scholarly journals Asaia krungthepensis sp. nov., an acetic acid bacterium in the α-Proteobacteria

2004 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 313-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pattaraporn Yukphan ◽  
Wanchern Potacharoen ◽  
Somboon Tanasupawat ◽  
Morakot Tanticharoen ◽  
Yuzo Yamada

Three bacterial strains were isolated from flowers collected in Bangkok, Thailand, by an enrichment-culture approach for acetic acid bacteria. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that the isolates were located in the lineage of the genus Asaia but constituted a cluster separate from the type strains of Asaia bogorensis and Asaia siamensis. The DNA base composition of the isolates was 60·2–60·5 mol% G+C, with a range of 0·3 mol%. The isolates constituted a taxon separate from Asaia bogorensis and Asaia siamensis on the basis of DNA–DNA relatedness. The isolates had morphological, physiological, biochemical and chemotaxonomic characteristics similar to those of the type strains of Asaia bogorensis and Asaia siamensis, but the isolates grew on maltose. The major ubiquinone was Q10. On the basis of the results obtained, the name Asaia krungthepensis sp. nov. is proposed for the isolates. The type strain is isolate AA08T (=BCC 12978T=TISTR 1524T=NBRC 100057T=NRIC 0535T), which had a DNA G+C content of 60·3 mol% and was isolated from a heliconia flower (‘paksaasawan’ in Thai; Heliconia sp.) collected in Bangkok, Thailand.

2006 ◽  
Vol 56 (11) ◽  
pp. 2609-2616 ◽  
Author(s):  
David E. Greenberg ◽  
Stephen F. Porcella ◽  
Frida Stock ◽  
Alexandra Wong ◽  
Patricia S. Conville ◽  
...  

A Gram-negative, aerobic, coccobacillus to rod-shaped bacterium was isolated from three patients with chronic granulomatous disease. The organism was subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic study. A multilocus phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene, the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region and the RecA protein demonstrated that the organism belongs to a new sublineage within the acetic acid bacteria in the family Acetobacteraceae. Phenotypic features are summarized as follows: the organism grew at an optimum temperature of 35–37 °C and optimum pH of 5.0–6.5. It produced a yellow pigment, oxidized lactate and acetate, the latter weakly, produced little acetic acid from ethanol and could use methanol as a sole carbon source. The two major fatty acids were a straight-chain unsaturated acid (C18 : 1ω7c) and C16 : 0. The DNA base composition was 59.1 mol% G+C. The very weak production of acetic acid from ethanol, the ability to use methanol, the yellow pigmentation and high optimum temperature for growth distinguished this organism from other acetic acid bacteria. The unique phylogenetic and phenotypic characteristics suggest that the bacterium should be classified within a separate genus, for which the name Granulibacter bethesdensis gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is CGDNIH1T (=ATCC BAA-1260T=DSM 17861T).


2004 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 2263-2267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasuko Jojima ◽  
Yasuhiro Mihara ◽  
Sonoko Suzuki ◽  
Kenzo Yokozeki ◽  
Shigeru Yamanaka ◽  
...  

Three Gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacterial strains were isolated, from the pollen of Japanese flowers, as producers of xylitol; these strains were subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic study. Phylogenetic analyses of the 16S rRNA gene sequences demonstrated that these three isolates formed a new cluster within a group of acetic acid bacteria in the α-Proteobacteria. The characteristics of the three isolates were as follows: (i) their predominant quinone was Q-10; (ii) their cellular fatty acid profile contained major amounts of 2-hydroxy acids and an unsaturated straight-chain acid (C18 : 1 ω7c); and (iii) their DNA G+C contents were in the range 51·9–52·3 mol%, which is around the lower limit of the reported range for the genera of acetic acid bacteria. The negligible or very weak productivity of acetic acid from ethanol and the osmophilic growth properties distinguished these strains from other acetic acid bacteria. The unique phylogenetic and phenotypic characteristics suggest that the three isolates should be classified within a novel genus and species with the proposed name Saccharibacter floricola gen. nov., sp. nov. The type strain is strain S-877T (=AJ 13480T=JCM 12116T=DSM 15669T).


2007 ◽  
Vol 57 (7) ◽  
pp. 1647-1652 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilse Cleenwerck ◽  
Nicholas Camu ◽  
Katrien Engelbeen ◽  
Tom De Winter ◽  
Katrien Vandemeulebroecke ◽  
...  

Twenty-three acetic acid bacteria, isolated from traditional heap fermentations of Ghanaian cocoa beans, were subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic study. The isolates were catalase-positive, oxidase-negative, Gram-negative rods. They oxidized ethanol to acetic acid and were unable to produce 2-ketogluconic acid, 5-ketogluconic acid and 2,5-diketogluconic acid from glucose; therefore, they were tentatively identified as Acetobacter species. 16S rRNA gene sequencing and phylogenetic analysis confirmed their position in the genus Acetobacter, with Acetobacter syzygii and Acetobacter lovaniensis as their closest phylogenetic neighbours. (GTG)5-PCR fingerprinting grouped the strains in a cluster that did not contain any type strains of members of the genus Acetobacter. DNA–DNA hybridization with the type strains of all recognized Acetobacter species revealed DNA–DNA relatedness values below the species level. The DNA G+C contents of three selected strains were 56.9–57.3 mol%. The novel strains had phenotypic characteristics that enabled them to be differentiated from phylogenetically related Acetobacter species, i.e. they were motile, did not produce 2-ketogluconic acid or 5-ketogluconic acid from glucose, were catalase-positive and oxidase-negative, grew on yeast extract with 30 % glucose, grew on glycerol (although weakly) but not on maltose or methanol as carbon sources, and did not grow with ammonium as sole nitrogen source and ethanol as carbon source. Based on the genotypic and phenotypic data, the isolates represent a novel species of the genus Acetobacter for which the name Acetobacter ghanensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is R-29337T (=430AT=LMG 23848T=DSM 18895T).


2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (7) ◽  
pp. 4351-4357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pattaraporn Yukphan ◽  
Piyanat Charoenyingcharoen ◽  
Sukunphat Malimas ◽  
Yuki Muramatsu ◽  
Yasuyoshi Nakagawa ◽  
...  

Two bacterial strains, isolates AC10T and AC20, which were reported in a previous study on the diversity of acetic acid bacteria in Thailand, were subjected to a taxonomic study. The phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that the two isolates were located closely to the type strains of Gluconobacter oxydans and Gluconobacter roseus . However, the two isolates formed a separate cluster from the type strains of the two species. The genomic DNA of isolate AC10T was sequenced. The assembled genomes of the isolate were analysed for average nucleotide identity (ANI) and digital DNA–DNA hybridization (dDDH). The results showed that the highest ANI and dDDH values between isolate AC10T and G. oxydans DSM 3503T were 91.15 and 68.2 %, which are lower than the suggested values for species delineation. The genome-based tree was reconstructed and the phylogenetic lineage based on genome sequences showed that the lineage of isolate AC10T was distinct from G. oxydans DSM 3503T and its related species. The two isolates were distinguished from G. oxydans and their relatives by their phenotypic characteristics and MALDI-TOF profiles. Therefore, the two isolates, AC10T (=BCC 15749T=TBRC 11329T=NBRC 103576T) and AC20 (=BCC 15759=TBRC 11330=NBRC 103579), can be assigned to an independent species within the genus Gluconobacter , and the name Gluconobacter aidae sp. nov. is proposed for the two isolates.


2009 ◽  
Vol 75 (10) ◽  
pp. 3281-3288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilias Kounatidis ◽  
Elena Crotti ◽  
Panagiotis Sapountzis ◽  
Luciano Sacchi ◽  
Aurora Rizzi ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Following cultivation-dependent and -independent techniques, we investigated the microbiota associated with Bactrocera oleae, one of the major agricultural pests in olive-producing countries. Bacterial 16S rRNA gene libraries and ultrastructural analyses revealed the presence of several bacterial taxa associated with this insect, among which Acetobacter tropicalis was predominant. The recent increased detection of acetic acid bacteria as symbionts of other insect model organisms, such as Anopheles stephensi (G. Favia et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 104:9047-9051, 2007) or Drosophila melanogaster (C. R. Cox and M. S. Gilmore, Infect. Immun. 75:1565-1576, 2007), prompted us to investigate the association established between A. tropicalis and B. oleae. Using an A. tropicalis-specific PCR assay, the symbiont was detected in all insects tested originating from laboratory stocks or field-collected from different locations in Greece. This acetic acid bacterium was successfully established in cell-free medium, and typing analyses, carried out on a collection of isolates, revealed that different A. tropicalis strains are present in fly populations. The capability to colonize and lodge in the digestive system of both larvae and adults and in Malpighian tubules of adults was demonstrated by using a strain labeled with a green fluorescent protein.


2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 31-38
Author(s):  
Huong Thi Lan Vu ◽  
Oanh Thi Kim Nguyen ◽  
Van Thi Thu Bui ◽  
Uyen Thi Tu Bui ◽  
Nghiep Dai Ngo ◽  
...  

Sixty-six acetic acid bacteria (AAB) were isolated from fourty-five flowers and fruits collected in Hochiminh City, Vietnam. Of the sixty-six, thirty-one isolates were selected as dihydroxyacetone (DHA)-producing AAB based on the reaction with Fehling’s solution and grouped into three groups by routine identification with phenotypic features. Group I composed of fourteen isolates and was assigned to the genus Acetobacter, Group II composed of thirteen isolates and was assigned to the genus Gluconobacter and Group III was the remaining four isolates and was assigned to the genus Gluconacetobacter. Ten isolates among the thirteen isolates of Group II gave a larger amount of DHA (22.2–26.0 mg/mL) than Gluconobacter oxydans NBRC 14819T (19.8 mg/mL), promising for the potential use in producing DHA. In phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences, six isolates of the ten potential DHA producers were suggested to be candidates for new taxa in the genus Gluconobacter.


2004 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 610-615 ◽  
Author(s):  
SHIGERU NAKANO ◽  
ATSUSHI MATSUMURA ◽  
TOSHIHIRO YAMADA

A PCR assay for the detection of acetic acid–tolerant lactic acid bacteria in the genera of Lactobacillus and Pediococcus was developed in this study. Primers targeting the bacterial 16S rRNA gene were newly designed and used in this PCR assay. To determine the specificity of the assay, 56 different bacterial strains (of 33 genera), 2 fungi, 3 animals, and 4 plants were tested. Results were positive for most tested bacterial members of 16S rRNA gene–based phylogenetic groups (classi ed in the Lactobacillus casei and Pediococcus group), including Lactobacillus fructivorans, Lactobacillus brevis, Lactobacillus buchneri, Lactobacillus plantarum, and Lactobacillus paracasei. For all other bacterial strains and eukaryote tested, results were negative. Bacterial DNA for PCR was prepared with a simple procedure with the use of Chelex 100 resin from culture after growth in deMan Rogosa Sharpe broth (pH 6.0). To test this PCR assay for the monitoring of the acetic acid–tolerant lactic acid bacteria, L. fructivorans was inoculated into several acidic food as an indicator. Before the PCR, the inoculation of 10 to 50 CFU of bacteria per g of food was followed by a 28-h enrichment culture step, and the PCR assay allowed the detection of bacterial cells. Including the enrichment culture step, the entire PCR detection process can be completed within 30 h.


2006 ◽  
Vol 56 (10) ◽  
pp. 2427-2432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seo-Youn Jung ◽  
Hee-Sik Kim ◽  
Jae Jun Song ◽  
Seung-Goo Lee ◽  
Tae-Kwang Oh ◽  
...  

Two Gram-positive, catalase-positive, irregular short rod- or coccoid-shaped bacterial strains, N113T and R33, were isolated from an enrichment culture with diesel oil-degradation activity and their taxonomic positions were investigated using a polyphasic approach. Phenotypic, phylogenetic and genetic similarities indicated that strains N113T and R33 were representatives of the same species. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strains N113T and R33 form a lineage independent from those of members of the family Intrasporangiaceae. The novel isolates had cell-wall peptidoglycan based on meso-diaminopimelic acid, MK-8(H4) as the predominant menaquinone and 10-methyl-C18 : 0, iso-C16 : 0, C18 : 1 ω9c, C16 : 0 and C18 : 0 as the major cellular fatty acids. The DNA G+C contents were 69.6–69.9 mol%. These chemotaxonomic properties, together with phylogenetic distinctiveness, distinguish the two novel strains from recognized members of the family Intrasporangiaceae. On the basis of phenotypic, phylogenetic and genetic data, strains N113T (=KCTC 19143T=JCM 13585T) and R33 are classified as representatives of a novel genus and species, Kribbia dieselivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., within the family Intrasporangiaceae.


2007 ◽  
Vol 57 (7) ◽  
pp. 1607-1611 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sun-Young An ◽  
Mika Asahara ◽  
Keiichi Goto ◽  
Hiroaki Kasai ◽  
Akira Yokota

Two Gram-positive, round-spore-forming, rod-shaped, halophilic bacterial strains, 5B73CT and 5B133E, were isolated from field soil in Kakegawa, Shizuoka, Japan, and were characterized taxonomically using a polyphasic approach. These two strains were found to comprise strictly aerobic, motile rods that formed subterminal endospores. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strains 5B73CT and 5B133E are phylogenetically affiliated to the genus Virgibacillus, exhibiting sequence similarities of 94.1–96.4 % with respect to the type strains of Virgibacillus species. The DNA G+C contents of strains 5B73CT and 5B133E were 42.6 and 42.3 mol%, respectively. The cell-wall peptidoglycan type (meso-diaminopimelic acid), the major cellular fatty acids (anteiso-C15 : 0, iso-C15 : 0, anteiso-C17 : 0 and iso-C16 : 0) and the quinone type (MK-7) of the isolates support their affiliation to the genus Virgibacillus. On the basis of their genotypic and phenotypic characteristics, the isolates represent a novel species of the genus Virgibacillus, for which the name Virgibacillus halophilus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is 5B73CT (=IAM 15308T=KCTC 13935T).


Microbiology ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 148 (2) ◽  
pp. 453-465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wassila Laloui ◽  
Katarzyna A Palinska ◽  
Rosmarie Rippka ◽  
Frédéric Partensky ◽  
Nicole Tandeau de Marsac ◽  
...  

PCR amplicons of the Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) of the rrn operon of three axenic OMF (oceanic, marine and freshwater) strains of ‘Synechococcus’ (WH7803, PCC 7001 and PCC 6307, respectively) differ greatly in length from that of the axenic Prochlorococcus marinus subsp. pastoris PCC 9511T, although these four cyanobacteria cluster relatively closely in phylogenetic trees inferred from 16S rRNA gene sequences. The ITSs of three strains (PCC 9511T, PCC 6307 and PCC 7001) were sequenced and compared with those available for strains Prochlorococcus MED4 (CCMP 1378) and MIT9313 from genome sequencing projects. In spite of large differences in length, sequence and mean DNA base composition, conserved domains important for transcriptional antitermination and folding of the rRNA transcripts were identified in all ITSs. A new group-specific primer permitted ITS amplification even with non-axenic isolates of Prochlorococcus and one OMF-‘Synechococcus’ strain. Prochlorococcus isolates of the high-light-adapted clade (HL) differed from representatives of the low-light-adapted clade (LL) by the length of their ITS. Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) of the ITS amplicons revealed three subclusters among the HL strains. Size, sequence data and RFLP of the ITS amplicons will therefore be valuable markers for the identification of different Prochlorococcus genotypes and for their discrimination from other cyanobacterial relatives with which they often co-exist in oceanic ecosystems.


Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document