‘Candidatus Phytoplasma convolvuli’, a new phytoplasma taxon associated with bindweed yellows in four European countries

2012 ◽  
Vol 62 (Pt_12) ◽  
pp. 2910-2915 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Martini ◽  
Carmine Marcone ◽  
Jelena Mitrović ◽  
Michael Maixner ◽  
Duška Delić ◽  
...  

Plants of Convolvulus arvensis exhibiting symptoms of undersized leaves, shoot proliferation and yellowing, collectively defined as bindweed yellows, were sampled in different regions of Europe and assessed for phytoplasma infection by PCR amplification using phytoplasma universal rRNA operon primer pairs. Positive results were obtained for all diseased plants. RFLP analysis of amplicons comprising the16S rRNA gene alone or the16S rRNA gene and 16-23S intergenic spacer region indicated that the detected phytoplasmas were distinguishable from all other previously described rRNA gene sequences. Analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences derived from seven selected phytoplasma strains (BY-S57/11, BY-S62/11, BY-I1015, BY-I1016, BY-BH1, BY-BH2 and BY-G) showed that they were nearly identical (99.9–100 % gene sequence similarity) but shared less than 97.5 % similarity with comparable sequences of other phytoplasmas. Thus, BY phytoplasmas represent a new taxon whose closest relatives are stolbur phytoplasma strains and ‘ Candidatus Phytoplasma fragariae ’ with which they share 97.2 % and 97.1 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity, respectively. Phylogenetic analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences confirmed that bindweed yellows phytoplasma strains collectively represent a distinct lineage within the phytoplasma clade and share a common ancestor with previously published or proposed ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma’ taxa within a major branch including aster yellows and stolbur phytoplasmas. On the basis of unique 16S rRNA gene sequences and biological properties that include a single host plant species and a geographical distribution limited to parts of Europe, the bindweed yellows (BY) phytoplasmas represent a coherent but discrete taxon, ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma convolvuli’, with strain BY-S57/11 (GenBank accession no. JN833705) as the reference strain.

Author(s):  
Huibin Lu ◽  
Zhipeng Cai ◽  
Tongchu Deng ◽  
Youfeng Qian ◽  
Meiying Xu

Two Gram-stain-negative, catalase-positive, oxidase-negative, rod-shaped, non-flagellated, non-spore-forming and non-motile strains (YJ13CT and H41T) were isolated from a mariculture fishpond in PR China. Comparisons based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that YJ13CT and H41T shared 16S rRNA gene sequences similarities between 92.6 and 99.2 % with species of the genus Algoriphagus . YJ13CT only shared 93.8 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with H41T. The reconstructed phylogenetic and phylogenomic trees indicated that YJ13CT and H41T clustered closely with species of the genus Algoriphagus . The calculated pairwise orthologous average nucleotide identity with usearch (OrthoANIu) values between strains YJ13CT and H41T and other related strains were all less than 79.5 %. The OrthoANIu value between YJ13CT and H41T was only 69.9 %. MK-7 was the predominant respiratory quinone of YJ13CT and H41T and their major cellular fatty acids contained iso-C15 : 0, C16 : 1 ω7c and C17 : 1 ω9c. The polar lipids profiles of YJ13CT and H41T consisted of phosphatidylethanolamine and several kinds of unidentified lipids. Combining the above descriptions, strains YJ13CT and H41T represent two distinct novel species of the genus Algoriphagus , for which the names Algoriphagus pacificus sp. nov. (type strain YJ13CT=GDMCC 1.2178T=KCTC 82450T) and Algoriphagus oliviformis sp. nov. (type strain H41T=GDMCC 1.2179T=KCTC 82451T) are proposed.


2012 ◽  
Vol 62 (Pt_4) ◽  
pp. 937-941 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Xu ◽  
Yuanyuan Fu ◽  
Ning Yang ◽  
Zhixin Ding ◽  
Qiliang Lai ◽  
...  

Strain WPAGA1T was isolated from marine sediment of the west Pacific Ocean. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that the isolate belonged to the genus Flammeovirga . Strain WPAGA1T exhibited highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with Flammeovirga yaeyamensis NBRC 100898T (98.1 %) and lower sequence similarity with Flammeovirga arenaria IFO 15982T (94.6 %) and other members of the genus Flammeovirga (<94.2 %). DNA–DNA relatedness studies showed that strain WPAGA1T was distinct from F. yaeyamensis NBRC 100898T and F. arenaria NBRC 15982T (43±4 % and 32±2 % relatedness values, respectively). Strain WPAGA1T could be distinguished from all known members of the genus Flammeovirga by a number of phenotypic features. However, the dominant fatty acids of strain WPAGA1T (iso-C15 : 0, C16 : 0 and C20 : 4ω6,9,12,15c), the major polyamine (cadaverine) and the G+C content of the chromosomal DNA (32.9 mol%) were consistent with those of members of the genus Flammeovirga . Based on phenotypic and chemotaxonomic features and 16S rRNA gene sequences, strain WPAGA1T can be assigned to the genus Flammeovirga as a representative of a novel species, for which the name Flammeovirga pacifica sp. nov. is proposed; the type strain is WPAGA1T ( = CCTCC AB 2010364T = LMG 26175T = DSM 24597T = MCCC 1A06425T).


2012 ◽  
Vol 62 (Pt_11) ◽  
pp. 2662-2668 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosa Margesin ◽  
Cathrin Spröer ◽  
De-Chao Zhang ◽  
Hans-Jürgen Busse

The taxonomic positions of two Gram-staining-negative, psychrophilic bacteria, which were isolated from alpine glacier cryoconite and designated strains Cr4-12T and Cr4-35T, were investigated using a polyphasic approach. Both novel strains contained ubiquinone Q-8 as the sole quinone, summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c and/or C16 : 1ω6c) and C16 : 0 as the dominant cellular fatty acids, putrescine and 2-hydroxyputrescine as the major polyamines, and diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylethanolamine as the major polar lipids. The genomic DNA G+C contents of strains Cr4-12T and Cr4-35T were 61.3 mol% and 60.7 mol%, respectively. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that the two strains belonged to the genus Polaromonas . Although the 16S rRNA gene sequences of strains Cr4-12T and Cr4-35T were very similar (98.7 % sequence similarity), hybridizations indicated a DNA–DNA relatedness value of only 26.9 % between the two novel strains. In pairwise comparisons with the type strains of recognized Polaromonas species, strains Cr4-12T and Cr4-35T showed 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities of 96.4–98.5 % and 96.5–98.4 %, respectively. Based on the phenotypic and phylogenetic evidence and DNA–DNA relatedness data, strains Cr4-12T and Cr4-35T represent two novel species within the genus Polaromonas , for which the names Polaromonas glacialis sp. nov. and Polaromonas cryoconiti sp. nov., respectively, are proposed. The type strain of Polaromonas glacialis sp. nov. is Cr4-12T ( = DSM 24062T  = LMG 26049T  = KACC 15089T) and that of Polaromonas cryoconiti sp. nov. is Cr4-35T ( = DSM 24248T  = LMG 26050T  = KACC 15090T).


2012 ◽  
Vol 62 (Pt_8) ◽  
pp. 1902-1907 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bédis Dridi ◽  
Marie-Laure Fardeau ◽  
Bernard Ollivier ◽  
Didier Raoult ◽  
Michel Drancourt

During attempts to obtain novel, human-associated species of the domain Archaea , a coccoid micro-organism, designated strain B10T, was isolated in pure culture from a sample of human faeces collected in Marseille, France. On the basis of its phenotypic characteristics and 16S rRNA and mcrA gene sequences, the novel strain was classified as a methanogenic archaeon. Cells of the strain were non-motile, Gram-staining-positive cocci that were approximately 850 nm in diameter and showed autofluorescence at 420 nm. Cells were lysed by 0.1 % (w/v) SDS. With hydrogen as the electron donor, strain B10T produced methane by reducing methanol. The novel strain was unable to produce methane when hydrogen or methanol was the sole energy source. In an atmosphere containing CO2, strain B10T could not produce methane from formate, acetate, trimethylamine, 2-butanol, 2-propanol, cyclopentanol, 2-pentanol, ethanol, 1-propanol or 2,3-butanediol. Strain B10T grew optimally with 0.5–1.0 % (w/v) NaCl, at pH 7.6 and at 37 °C. It required tungstate-selenite for growth. The complete genome of the novel strain was sequenced; the size of the genome was estimated to be 2.05 Mb and the genomic DNA G+C content was 59.93 mol%. In phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences, the highest sequence similarities (98.0–98.7 %) were seen between strain B10T and several uncultured, methanogenic Archaea that had been collected from the digestive tracts of a cockroach, a chicken and mammals. In the same analysis, the non-methanogenic ‘Candidatus Aciduliprofundum boonei’ DSM 19572 was identified as the cultured micro-organism that was most closely related to strain B10T (83.0 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity). Each of the three treeing algorithms used in the analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain B10T belongs to a novel order that is distinct from the Thermoplasmatales . The novel strain also appeared to be distinct from Methanosphaera stadtmanae DSM 3091T (72.9 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity), another methanogenic archaeon that was isolated from human faeces and can use methanol in the presence of hydrogen. Based on the genetic and phenotypic evidence, strain B10T represents a novel species of a new genus for which the name Methanomassiliicoccus luminyensis gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of the type species is B10T ( = DSM 24529T = CSUR P135T).


2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_2) ◽  
pp. 661-666 ◽  
Author(s):  
Van-An Hoang ◽  
Yeon-Ju Kim ◽  
Ngoc Lan Nguyen ◽  
Deok-Chun Yang

A Gram-stain-negative, non-motile, red bacterium, designated DCY57T, was isolated from soil of a ginseng field in a mountainous region of Chungnam province in South Korea. Strain DCY57T grew with 0–1 % (w/v) NaCl and the optimum temperature for growth was 30 °C. Strain DCY57T contained MK-7 as the predominant menaquinone. The polyamine was sym-homospermidine. The major fatty acids were C16:1ω5c, iso-C15:0, anteiso-C15:0 and summed feature 3 (containing C16:1ω7c and/or C16:1ω6c). The major polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine, unknown aminophospholipids, unknown aminolipids and unknown lipids. The DNA G+C content was 58.9 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain DCY57T was most closely related to members of the genus Hymenobacter . The isolate exhibited 91.7 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with H. soli PB17T, 94.5 % with H. flocculans A2-50AT and 95.8 % with H. metalli A2-91T. On the basis of the evidence presented in this study, strain DCY57T represents a novel species within the genus Hymenobacter , for which the name Hymenobacter ginsengisoli sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is DCY57T ( = KCTC 23674T = JCM 17841T).


2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_8) ◽  
pp. 3030-3036 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guiqin Yang ◽  
Ming Chen ◽  
Zhen Yu ◽  
Qin Lu ◽  
Shungui Zhou

Two novel thermophilic bacteria, designated SgZ-9T and SgZ-10T, were isolated from compost. Cells of the two strains were catalase-positive, endospore-forming and Gram-staining-positive rods. Strain SgZ-9T was oxidase-positive and non-motile, and strain SgZ-10T was oxidase-negative and motile. The highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity for both strains SgZ-9T and SgZ-10T was observed with Bacillus fortis (97.5 % and 96.9 %, respectively). Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain SgZ-9T formed a cluster with B. fortis R-6514T and Bacillus fordii R-7190T, and SgZ-10T formed a cluster with Bacillus farraginis R-6540T. The DNA–DNA pairing studies showed that SgZ-9T displayed 41.6 % and 30.7 % relatedness to the type strains of B. fortis and B. fordii , respectively. The 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity between strains SgZ-9T and SgZ-10T was 97.2 %, and the level of DNA–DNA relatedness between them was 39.2 %. The DNA G+C content of SgZ-9T and SgZ-10T was 45.3 and 47.9 mol%, respectively. Chemotaxonomic analysis revealed that both strains contained the menaquinone 7 (MK-7) as the predominant respiratory quinone. The major cellular fatty acids (>5 %) were iso-C15 : 0, anteiso-C15 : 0, anteiso-C17 : 0, iso-C16 : 0 and iso-C17 : 0 in SgZ-9T and iso-C15 : 0, anteiso-C15 : 0, iso-C17 : 0, anteiso-C17 : 0 and iso-C16 : 0 in SgZ-10T. Based on the phenotypic characteristics, chemotaxonomic features, DNA–DNA hybridization with the nearest phylogenetic neighbours and phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene sequences, the two strains were determined to be two distinct novel species in the genus Bacillus , and the names proposed are Bacillus composti sp. nov. SgZ-9T ( = CCTCC AB2012109T = KACC 16872T) and Bacillus thermophilus sp. nov. SgZ-10T (CCTCC AB2012110T = KACC 16873T).


2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (Pt_5) ◽  
pp. 1542-1549 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zong-Jie Wang ◽  
Qian-Qian Liu ◽  
Li-Hua Zhao ◽  
Zong-Jun Du ◽  
Guan-Jun Chen

A novel Gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped, gliding, facultatively anaerobic, oxidase-negative and catalase-positive bacterium, designated FA350T, was isolated from coastal sediment from Xiaoshi Island, Weihai, China. Strain FA350T showed growth on modified nutrient agar supplemented with 0.1 % d-(+)-trehalose and with distilled water replaced by seawater. Optimal growth occurred at 33 °C and pH 8.5 with 4 % NaCl. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain FA350T belongs to a novel bacterial order in the class Deltaproteobacteria , and the most closely related type strains belong to the order Desulfuromonadales , with 85.1–85.6 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity. The polar lipid profile of the novel strain consisted of phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol and two unknown phospholipids. Major cellular fatty acids were iso-C15 : 0, iso-C17 : 0 and iso-C17 : 1ω10c and menaquinone MK-7 was the sole respiratory quinone. The DNA G+C content of strain FA350T was 60.3 mol%. The isolate and closely related environmental clones formed a novel order-level clade in the class Deltaproteobacteria . Comparative analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences and characterization indicated that strain FA350T may represent a novel order of the Deltaproteobacteria . Here, we propose the name Bradymonas sediminis gen. nov., sp. nov. to accommodate strain FA350T. The type strain of Bradymonas sediminis is FA350T ( = DSM 28820T = CICC 10904T); Bradymonadales ord. nov. and Bradymonadaceae fam. nov. are also proposed to accommodate the novel taxon.


2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_8) ◽  
pp. 2848-2852 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gang Hu ◽  
Jun Zhang ◽  
Guiqin Yang ◽  
Yang-Yang Li ◽  
Yi-Ting Guan ◽  
...  

A Gram-stain-negative, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped bacterial strain, hgT, resembling members of the genus Flavobacterium , was isolated from soil, and subjected to a taxonomic study using a polyphasic approach. Strain hgT grew optimally at pH 7.0 and 30 °C in the presence of 1 % (w/v) NaCl. It contained MK-6 as the predominant menaquinone and iso-C15 : 0 and iso-C17 : 0 3-OH as the major fatty acids. The DNA G+C content was 34 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain hgT belonged to the genus Flavobacterium . Levels of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity between strain hgT and the type strains of species of the genus Flavobacterium were below 94.7 %. Strain hgT differed from phylogenetically related species of the genus Flavobacterium in several phenotypic characteristics. On the basis of phenotypic and phylogenetic distinctiveness, strain hgT ( = CCTCC AB 2012099T = KACC 16855T) was classified in the genus Flavobacterium as the type strain of a novel species, for which the name Flavobacterium yanchengense sp. nov. is proposed.


2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (10) ◽  
pp. 5205-5210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tongchu Deng ◽  
Huibin Lu ◽  
Youfen Qian ◽  
Xingjuan Chen ◽  
Xunan Yang ◽  
...  

A Gram stain-positive, non-spore-forming, non-motile and rod-shaped actinomycete, strain 5221T, was isolated from the sediment of a river collected at Ronggui in the Pearl River Delta, PR China. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that the strain formed a distinct lineage within the genus Brevibacterium and had the highest sequence similarity to Brevibacterium pityocampae Tp12T (96.7 %), followed by Brevibacterium daeguense 2C6-41T (96.5 %), Brevibacterium samyangense SST-8T (96.0 %) and Brevibacterium ravenspurgense 20T (95.9 %). The results of chemotaxonomic analyses, including detecting anteiso-C15 : 0, anteiso-C17 : 0, and C16 : 0 as the major cellular fatty acids, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol and three phosphoglycolipids as the polar lipids, MK-8(H2) as the major menaquinone, and a DNA G+C content of 72.4 mol%, supported that strain 5221T is a member of the genus Brevibacterium . Furthermore, low sequence similarities of 16S rRNA gene sequences, differences in fatty acid compositions and differential physiological characteristics such as enzyme activity and carbon sources utilization ability distinguished the isolate from its close relatives. Therefore, strain 5221T represents a novel species of the genus Brevibacterium , for which the name Brevibacterium rongguiense sp. nov. is proposed, with the type strain 5221T (=GDMCC 1.1766T=KACC 21700T).


2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (12) ◽  
pp. 6142-6146
Author(s):  
Michael B. Blackburn ◽  
Robert R. Farrar Jr. ◽  
Michael E. Sparks ◽  
Daniel Kuhar ◽  
Joseph D. Mowery ◽  
...  

Two isolates of Gram-reaction-negative, motile, violet-pigmented bacteria were isolated from a small pool in marshland near the mouth of the Nanticoke River in Maryland, USA. The isolates IIBBL 257-1T and IIBBL 257-2 had identical 16S rRNA gene sequences as determined by PCR, and highly similar fatty acid and biochemical profiles. The 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated the isolates belonged to the genus Chromobacterium . Genomic sequencing of IIBBL 257-1T revealed a genome of 4.27 Mb, with a G+C content of 63.6 %. Whole genome comparisons with other members of the Chromobacterium using JSpecies and the genome blast distance phylogeny approach indicated that among described species, IIBBL 257-1T was most closely related to C. amazonense and C. phragmitis . Comparison of the IIBBL 257-1T genome with those of type strains of these species resulted in ANIb and dDDH values of ca. 85 and 30 %, respectively, for both. These results demonstrate that IIBBL 257-1T and IIBBL 257–2 represent a new taxon within the genus Chromobacterium . We propose the name Chromobacterium paludis sp. nov. for this taxon; the type strain is IIBBL 257-1T (=NRRL B-65555T=JCM 33770T).


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