Methanosarcina soligelidi sp. nov., a desiccation- and freeze-thaw-resistant methanogenic archaeon from a Siberian permafrost-affected soil

2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_8) ◽  
pp. 2986-2991 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dirk Wagner ◽  
Janosch Schirmack ◽  
Lars Ganzert ◽  
Daria Morozova ◽  
Kai Mangelsdorf

A methanogenic archaeon, strain SMA-21T, was isolated from a permafrost-affected soil by serial dilution in liquid medium. The cells were non-motile, stained Gram-negative and grew as irregular cocci with a diameter of 1.3–2.5 µm. Optimal growth was observed at 28 °C, pH 7.8 and 0.02 M NaCl. The strain grew on H2/CO2, methanol and acetate, but not on formate, ethanol, 2-butanol, 2-propanol, monomethylamine, dimethylamine, trimethylamine or dimethyl sulfide. Major membrane lipids of strain SMA-21T were archaeol phosphatidylglycerol, archaeol phosphatidylethanolamine and the corresponding hydroxyarchaeol compounds. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 40.9 mol%. The 16S rRNA gene sequence was closely related to those of Methanosarcina mazei DSM 2053T (similarity 99.9 %) and Methanosarcina horonobensis HB-1T (similarity 98.7 %). On basis of the level of DNA–DNA hybridization (22.1 %) between strain SMA-21T and Methanosarcina mazei DSM 2053T as well as of phenotypic and genotypic differences, strain SMA-21T was assigned to a novel species of the genus Methanosarcina , for which the name Methanosarcina soligelidi sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is SMA-21T ( = DSM 20065T = JCM 18468).

2014 ◽  
Vol 64 (Pt_10) ◽  
pp. 3478-3484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lars Ganzert ◽  
Janosch Schirmack ◽  
Mashal Alawi ◽  
Kai Mangelsdorf ◽  
Wolfgang Sand ◽  
...  

A novel methanogenic archaeon, strain MC-15T, was isolated from a floating biofilm on a sulphurous subsurface lake in Movile Cave (Mangalia, Romania). Cells were non-motile sarcina-like cocci with a diameter of 2–4 µm, occurring in aggregates. The strain was able to grow autotrophically on H2/CO2. Additionally, acetate, methanol, monomethylamine, dimethylamine and trimethylamine were utilized, but not formate or dimethyl sulfide. Trypticase peptone and yeast extract were not required for growth. Optimal growth was observed at 33 °C, pH 6.5 and a salt concentration of 0.05 M NaCl. The predominant membrane lipids of MC-15T were archaeol and hydroxyarchaeol phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, and phosphatidylinositol as well as hydroxyarchaeol phosphatidylserine and archaeol glycosaminyl phosphatidylinositol. The closely related species, Methanosarcina vacuolata and Methanosarcina horonobensis, had a similar composition of major membrane lipids to strain MC-15T. The 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain MC-15T was similar to those of Methanosarcina vacuolata DSM 1232T (sequence similarity 99.3 %), Methanosarcina horonobensis HB-1T (98.8 %), Methanosarcina barkeri DSM 800T (98.7 %) and Methanosarcina siciliae T4/MT (98.4 %). DNA–DNA hybridization revealed 43.3 % relatedness between strain MC-15T and Methanosarcina vacuolata DSM 1232T. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 39.0 mol%. Based on physiological, phenotypic and genotypic differences, strain MC-15T represents a novel species of the genus Methanosarcina , for which the name Methanosarcina spelaei sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is MC-15T ( = DSM 26047T = JCM 18469T).


2014 ◽  
Vol 64 (Pt_2) ◽  
pp. 522-527 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janosch Schirmack ◽  
Kai Mangelsdorf ◽  
Lars Ganzert ◽  
Wolfgang Sand ◽  
Alexandra Hillebrand-Voiculescu ◽  
...  

A novel strain of methanogenic archaea, designated MC-20T, was isolated from the anoxic sediment of a subsurface lake in Movile Cave, Mangalia, Romania. Cells were non-motile, Gram-stain-negative rods 3.5–4.0 µm in length and 0.6–0.7 µm in width, and occurred either singly or in short chains. Strain MC-20T was able to utilize H2/CO2, formate, 2-propanol and 2-butanol as substrate, but not acetate, methanol, ethanol, dimethyl sulfide, monomethylamine, dimethylamine or trimethylamine. Neither trypticase peptone nor yeast extract was required for growth. The major membrane lipids of strain MC-20T were archaeol phosphatidylethanolamine and diglycosyl archaeol, while archaeol phosphatidylinositol and glycosyl archaeol were present only in minor amounts. Optimal growth was observed at 33 °C, pH 7.4 and 0.08 M NaCl. Based on phylogenetic analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences, strain MC-20T was closely affiliated with Methanobacterium oryzae FPiT (similarity 97.1 %) and Methanobacterium lacus 17A1T (97.0 %). The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 33.0 mol%. Based on phenotypic and genotypic differences, strain MC-20T was assigned to a novel species of the genus Methanobacterium for which the name Methanobacterium movilense sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is MC-20T ( = DSM 26032T = JCM 18470T).


2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_11) ◽  
pp. 4141-4148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Labrenz ◽  
Jana Grote ◽  
Kerstin Mammitzsch ◽  
Henricus T. S. Boschker ◽  
Michael Laue ◽  
...  

A psychro- and aerotolerant bacterium was isolated from the sulfidic water of a pelagic redox zone of the central Baltic Sea. The slightly curved rod- or spiral-shaped cells were motile by one polar flagellum or two bipolar flagella. Growth was chemolithoautotrophic, with nitrate or nitrite as electron acceptor and either a variety of sulfur species of different oxidation states or hydrogen as electron donor. Although the bacterium was able to utilize organic substances such as acetate, pyruvate, peptone and yeast extract for growth, these compounds yielded considerably lower cell numbers than obtained with reduced sulfur or hydrogen; in addition, bicarbonate supplementation was necessary. The cells also had an absolute requirement for NaCl. Optimal growth occurred at 15 °C and at pH 6.6–8.0. The predominant fatty acid of this organism was 16 : 1ω7c, with 3-OH 14 : 0, 16 : 0, 16 : 1ω5c+t and 18 : 1ω7c present in smaller amounts. The DNA G+C content was 33.6 mol%. As determined in 16S rRNA gene sequence phylogeny analysis, the isolate belongs to the genus Sulfurimonas , within the class Epsilonproteobacteria , with 93.7 to 94.2 % similarity to the other species of the genus Sulfurimonas , Sulfurimonas autotrophica , Sulfurimonas paralvinellae and Sulfurimonas denitrificans . However, the distinct physiological and genotypic differences from these previously described taxa support the description of a novel species, Sulfurimonas gotlandica sp. nov. The type strain is GD1T ( = DSM 19862T = JCM 16533T). Our results also justify an emended description of the genus Sulfurimonas .


2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_11) ◽  
pp. 4294-4302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca E. Pike ◽  
Brad Haltli ◽  
Russell G. Kerr

Two Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria, strains EF212T and PS125T, were isolated from the octocorals Eunicea fusca and Plexaura sp., respectively. EF212T was isolated from a specimen of E. fusca collected off the coast of Florida, USA, and PS125T was isolated from a specimen of Plexaura sp. collected off the coast of Bimini, Bahamas. Analysis of the nearly full-length 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that these novel strains were most closely related to Endozoicomonas montiporae CL-33T, E. elysicola MKT110T and E. numazuensis HC50T (EF212T, 95.6–97.2 % identity; PS125T, 95.1–96.4 % identity). DNA–DNA hybridization values among EF212T, PS125T, E. montiporae LMG 24815T and E. elysicola KCTC 12372T were far below the 70 % cut-off, with all values for duplicate measurements being less than 35 %. Both EF212T and PS125T required NaCl for growth and showed optimal growth at 2–3 % NaCl, 22-30 °C and pH 8.0. The predominant cellular fatty acids were summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω6c and/or C16 : 1ω7c), summed feature 8 (C18 : 1ω6c and/or C18 : 1ω7c), C16 : 0 and C14 : 0. The DNA G+C content of EF212T was 48.6 mol% and that of PS125T was 47.5 mol%. In addition to the genotypic differences observed between the two novel strains and related type strains, phenotypic and chemotaxonomic experiments also revealed differences between strains. Thus, strains EF212T and PS125T represent novel species of the genus Endozoicomonas , for which the names Endozoicomonas euniceicola sp. nov. and Endozoicomonas gorgoniicola sp. nov., respectively, are proposed. The type strains are EF212T ( = NCCB 100458T = DSM 26535T) for Endozoicomonas euniceicola sp. nov. and PS125T ( = NCCB 100438T = CECT 8353T) for Endozoicomonas gorgoniicola sp. nov. An emended description of the genus Endozoicomonas is also provided to encompass differences observed in the results of genotypic, chemotaxonomic and phenotypic tests compared from the original and amended genus descriptions.


2012 ◽  
Vol 62 (Pt_4) ◽  
pp. 954-959 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xianbo Chang ◽  
Wenzheng Liu ◽  
Xiao-Hua Zhang

A novel halophilic, filamentous, actinomycete strain, designated CXB832T, was isolated from a salt pond in Qingdao, China. Optimal growth occurred at 37 °C, pH 7.0–8.0 and 9–12 % (w/v) NaCl. Strain CXB832T formed pale yellow to deep yellow branched substrate mycelium without fragmentation. Abundant white aerial mycelium differentiated into long chains of spores and the spores were rod-shaped with smooth surfaces. Strain CXB832T contained meso-diaminopimelic acid as the diagnostic diamino acid of the cell-wall peptidoglycan, and glucose and xylose as the major whole-cell sugars. The phospholipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phospholipids, glycolipid and unidentified lipids. MK-10(H8), MK-9(H8), MK-10(H2) and MK-10(H6) were the predominant menaquinones. The major fatty acids were i-C16 : 0 (30.71 %), ai-C17 : 0 (13.31 %) and C16 : 0 (11.28 %). The G+C content of the DNA was 60.1 mol%. Comparative analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that the novel strain was most closely related to genera within the family Nocardiopsaceae , but formed a separate lineage. The highest sequence similarities were to Nocardiopsis arabia DSM 45083T (95.4 %) and Haloactinospora alba DSM 45015T (94.9 %). On the basis of phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic distinctiveness, strain CXB832T represents a new genus and novel species in the family Nocardiopsaceae , for which the name Salinactinospora qingdaonensis gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of the type species is CXB832T ( = DSM 45442T = LMG 25567T).


2014 ◽  
Vol 64 (Pt_7) ◽  
pp. 2274-2279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheol Su Park ◽  
Kyudong Han ◽  
Tae-Young Ahn

A Gram-staining-negative, strictly aerobic, rod-shaped, pale-pink pigmented bacterial strain, designated TF8T, was isolated from leaf mould in Cheonan, Republic of Korea. Its taxonomic position was determined through a polyphasic approach. Optimal growth occurred on R2A agar without NaCl supplementation, at 25–28 °C and at pH 6.0–7.0. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain TF8T belongs to the genus Mucilaginibacter in the family Sphingobacteriaceae . The sequence similarity between 16S rRNA genes of strain TF8T and the type strains of other species of the genus Mucilaginibacter ranged from 92.1 to 94.7 %. The closest relatives of strain TF8T were Mucilaginibacter lutimaris BR-3T (94.7 %), M. soli R9-65T (94.5 %), M. litoreus BR-18T (94.5 %), M. rigui WPCB133T (94.0 %) and M. daejeonensis Jip 10T (93.8 %). The major isoprenoid quinone was MK-7 and the major cellular fatty acids were iso-C15 : 0 (33.0 %), summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c and/or C16 : 1ω6c; 24.8 %) and summed feature 8 (C18 : 1ω7c and/or C18 : 1ω6c; 13.0 %). The major polar lipids of TF8T were phosphatidylethanolamine and three unidentified aminophospholipids. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 46.2 mol%. On the basis of the data presented here, strain TF8T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Mucilaginibacter , for which the name Mucilaginibacter koreensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is TF8T ( = KACC 17468T = JCM 19323T).


2014 ◽  
Vol 64 (Pt_10) ◽  
pp. 3546-3552 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Puente-Sánchez ◽  
Mónica Sánchez-Román ◽  
Ricardo Amils ◽  
Víctor Parro

A novel actinobacterium, designated IPBSL-7T, was isolated from a drilling core 297 m deep obtained from the Iberian Pyrite Belt. The strain was isolated anaerobically using nitrate as the electron acceptor. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that it was related to Tessaracoccus flavescens SST-39T (95.7 % similarity), Tessaracoccus bendigoensis Ben 106T (95.7 %), Tessaracoccus lubricantis KSS-17SeT (95.6 %) and Tessaracoccus oleiagri SL014B-20A1T (95.0 %), while its similarity to any other member of the family Propionibacteriaceae was less than 94 %. Cells were non-motile, non-spore-forming, Gram-positive, oval to rod-shaped, and often appeared in pairs or small groups. The strain was facultatively anaerobic, oxidase-negative, catalase-positive and capable of reducing nitrate. Colonies were circular, convex, smooth and colourless. The organism could grow at between 15 and 40 °C, with an optimal growth at 37 °C. The pH range for growth was from pH 6 to 9, with pH 8 being the optimal value. Strain IPBSL-7T had peptidoglycan type A3-γ′, with ll-diaminopimelic acid as the diagnostic diamino-acid and glycine at position 1 of the peptide subunit. The dominant menaquinone was MK-9(H4) (93.8 %). The major cellular fatty acid was anteiso-C15 : 0 (55.0 %). The DNA G+C content was 70.3 mol%. On the basis of phenotypic and phylogenetic results, strain IPBSL-7T can be differentiated from previously described species of the genus Tessaracoccus and, therefore, represents a novel species, for which the name Tessaracoccus lapidicaptus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is IPBSL-7T ( = CECT 8385T = DSM 27266T).


2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (Pt_2) ◽  
pp. 556-561 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wayne L. Nicholson ◽  
Kateryna Zhalnina ◽  
Rafael R. de Oliveira ◽  
Eric W. Triplett

A novel, psychrotolerant facultative anaerobe, strain WN1359T, was isolated from a permafrost borehole sample collected at the right bank of the Kolyma River in Siberia, Russia. Gram-positive-staining, non-motile, rod-shaped cells were observed with sizes of 1–2 µm long and 0.4–0.5 µm wide. Growth occurred in the range of pH 5.8–9.0 with optimal growth at pH 7.8–8.6 (pH optimum 8.2). The novel isolate grew at temperatures from 0–37 °C and optimal growth occurred at 25 °C. The novel isolate does not require NaCl; growth was observed between 0 and 8.8 % (1.5 M) NaCl with optimal growth at 0.5 % (w/v) NaCl. The isolate was a catalase-negative, facultatively anaerobic chemo-organoheterotroph that used sugars but not several single amino acids or dipeptides as substrates. The major metabolic end-product was lactic acid in the ratio of 86 % l-lactate : 14 % d-lactate. Strain WN1359T was sensitive to ampicillin, chloramphenicol, fusidic acid, lincomycin, monocycline, rifampicin, rifamycin SV, spectinomycin, streptomycin, troleandomycin and vancomycin, and resistant to nalidixic acid and aztreonam. The fatty acid content was predominantly unsaturated (70.2 %), branched-chain unsaturated (11.7 %) and saturated (12.5 %). The DNA G+C content was 35.3 mol% by whole genome sequence analysis. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed 98.7 % sequence identity between strain WN1359T and Carnobacterium inhibens . Genome relatedness was computed using both Genome-to-Genome Distance Analysis (GGDA) and Average Nucleotide Identity (ANI), which both strongly supported strain WN1359T belonging to the species C. inhibens . On the basis of these results, the permafrost isolate WN1359T represents a novel subspecies of C. inhibens , for which the name Carnobacterium inhibens subsp. gilichinskyi subsp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is WN1359T ( = ATCC BAA-2557T = DSM 27470T). The subspecies Carnobacterium inhibens subsp. inhibens subsp. nov. is created automatically. An emended description of C. inhibens is also provided.


2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (Pt_6) ◽  
pp. 1741-1748 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Azmatunnisa ◽  
K. Rahul ◽  
K. V. N. S. Lakshmi ◽  
Ch. Sasikala ◽  
Ch. V. Ramana

A Gram-stain-positive, solvent-tolerating, aerobic, rod-shaped bacterium that formed terminal endospores was isolated from the organic solvent acetophenone. The strain, designated JC23T, was oxidase- and catalase-positive. The strain grew in the presence of a wide range of organic solvents with partition coefficients (log p values) between 1 and 4, which are exceptionally toxic to micro-organisms. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, strain JC23T was identified as belonging to the genus Lysinibacillus and was most closely related to Lysinibacillus manganicus Mn1-7T (98.5 % similarity), L. massiliensis 440831T (97.2 %) and L. chungkukjangi 2RL3-2T (96.8 %). DNA–DNA relatedness of strain JC23T with the type strains of the closest species was <39 %. Strain JC23T grew chemo-organoheterotrophically with optimal growth at pH 7 (range pH 6–9) and at 35 °C (range 25–40 °C). The DNA G+C content was 41 mol%. Major cellular fatty acids of strain JC23T were iso-C15 : 0, iso-C16 : 0, anteiso-C15 : 0 and anteiso-C17 : 0. The cell-wall peptidoglycan type was determined to be A4α (l-Lys–d-Asp), which is in agreement with the cell-wall characteristics of the genus Lysinibacillus . The predominant quinone system was MK-7. Polar lipids of strain JC23T included diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, two unidentified glycolipids, β-gentiobiosyldiacylglycerol, two unidentified phospholipids and two unidentified lipids. On the basis of our morphological, physiological, genetic, phylogenetic and chemotaxonomic analyses, we conclude that strain JC23T should be assigned to a novel species of the genus Lysinibacillus , for which the name Lysinibacillus acetophenoni sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is strain JC23T ( = CCUG 57911T = KCTC 13605T = NBRC 105754T = DSM 23394T).


2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (10) ◽  
pp. 5439-5444 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jae-Yun Lee ◽  
Woorim Kang ◽  
Pil Soo Kim ◽  
So-Yeon Lee ◽  
Na-Ri Shin ◽  
...  

A novel Gram-stain-positive, non-motile, non-spore-forming, coccobacillus-shaped, strictly aerobic bacterium, designated strain H23T48T, was isolated from the faecal sample of an oriental stork collected from the Seoul Grand Park Zoo in Seoul, Republic of Korea. Optimal growth of strain H23T48T was observed at 30–37 °C, pH 8 and with 3 % (w/v) NaCl. 16S rRNA gene sequence-based phylogenetic analysis revealed that strain H23T48T was closely related to the genus Flaviflexus , with 97.0 and 96.7 % sequence similarities to Flaviflexus salsibiostraticola EBR4-1-2T and Flaviflexus huanghaiensis H5T, respectively. Strain H23T48T possessed MK-9(H4) as the major menaquinone and C16 : 0 (42.4 %), C18 : 1  ω9c (31.3 %) and C14 : 0 (17.7 %) as the major cellular fatty acids. The polar lipids included phosphatidylglycerol, two unidentified lipids, six unidentified phospholipids and two unidentified glycophospholipids. The amino acid composition of the cell-wall peptidoglycan was l-alanine, l-lysine, d-glutamic acid, l-aspartic acid and glycine. The genomic G+C content of strain H23T48T is 59.5 mol% and the average nucleotide identity value between H23T48T and F. salsibiostraticola KCT C33148T (=EBR4-1-2T) is 75.5 %. Based on the obtained data, strain H23T48T represents a novel species of the genus Flaviflexus , for which the name Flaviflexus ciconiae sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is H23T48T (=KCTC 49253T=JCM 33282T).


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