferax sulfurifontis sp. nov., is therefore proposed to accommodate the strain. The type strain is M6T (=JCM 12327T=CCM 7217T=DSM 16227T=CIP 108334T).


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