Salinisphaera orenii sp. nov., isolated from a solar saltern

2012 ◽  
Vol 62 (Pt_8) ◽  
pp. 1877-1883 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soo-Je Park ◽  
In-Tae Cha ◽  
So-Jeong Kim ◽  
Kee-Sun Shin ◽  
YoungSoo Hong ◽  
...  

A taxonomic study was performed on two isolates, designated strains MK-B5T and MK-B7, isolated from sediment of a solar saltern pond in Gomso Bay, Republic of Korea. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that strains MK-B5T and MK-B7 belong to the Gammaproteobacteria and are related most closely to Salinisphaera shabanensis JCM 11575T ( = E1L3AT) (96.3 and 96.5 % similarity, respectively), Salinisphaera dokdonensis KCCM 90064T ( = CL-ES53T) (95.6 and 95.6 %) and Salinisphaera hydrothermalis JCM 115514T ( = EPR70T) (95.1 and 95.3 %). The level of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity between strains MK-B5T and MK-B7 was 99.8 %. The G+C contents of their genomic DNAs were 63.4 and 63.6 mol%, respectively, and the major respiratory quinone was ubiquinone-8. DNA–DNA relatedness between strains MK-B5T and MK-B7 was 98 %, indicating that the two isolates represent a single species. However, the level of DNA–DNA relatedness between the two isolates and S. shabanensis E1L3AT (26.4–30.8 %) indicates that they represent a novel species. Strains MK-B5T and MK-B7 possessed C14 : 0, C16 : 0 and C19 : 0ω8c cyclo as major fatty acids. The two isolates were Gram-stain-negative, strictly aerobic, short rod-shaped and motile. They grew at 10–40 °C (optimum, 35–37 °C), at pH 5.0–8.5 (optimum, 7.0–7.5) and with 5–25 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 15 % NaCl). On the basis of phenotypic and phylogenetic analyses, strains MK-B5T and MK-B7 are thus considered to represent a novel species of the genus Salinisphaera , for which the name Salinisphaera orenii sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is MK-B5T ( = KCTC 23198T = JCM 17073T).

2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_5) ◽  
pp. 1776-1781 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Zhang ◽  
Zi-Ting Wang ◽  
Hui-Min Yu ◽  
Yuchao Ma

A bacterial strain, designated D75T, was isolated from the rhizosphere soil of Catalpa speciosa. Phylogenetic analysis based on the complete 16S rRNA gene sequence revealed that strain D75T was a member of the genus Paenibacillus . High levels of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity were found between strain D75T and Paenibacillus glycanilyticus DS-1T (99.2 %), Paenibacillus xinjiangensis B538T (97.5 %) and Paenibacillus castaneae Ch-32T (97.2 %). The chemotaxonomic properties of strain D75T were consistent with those of the genus Paenibacillus : the cell-wall peptidoglycan type was based on meso-diaminopimelic acid (A1γ), the predominant menaquinone was MK-7, and the major fatty acids were anteiso-C15 : 0, iso-C16 : 0 and C16 : 0. However, levels of DNA–DNA relatedness between strain D75T and P. glycanilyticus NBRC 16618T, P. xinjiangensis DSM 16970T and P. castaneae DSM 19417T were 35, 20 and 18 %, respectively. On the basis of phenotypic and chemotaxonomic analyses, phylogenetic data and DNA–DNA relatedness values, strain D75T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Paenibacillus , for which the name Paenibacillus catalpae sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is D75T ( = DSM 24714T = CGMCC 1.10784T).


Author(s):  
Tobias Eisenberg ◽  
Sabine Gronow ◽  
Jane Falgenhauer ◽  
Can Imirzalioglu ◽  
Kristin Mühldorfer ◽  
...  

Members of the genus Sneathia are fastidious bacteria that predominantly colonise the female genital tract and are significantly associated with reproductive disorders and genital and neonatal disease. From a taxonomical perspective, the genus only comprises the species Sneathia sanguinegens . Numerous reports on a second species, ‘Sneathia amnii’, have been published, but the name has never been validated. The same is the case for ‘Leptotrichia amnionii’, which was previously shown to belong to the same species as ‘Sneathia amnii’. We studied strains DSM 16631T and DSM 16630, which have been identified and deposited as ‘Leptotrichia amnionii’ previously. At the time of isolation, these strains were found to be most closely related to, but clearly different from, Sneathia sanguinegens based on 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities. Both strains proved to be almost indistinguishable from ‘Sneathia amnii’ based on molecular, morphological and physiological traits. The 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that strain DSM 16631T was assigned to the genus Sneathia with a sequence similarity of 95.47 % to Sneathia sanguinegens CCUG 41628T, followed by type strains of Caviibacter abscessus (93.03 %), Oceanivirga salmonicida (92.68 %) and Oceanivirga miroungae (91.97 %) as the next closely related members of the Leptotrichiaceae . The novel species was also clearly differentiated from other related taxa by core genome phylogeny, average nucleotide and amino acid identities, in silico DNA–DNA hybridization and MALDI-TOF MS. With respect to chemotaxonomic and physiological patterns, strains DSM 16631T and DSM 16630 were again highly similar to Sneathia sanguinegens . On the basis of these data, we propose the novel species Sneathia vaginalis sp. nov. with the type strain DSM 16631T (=CCUG 52977T=CCUG 52889AT) and a second strain DSM 16630 (=CCUG 52976=CCUG 52888) that were both isolated from bloodstream infections in women with puerperal fever in France. The G+C content of the DNA of the type strain is 28.4 mol% and the genome size is 1.28 Mbp. Based on the observed extremely high similarities of genotypic and phenotypic traits of the novel proposed species to those reported for ‘Sneathia amnii’, we recommend using this new name in all further publications on this taxon.


2014 ◽  
Vol 64 (Pt_7) ◽  
pp. 2250-2256 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. B. Lanjekar ◽  
N. P. Marathe ◽  
V. Venkata Ramana ◽  
Y. S. Shouche ◽  
D. R. Ranade

Two coccoid, non-motile, obligately anaerobic, Gram-stain-negative bacteria, occurring singly or in pairs, or as short chains, with a mean size of 1.4–2.5 µm were isolated from the faeces of two healthy human volunteers, aged 26 and 56 years, and were designated NMBHI-10T and BLPYG-7, respectively. Both the strains were affiliated to the sub-branch Sporomusa of the class Clostridia as revealed by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. The isolates NMBHI-10T and BLPYG-7 showed 99.1 and 99.2 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity, respectively, with Megasphaera elsdenii JCM 1772T. DNA–DNA hybridization and phenotypic analysis showed that both the strains were distinct from their closest relative, M. elsdenii JCM 1772T (42 and 53 % DNA–DNA relatedness with NMBHI-10T and BLPYG-7, respectively), but belong to the same species (DNA–DNA relatedness of 80.9 % between the isolates). According to DNA–DNA hybridization results, the coccoid strains belong to the same genospecies, and neither is related to any of the recognized species of the genus Megasphaera . Strains NMBHI-10T and BLPYG-7 grew in PYG broth at temperatures of between 15 and 40 °C (optimum 37 °C), but not at 45 °C. The strains utilized a range of carbohydrates as sources of carbon and energy including glucose, lactose, cellobiose, rhamnose, galactose and sucrose. Glucose fermentation resulted in the formation of volatile fatty acids, mainly caproic acid and organic acids such as succinic acid. Phylogenetic analysis, specific phenotypic characteristics and/or DNA G+C content also differentiated the strains from each other and from their closest relatives. The DNA G+C contents of strains NMBHI-10T and BLPYG-7 are 57.7 and 54.9 mol%, respectively. The major fatty acids were 12 : 0 FAME and 17 : 0 CYC FAME. On the basis of these data, we conclude that strains NMBHI-10T and BLPYG-7 should be classified as representing a novel species of the genus Megasphaera , for which the name Megsphaera indica sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is NMBHI-10T ( = DSM 25563T = MCC 2481T).


2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (Pt_6) ◽  
pp. 1719-1725 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shoukui Hu ◽  
Dong Jin ◽  
Shan Lu ◽  
Sha Liu ◽  
Ji Zhang ◽  
...  

A Gram-stain-negative, microaerophilic strain, 80(YS1)T, with a spiral-shaped morphology and 1–2 sheathed flagella at each end of the cells was isolated from the gastric mucosa of Marmota himalayana, the animal reservoir of Yersinia pestis in China, on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The strain grew at 30, 35 and 42 °C, but not at 25 °C. Growth was in the form of a thinly spreading film on brain heart infusion agar containing 8 % sheep blood under microaerobic conditions. The strain did not hydrolyse urea or hippurate, and did not grow on media containing 1 % glycine. It reduced nitrate to nitrite, and was catalase- and alkaline-phosphatase-positive, susceptible to nalidixic acid and resistant to cefalotin. It was positive for genus-specific PCR for the genus Helicobacter , but could not be classified to any recognized species according biochemical tests results. Therefore, a phylogenetic study based on 16S rRNA, 23S rRNA, 60 kDa heat-shock protein (hsp60) and gyrase subunit B (gyrB) genes was conducted. The 16S rRNA gene sequence (1468 bp) analysis showed that strain 80(YS1)T was most closely related to Helicobacter marmotae (96.7 % similarity). The 23S rRNA gene sequence (2879 bp) analysis showed that the strain was most closely related to Helicobacter canis (96 % similarity). The complete gyrB gene sequence (2325 bp) analysis showed that it was related phylogenetically to Helicobacter cinaedi (79.4 % similarity) and H. marmotae (79.1 % similarity). Analysis of the partial sequence of the hsp60 gene of strain 80(YS1)T showed closest similarity to the sequences of Helicobacter equorum (82 %) and H. cinaedi (81 %), respectively. However, there was no hsp60 sequence of H. marmotae available for analysis. The data of morphological, biochemical and phylogenetic characteristics all supported that this strain represents a novel species. The name Helicobacter himalayensis sp. nov. is proposed for this novel species with the type strain 80(YS1)T ( = CGMCC 1.12864T = DSM 28742T)


2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (Pt_5) ◽  
pp. 1491-1497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ngoc-Lan Nguyen ◽  
Yeon-Ju Kim ◽  
Van-An Hoang ◽  
Bao-Tram Tran ◽  
Huong-Son Pham ◽  
...  

A novel bacterial strain, designated DCY94T, was isolated from forest soil cultivated with ginseng in Vietnam. The strain was Gram-reaction-negative, facultatively anaerobic, non-motile, rod-shaped and catalase- and oxidase-positive. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis demonstrated that strain DCY94T was closely related to Paracoccus sphaerophysae Zy-3T (97.5 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity) and Paracoccus caeni MJ17T (96.9 %). The fatty acid profile of strain DCY94T contained a predominant amount of summed feature 8 (C18 : 1ω7c and/or C18 : 1ω6c; 88.4 %) and moderate to small quantities of C8 : 0 3-OH (1.0 %), C10 : 0 3-OH (2.8 %) and C18 : 0 (5.2 %). Phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine and one unidentified glycolipid were major polar lipids; one unidentified aminolipid, one unidentified aminophospholipid, one unidentified phospholipid and four unidentified polar lipids were minor components. The polyamine pattern comprised the major compounds putrescine and spermidine and minor amounts of sym-homospermidine and spermine. The ubiquinone of the strain was Q-10 and the G+C content of its genomic DNA was 68.3 mol%. All these results support the placement of strain DCY94T within the genus Paracoccus . Levels of DNA–DNA relatedness between strain DCY94T and P. sphaerophysae HAMBI 3106T and P. caeni KCTC 22480T were 52 and 50 %, respectively. The results of phylogenetic analysis, phenotypic tests, chemotaxonomic characterization and DNA–DNA relatedness studies distinguished strain DCY94T from the closest recognized species of the genus Paracoccus , suggesting that this strain represents a novel species, for which the name Paracoccus panacisoli sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is DCY94T ( = KCTC 42086T = JCM 30337T).


2012 ◽  
Vol 62 (Pt_5) ◽  
pp. 1037-1041 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ling-Ling Yang ◽  
Tao Ao ◽  
Xing-Hong Wang ◽  
Jie He ◽  
Hans-Peter Klenk ◽  
...  

A Gram-positive and aerobic bacterium, designated strain YIM 49065T, was isolated from rhizospheric soil of Jatropha curcas in Yunnan, China. This isolate formed branched and fragmented mycelia containing ll-diaminopimelic acid as the diagnostic diamino acid in the cell-wall peptidoglycan. The major cellular fatty acid profile was characterized by iso-C14 : 0, iso-C15 : 0 and iso-C16 : 0, and the predominant menaquinone was MK-8(H4). The DNA G+C content was 69.6 mol%. A phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequence demonstrated that strain YIM 49065T was closely associated with Intrasporangium calvum DSM 43043T and Humihabitans oryzae KV-657T, exhibiting 98.8 % and 98.6 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities, respectively. Furthermore, DNA–DNA hybridizations among strains YIM 49065T, I. calvum DSM 43043T and H. oryzae DSM 22331T indicated that this isolate represented a novel species in the genus Intrasporangium . On the basis of these data, we proposed one novel species, Intrasporangium mesophilum sp. nov., for strain YIM 49065T ( = DSM 23217T  = CCTCC AA 209077T). Additionally, the comparison of biochemical and phylogenetic characters supported the reclassification of Humihabitans oryzae as a separate species within the genus Intrasporangium , Intrasporangium oryzae comb. nov. (type strain KV-657T  = JCM 15924T  = NBRC 101802T  = NRRL B-24470T).


2012 ◽  
Vol 62 (Pt_5) ◽  
pp. 1140-1144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yimin Cai ◽  
Huili Pang ◽  
Maki Kitahara ◽  
Moriya Ohkuma

Two strains of lactic acid bacteria, designated SU 18T and SU 83, were isolated from silage prepared with Sudan grass [Sorghum sudanense (Piper) Stapf.]. The isolates were Gram-stain-positive, catalase-negative, facultatively anaerobic rods that did not produce gas from glucose. The isolates exhibited ≥93.5 % DNA–DNA relatedness to each other and shared the same phenotypic characteristics, which indicated that they belonged to a single species. The DNA G+C content was 58.5–59.2 mol%. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, the isolates were placed in the genus Lactobacillus . Their closest phylogenetic neighbours were Lactobacillus manihotivorans JCM 12514T and Lactobacillus camelliae JCM 13995T (95.9 and 96.8 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity, respectively, with strain SU 18T). Ribotyping revealed that strain SU 18T was well separated from L. manihotivorans JCM 12514T and L. camelliae JCM 13995T. Strain SU 18T exhibited ≤23.7 % DNA–DNA relatedness with its closest phylogenetic neighbours. The isolates represent a novel species in the genus Lactobacillus , for which the name Lactobacillus nasuensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is SU 18T ( = JCM 17158T  = CGMCC 1.10801T). The description of the genus Lactobacillus is also amended.


2014 ◽  
Vol 64 (Pt_9) ◽  
pp. 3297-3306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Learn-Han Lee ◽  
Nurullhudda Zainal ◽  
Adzzie-Shazleen Azman ◽  
Shu-Kee Eng ◽  
Nurul-Syakima Ab Mutalib ◽  
...  

Two novel actinobacteria, strains MUSC 135T and MUSC 137, were isolated from mangrove soil at Tanjung Lumpur, Malaysia. The 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity and DNA–DNA relatedness between strains MUSC 135T and MUSC 137 were 100 % and 83±3.2 %, confirming that these two strains should be classified in the same species. Strain MUSC 135T exhibited a broad-spectrum bacteriocin against the pathogens meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strain ATCC BAA-44, Salmonella typhi ATCC 19430T and Aeromonas hydrophila ATCC 7966T. A polyphasic approach was used to study the taxonomy of MUSC 135T, and it showed a range of phylogenetic and chemotaxonomic properties consistent with those of the genus Streptomyces . The diamino acid of the cell-wall peptidoglycan was ll-diaminopimelic acid. The predominant menaquinones were MK-9(H6), MK-9(H4) and MK-9(H8). Polar lipids detected were a lipid, an aminolipid, a phospholipid, phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylethanolamine and two glycolipids. The predominant cellular fatty acids (>10.0 %) were anteiso-C15 : 0 (20.8 %), iso-C16 : 0 (18.0 %), iso-C15 : 0 (12.2 %) and anteiso-C17 : 0 (11.6 %). The whole-cell sugars were ribose, glucose and mannose. These results suggested that MUSC 135T should be placed within the genus Streptomyces . Phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence exhibited that the most closely related strains were Streptomyces cinereospinus NBRC 15397T (99.18 % similarity), Streptomyces mexicanus NBRC 100915T (99.17 %) and Streptomyces coeruleofuscus NBRC 12757T (98.97 %). DNA–DNA relatedness between MUSC 135T and closely related type strains ranged from 26.3±2.1 to 49.6±2.5 %. BOX-PCR fingerprint comparisons showed that MUSC 135T exhibited a unique DNA profile. The DNA G+C content determined was 70.7±0.3 mol%. Based on our polyphasic study of MUSC 135T, the strain merits assignment to a novel species, for which the name Streptomyces pluripotens sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is MUSC 135T ( = MCCC 1K00252T = DSM 42140T).


2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (Pt_5) ◽  
pp. 1467-1473 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiufang Han ◽  
Jimei Zheng ◽  
Di Xin ◽  
Yuhua Xin ◽  
Xuexin Wei ◽  
...  

Two actinobacterial strains, m20T and z8, were isolated from soil taken from rainforest areas/tropic forest region, Yunnan Province, south-west China. The 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities and DNA–DNA relatedness values between strains m20T and z8 were 100 and 88.2 %, respectively, which indicated that these two strains should be classified as the same species. The taxonomic position of the strains was determined by a polyphasic approach. Morphological and chemotaxonomic features of the strains were consistent with those of the genus Streptomyces . A phylogenetic tree based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strains m20T and z8 formed an evolutionary branch within the genus Streptomyces and shared relatively high 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity values with other members of this genus, including ‘Streptomyces siamensis’ NBRC 108799 (98.95 %), Streptomyces graminilatus NBRC 108882T (98.25 %), Streptomyces seoulensis NBRC 16668T (98.11 %), Streptomyces peucetius ATCC 29050T (98.11 %) and Streptomyces hygroscopicus subsp. ossamyceticus ATCC 15420T (98.11 %). DNA–DNA relatedness values between strain m20T and the five above-mentioned strains were 56.3, 55.1, 52.8 , 50.1 and 48.4 %, respectively. On the basis of phenotypic, genotypic and phylogenetic properties, strains m20T and z8 could be distinguished from phylogenetically related members of the genus Streptomyces . The isolates thus merit species status within the genus Streptomyces , for which the name http://dx.doi.org/10.1601/nm.6817 Streptomyces albiflavescens sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is m20T ( = CGMCC 4.7111T = KCTC 29196T). Strain z8 ( = CGMCC 4.7112 = KCTC 29197) is a reference strain.


2012 ◽  
Vol 62 (Pt_9) ◽  
pp. 2150-2155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Revti Raichand ◽  
Siddhika Pareek ◽  
Nitin Kumar Singh ◽  
Shanmugam Mayilraj

A Gram-positive, motile, short rod-shaped, orange pigmented bacterium, designated strain IMTB-3094T, was isolated from a water sample collected from Tikkar Tal Lake, Haryana, and subjected to detailed polyphasic taxonomic analysis. Strain IMTB-3094T possessed most of the phenotypic and chemotaxonomic properties of the genus Exiguobacterium and, based on 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, was assigned to this genus. Strain IMTB-3094T exhibited the highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to Exiguobacterium mexicanum MTCC 7759T (99.5 %) followed by Exiguobacterium aurantiacum MTCC 6414T (99.1 %), Exiguobacterium aestuarii MTCC 7750T (98.0 %), Exiguobacterium profundum MTCC 10851T (98.0 %) and Exiguobacterium marinum MTCC 7751T (98.0 %). The G+C content of the genomic DNA of strain IMTB-3094T was 53.2 mol% and a DNA–DNA relatedness study confirmed that it represents a novel species. The major fatty acids of strain IMTB-3094T were iso-C17 : 0 (16.1 %), anteiso-C13 : 0 (19.0 %), iso-C13 : 0 (11.9 %), iso-C15 : 0 (9.8 %) and iso-C17 : 1 (12.7 %). The predominant quinones were MK-7 (55.0 %) and MK-6 (26.0 %) with minor amounts of MK-8 (12.0 %). Based on phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic analyses, strain IMTB-3094T represents a novel species of the genus Exiguobacterium , for which the name Exiguobacterium aquaticum sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is IMTB-3094T ( = MTCC 10958T  = JCM 17977T).


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