Spirochaeta sphaeroplastigenens sp. nov., a halo-alkaliphilic, obligately anaerobic spirochaete isolated from soda lake Lonar

2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_6) ◽  
pp. 2223-2228 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Vishnuvardhan Reddy ◽  
S. Aspana ◽  
D. L. Tushar ◽  
Ch. Sasikala ◽  
Ch. V. Ramana

Two helical-shaped bacteria (strains JC133T and JC143), which stain Gram-negative, were isolated from an alkaline soda lake, Lonar, India. Both strains were obligate anaerobes, mesophilic and required halo-alkaline conditions for growth. Both strains were resistant to rifampicin and kanamycin, but sensitive to gentamicin, tetracycline, ampicillin and chloramphenicol. Both strains had phosphatidylglycerol (PG), diphosphotidylglycerol (DPG), glycolipid (GL) and four unidentified lipids (L1–4) as the major polar lipids. C18 : 1ω7c was the predominant cellular fatty acid with significant proportions of C16 : 0, C18 : 1ω9c, C14 : 0, C18 : 0, C16 : 1ω5c, C18 : 1ω5c and C20 : 1ω9c. The DNA G+C contents of strain JC131T and JC143 were 58.2 and 58.5 mol%, respectively, and the two strains showed DNA reassociation >85 % (based on DNA–DNA hybridization). Based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, both strains were identified as belonging to the genus Spirochaeta with Spirochaeta alkalica Z-7491T (99.6 % sequence similarity), Spirochaeta americana ASpG1T (99 %) and other members of the genus Spirochaeta (<93 %) as their closest phylogenetic neighbours. However, strain JC133T and JC143 displayed less than 53.5 % binding (based on DNA–DNA hybridization) with S. alkalica Z-7491T and S. americana ASpG1T. On the basis of physiological, biochemical, chemotaxonomic and molecular properties, strains JC133T and JC143 can be differentiated from other members of the genus Spirochaeta and represent a novel species of the genus Spirochaeta , for which the name Spirochaeta sphaeroplastigenens sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is JC133T ( = KCTC 15220T = NBRC 109056T).

2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_11) ◽  
pp. 4271-4276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vishnuvardhan Reddy Sultanpuram ◽  
Tushar Dilipchand Lodha ◽  
Venkata Ramana Chintalapati ◽  
Sasikala Chintalapati

Two novel Gram-stain-negative, motile, catalase-negative and oxidase-positive strains of bacteria (JC131T and JC112) were isolated from Lonar, a soda lake in India. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity studies, strains JC131T and JC112 belong to the family Cohaesibacteraceae of the class Alphaproteobacteria and were most closely related to Cohaesibacter marisflavi DQHS21T (98.0 %) and Cohaesibacter gelatinilyticus CL-GR15T (96.0 %). Polar lipids of strains JC131T and JC112 include phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethnolamine, phosphatidylmonomethylethanolamine, diphosphatidylglycerol and two unidentified lipids (L1 and L2). Both strains have diplopterol, diploptene, an unidentified hopane (UH) and bacteriohopane derivatives (BHD1 and 2) as major hopanoids and an unidentified pigment (P1). The predominant isoprenoid quinone of both strains was ubiquinone-10 (Q10). Whole-cell fatty acid analysis of both strains revealed that C18 : 1ω7c was the predominant cellular fatty acid and significant proportions of C16 : 0, summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c and/or iso-C15 : 0 2-OH), 11-methyl C18 : 1ω7c, C18 : 1ω9c, C18 : 0 and C20 : 1ω7c were also detected. The DNA G+C content of strains JC131T and JC112 was 54.6 and 53.8 mol%, respectively. The genome reassociation (based on DNA–DNA hybridization) of strains JC131T and JC112 with Cohaesibacter marisflavi NCCB 100300T ( = DQHS21T) was about 58 %, while between JC131T and JC112 it was about 87 %. On the basis of physiological, biochemical and chemotaxonomical properties, strains JC131T and JC112 are differentiated from the other two members of the genus Cohaesibacter . Strains JC131T and JC112 represent a novel species of the genus Cohaesibacter , for which the name Cohaesibacter haloalkalitolerans sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is JC131T ( = KCTC 32038T = NBRC 109022T). An emended description of the genus Cohaesibacter is presented.


2012 ◽  
Vol 62 (Pt_8) ◽  
pp. 1958-1962 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhao-Ming Gao ◽  
Jing Xiao ◽  
Xing-Na Wang ◽  
Ling-Wei Ruan ◽  
Xiu-Lan Chen ◽  
...  

A taxonomic study was carried out on a cellulase-producing bacterium, strain G21T, isolated from mangrove soil in Xiamen, Fujian province, China. Cells were Gram-negative, slightly curved rods, motile with a single polar flagellum. The strain grew at 15–40 °C and in 0.5–10 % (w/v) NaCl. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain G21T belonged to the genus Vibrio and formed a clade with Vibrio furnissii ATCC 350116T (97.4 % sequence similarity), V. fluvialis LMG 7894T (97.1 %) and V. ponticus CECT 5869T (96.1 %). However, multilocus sequence analysis (using rpoA, recA, mreB, gapA, gyrB and pyrH sequences) and DNA–DNA hybridization experiments indicated that the strain was distinct from the closest related Vibrio species. Additionally, strain G21T could be differentiated from them phenotypically by the ability to grow in 10 % NaCl but not on TCBS plates, its enzyme activity spectrum, citrate utilization, oxidization of various carbon sources, hydrolysis of several substrates and its cellular fatty acid profile. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 46.0 mol%. The major cellular fatty acids were summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c and/or iso-C15 : 0 2-OH), C16 : 0 and C18 : 1ω7c. The major polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylglycerol, with trace amounts of diphosphatidylglycerol. The predominant quinones were Q-8 and Q-7. Based on phylogenetic, phenotypic and chemotaxonomic characteristics and DNA–DNA hybridization analysis, it is concluded that strain G21T represents a novel species of the genus Vibrio , for which the name Vibrio xiamenensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is G21T ( = DSM 22851T  = CGMCC 1.10228T).


2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (Pt_3) ◽  
pp. 754-759 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulina Corral ◽  
Angela Corcelli ◽  
Antonio Ventosa

An extremely haloalkaphilic archaeon, strain T26T, belonging to the genus Halostagnicola , was isolated from sediment of the soda lake Bange in the region of Tibet, China. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities showed that strain T26T was closely related to Halostagnicola alkaliphila 167-74T (98.4 %), Halostagnicola larsenii XH-48T (97.5 %) and Halostagnicola kamekurae 194-10T (96.8 %). Strain T26T grew optimally in media containing 25 % (w/v) salts, at pH 9.0 and 37 °C in aerobic conditions. Mg2+ was not required for growth. The cells were motile, pleomorphic and Gram-stain-variable. Colonies of this strain were pink pigmented. Hypotonic treatment caused cell lysis. The polar lipids of the isolate consisted of C20C20 and C20C25 derivatives of phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol phosphate methyl ester and minor phospholipids components. Glycolipids were not detected, in contrast to the two neutrophilic species of this genus. The genomic DNA G+C content of strain T26T was 60.1 mol% and DNA–DNA hybridization showed a relatedness of 19 and 17 % with Halostagnicola alkaliphila CECT 7631T and Halostagnicola larsenii CECT 7116T, respectively. The comparison of 16S rRNA gene sequences, detailed phenotypic characterization, polar lipid profile and DNA–DNA hybridization studies revealed that strain T26T belongs to the genus Halostagnicola , and represents a novel species for which the name Halostagnicola bangensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is T26T ( = CECT 8219T = IBRC-M 10759T = JCM 18750T).


2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_10) ◽  
pp. 3823-3828 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chokchai Kittiwongwattana ◽  
Chitti Thawai

A Gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped bacterium was isolated and designated strain L6-8T during a study of endophytic bacterial communities in lesser duckweed (Lemna aequinoctialis). Cells of strain L6-8T were motile with peritrichous flagella. The analysis of the nearly complete 16S rRNA gene sequence indicated that strain L6-8T was phylogenetically related to species of the genus Rhizobium . Its closest relatives were Rhizobium borbori DN316T (97.6 %), Rhizobium oryzae Alt 505T (97.3 %) and Rhizobium pseudoryzae J3-A127T (97.0 %). The sequence similarity analysis of housekeeping genes recA, glnII, atpD and gyrB showed low levels of sequence similarity (<91.5 %) between strain L6-8T and other species of the genus Rhizobium with validly published names. The pH range for growth was 4.0–9.0 (optimum 6.0–7.0), and the temperature range for growth was 20–45 °C (optimum 30 °C). Strain L6-8T tolerated NaCl up to 2 % (w/v) (optimum 1 % NaCl). The predominant components of cellular fatty acids were C19 : 0 cyclo ω8c (31.32 %), summed feature 8 (C18 : 1ω7c and/or C18 : 1ω6c; 25.39 %) and C16 : 0 (12.03 %). The DNA G+C content of strain L6-8T was 60.4 mol% (T m). nodC and nifH were not amplified in strain L6-8T. DNA–DNA relatedness between strain L6-8T and R. borbori DN316T, R. oryzae Alt505T and R. pseudoryzae J3-A127T was between 11.2 and 18.3 %. Based on the sequence similarity analyses, phenotypic, biochemical and physiological characteristics and DNA–DNA hybridization, strain L6-8T could be readily distinguished from its closest relatives and represents a novel species of the genus Rhizobium , for which the name Rhizobium paknamense sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is L6-8T ( = NBRC 109338T = BCC 55142T).


2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_3) ◽  
pp. 867-872 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herbert Seiler ◽  
Mareike Wenning ◽  
Verena Schmidt ◽  
Siegfried Scherer

A novel Gram-staining-positive, rod-shaped, motile, strictly aerobic, endospore-forming bacterium, designated WCC 4585T, was isolated from a pharmaceutical production line. The organism grew optimally at 30 °C, at pH 8 and in the presence of 0.5 % (w/v) NaCl. Oval endospores were formed subterminally and terminally in swollen sporangia. The cell-wall diamino acid was meso-diaminopimelic acid (type A1γ) and the genomic DNA G+C content was 38.7 mol%. The major menaquinone was MK-7. The cellular fatty acid profile contained major amounts of iso-C15 : 0, anteiso-C15 : 0 and anteiso-C17 : 0, and the cellular phospholipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine and aminophospholipid. The isolate was most closely related to Bacillus oceanisediminis H2T, Bacillus infantis SMC 4352-1T, Bacillus firmus NCIMB 9366T, Bacillus circulans ATCC 4513T and Bacillus horneckiae DSM 23495T with which it shared less than 98.0 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity. DNA–DNA relatedness values between strain WCC 4585T and five type strains of related species were ≤27 % and sequence similarity values based on groEL sequences were ≤88.7 %. On the basis of the characteristics presented, strain WCC 4585T is proposed to represent a novel species, Bacillus gottheilii sp. nov. The type strain is WCC 4585T( = DSM 23668T = CCUG 59876T = LMG 25856T).


Author(s):  
Auttaporn Booncharoen ◽  
Wonnop Visessanguan ◽  
Nattakorn Kuncharoen ◽  
Supalurk Yiamsombut ◽  
Pannita Santiyanont ◽  
...  

An aerobic, Gram-stain-positive, endospore-forming, rod-shaped and moderately halophilic strain SKP4-6T, was isolated from shrimp paste (Ka-pi) collected from Samut Sakhon Province, Thailand. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that strain SKP4-6T belonged to the genus Halobacillus and was most closely related to Halobacillus salinus JCM 11546T (98.6 %), Halobacillus locisalis KCTC 3788T (98.6 %) and Halobacillus yeomjeoni KCTC 3957T (98.6 %) based on 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity. The digital DNA–DNA hybridization (dDDH) and average nucleotide identity (ANI) values between strain SKP4-6T and its related species were 18.2–19.3 % and 69.84–84.51 %, respectively, which were lower than the threshold recommended for species delineation. The strain grew optimally at 30–40 °C, at pH 7.0 and with 10–15 % (w/v) NaCl. It contained l-Orn–d-Asp in the cell wall peptidoglycan. The DNA G+C content was 44.8 mol%. The major fatty acids were iso-C15 : 0, anteiso-C15 : 0 and anteiso-C17 : 0. The predominant isoprenoid quinone was MK-7. Phosphatidylglycerol and diphosphatidylglycerol were present as major polar lipids. Based on this polyphasic approach, digital DNA–DNA relatedness and ANI values, strain SKP4-6T represents a novel species of the genus Halobacillus , for which the name Halobacillus fulvus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is SKP4-6T (=JCM 32624T=TISTR 2595T).


Author(s):  
Yan Gao ◽  
Guangyu Li ◽  
Chen Fang ◽  
Zongze Shao ◽  
Yue-Hong Wu ◽  
...  

A Gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped and aerobic bacterial strain, named Ery12T, was isolated from the overlying water of the Lau Basin in the Southwest Pacific Ocean. Strain Ery12T showed high 16S rRNA gene sequences similarity to Tsuneonella flava MS1-4T (99.9 %), T. mangrovi MCCC 1K03311T (98.1 %), Altererythrobacter ishigakiensis NBRC 107699T (97.3 %) and exhibited ≤97.0 % sequence similarity with other type strains of species with validly published names. Growth was observed in media with 0–10.0 % NaCl (optimum 0–1.0 %, w/v), pH 5.0–9.5 (optimum 6.0–7.0) and 10–42 °C (optimum 30–37 °C). The predominant respiratory quinone was ubiquinone 10 (Q-10). The major cellular fatty acid was summed feature 8 (C18 : 1  ω7c and/or C18 : 1  ω6c). The major polar lipids were sphingoglycolipid, phosphatidyglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylcholine, three unidentified glycolipids, one unidentified aminoglycolipid and one unidentified lipid. The DNA G+C content was 60.8 %. The ANI and in silico DDH values between strain Ery12T and the type strains of its closely related species were 71.0- 91.8 % and 19.5- 44.6 %, respectively. According to the phenotypic, chemotaxonomic, phylogenetic and genomic data, strain Ery12T represents a novel species of the genus Tsuneonella , for which the name Tsuneonella suprasediminis is proposed. The type strain is Ery12T (=CGMCC 1.16500 T=MCCC 1A04421T=KCTC 62388T). We further propose to reclassify Altererythrobacter rhizovicinus and Altererythrobacter spongiae as Pelagerythrobacter rhizovicinus comb. nov. and Altericroceibacterium spongiae comb. nov., respectively.


Author(s):  
Hiroyuki Sawada ◽  
Takashi Fujikawa ◽  
Shigeru Osada ◽  
Mamoru Satou

Five phytopathogenic bacterial strains, MAFF 301449T, MAFF 301450, MAFF 301451, MAFF 301452, and MAFF 301453, which were isolated from bud blight lesions of cyclamen (Cyclamen persicum Mill.) in Miyagi, Japan, were subjected to polyphasic taxonomic characterisation. The cells were Gram-reaction-negative, aerobic, non-spore-forming, motile with one to five polar flagella, and rod-shaped. Analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that they belong to the genus Pseudomonas , with Pseudomonas extremaustralis 14-3T (99.79 % sequence similarity), Pseudomonas trivialis DSM 14937T (99.79 %), Pseudomonas poae DSM 14936T (99.72 %), and Pseudomonas antarctica CMS 35T (99.72 %) as their relatives. The genomic DNA G+C content was 60.3 mol% and the major fatty acids (>5 % of the total fatty acids) were C16 : 0, summed feature 3 (C16 : 1 ω7c/C16 : 1 ω6c), summed feature 8 (C18 : 1 ω7c/C18 : 1 ω6c), and C17 : 0 cyclo. Phylogenetic analysis using the rpoD gene sequences and phylogenomic analyses based on the whole genome sequences demonstrated that the strains are members of the Pseudomonas fluorescens subgroup, but form a monophyletic and robust clade separated from their relatives. Average nucleotide identity and digital DNA–DNA hybridisation analyses with the closely related Pseudomonas species corroborated their novel species status. The strains were differentiated from their relatives by phenotypic characteristics, pathogenicity towards cyclamen, cellular fatty acid composition, and whole-cell MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry profiles. Based on the phenotypic, chemotaxonomic, and genotypic data obtained, we conclude that the strains represent a novel Pseudomonas species, for which we propose the name Pseudomonas cyclaminis sp. nov.; the type strain is MAFF 301449T (=ICMP 23720T).


2012 ◽  
Vol 62 (Pt_7) ◽  
pp. 1613-1618 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chakkiath Paul Antony ◽  
Nina V. Doronina ◽  
Rich Boden ◽  
Yuri A. Trotsenko ◽  
Yogesh S. Shouche ◽  
...  

A moderately haloalkaliphilic methylotrophic bacterium possessing the ribulose monophosphate pathway for carbon assimilation, designated MPLT, was isolated from Lonar Lake sediment microcosms that were oxidizing methane for two weeks. The isolate utilized methanol and was an aerobic, Gram-negative, asporogenous, motile, short rod that multiplied by binary fission. The isolate required NaHCO3 or NaCl for growth and, although not auxotrophic for vitamin B12, had enhanced growth with vitamin B12. Optimal growth occurred with 0.5–2 % (w/v) NaCl, at 28–30 °C and at pH 9.0–10.0. The cellular fatty acid profile consisted primarily of straight-chain saturated C16 : 0 and unsaturated C16 : 1ω7c and C18 : 1ω7c. The major ubiquinone was Q-8. The dominant phospholipids were phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol and diphosphatidylglycerol. Cells accumulated ectoine as the main compatible solute. The DNA G+C content was 50.0 mol%. The isolate exhibited 94.0–95.4 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with the type strains of methylotrophs belonging to the genus Methylophaga and 31 % DNA–DNA relatedness with the reference strain, Methylophaga alcalica VKM B-2251T. It is proposed that strain MPLT represents a novel species, Methylophaga lonarensis sp. nov. (type strain MPLT = VKM B-2684T = MCC 1002T).


2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_7) ◽  
pp. 2684-2689 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Venkata Ramana ◽  
P. Shalem Raj ◽  
L. Tushar ◽  
Ch. Sasikala ◽  
Ch. V. Ramana

Two strains (JA643T and JA755) of Gram-stain-negative, facultatively anaerobic phototrophic, bacteria capable of growth at low temperatures (10–15 °C) were isolated from freshwater streams from different geographical regions of India. Both strains contain bacteriochlorophyll a and carotenoids of the spirilloxanthin series. Phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, an unidentified phospholipid (PL), unidentified amino lipids (AL1–AL6, AL9) and an unidentified lipid (L1) were the polar lipids present in both strains. The major cellular fatty acid was C18 : 1ω7c (76–79 % of the total). Bacteriohopane derivatives (BHD1,2), unidentified hopanoids (UH1–5), diplopterol (DPL) and diploptene (DPE) were the major hopanoids of both strains. The DNA G+C content was 64.2–64.5 mol%. 16S rRNA gene sequence-based phylogenetic analysis showed that both strains are closely related to the genus Rhodomicrobium and clustered with Rhodomicrobium vannielii DSM 162T (99 % sequence similarity). However, both strains exhibited only 46.1 % DNA–DNA hybridization with R. vannielii DSM 162T. Strains JA643T and JA755 shared >99 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity and were >85 % related on the basis of DNA–DNA hybridization; they are therefore considered to represent a novel species in the genus Rhodomicrobium , for which the name Rhodomicrobium udaipurense sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is JA643T ( = KCTC 15219T = NBRC 109057T).


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