Cryobacterium levicorallinum sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium isolated from glacier ice

2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_8) ◽  
pp. 2819-2822 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qing Liu ◽  
Hongcan Liu ◽  
Jianli Zhang ◽  
Yuguang Zhou ◽  
Yuhua Xin

In this study, two psychrophilic bacterial strains were isolated from the China No. 1 glacier in Xinjiang, north-west China. Cells were Gram-positive rods. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that the strains belonged to the genus Cryobacterium . Phylogenetic analysis showed that they clustered together and are most closely related to Cryobacterium luteum CGMCC 1.11210T, Cryobacterium flavum CGMCC 1.11215T, Cryobacterium psychrophilum CGMCC 1.4292T, Cryobacterium psychrotolerans CGMCC 1.5382T and Cryobacterium roopkundense CGMCC 1.10672T. The major cellular fatty acids of the novel strains were anteiso-C15 : 0, anteiso-C15 : 1 A, iso-C16 : 0 and iso-C15 : 0. Both strains contained diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol and one unidentified glycolipid in the cell membrane. The results of DNA–DNA hybridization and physiological tests allowed the genotypic and phenotypic differentiation of strains Hh34T and Hh28 from related species. However, their high DNA–DNA relatedness showed that they belong to the same novel species. Strain Hh34T ( = NBRC 107883T = CGMCC 1.11211T) was selected as the type strain to represent this novel species, for which the name Cryobacterium levicorallinum sp. nov. is proposed.

2012 ◽  
Vol 62 (Pt_12) ◽  
pp. 2997-3002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neha Niharika ◽  
Swati Jindal ◽  
Jasvinder Kaur ◽  
Rup Lal

A bacterial strain, designated Dd16T, was isolated from a hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) dumpsite at Lucknow, India. Cells of strain Dd16T were Gram-stain-negative, non-motile, rod-shaped and yellow-pigmented. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that the strain belonged to the genus Sphingomonas in the family Sphingomonadaceae , as it showed highest sequence similarity to Sphingomonas asaccharolytica IFO 15499T (95.36 %), Sphingosinicella vermicomposti YC7378T (95.30), ‘Sphingomonas humi’ PB323 (95.20 %), Sphingomonas sanxanigenens NX02T (95.14 %) and Sphingomonas desiccabilis CP1DT (95.00 %). The major fatty acids were summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c/C16 : 1ω6c) C14 : 0 2-OH, summed feature 8 (C18 : 1ω7c and/or C18 : 1ω6c) and C16 : 0. The polar lipid profile of strain Dd16T also corresponded to those reported for species of the genus Sphingomonas (phosphatidylethanolamine, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylglycerol, and a sphingoglycolipid), again supporting its identification as a member of the genus Sphingomonas . The predominant respiratory quinone was ubiquinone Q10, and sym-homospermidine was the major polyamine observed. The total DNA G+C content of strain Dd16T was 65.8 mol%. The results obtained on the basis of phenotypic characteristics and phylogenetic analysis and after biochemical and physiological tests, clearly distinguished strain Dd16T from closely related members of the genus Sphingomonas . Thus, strain Dd16T represents a novel species of the genus Sphingomonas for which the name Sphingomonas indica sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is Dd16T ( = DSM 25434T = CCM 7882T).


2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_2) ◽  
pp. 442-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samson Viulu ◽  
Kohei Nakamura ◽  
Yurina Okada ◽  
Sakiko Saitou ◽  
Kazuhiro Takamizawa

A novel species of Fe(III)-reducing bacterium, designated strain OSK6T, belonging to the genus Geobacter , was isolated from lotus field mud in Japan. Strain OSK6T was isolated using a solid medium containing acetate, Fe(III)-nitrilotriacetate (NTA) and gellan gum. The isolate is a strictly anaerobic, Gram-negative, motile, straight rod-shaped bacterium, 0.6–1.9 µm long and 0.2–0.4 µm wide. The growth of the isolate occurred at 20–40 °C with optima of 30–37 °C and pH 6.5–7.5 in the presence of up to 0.5 g NaCl l−1. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was determined by HPLC to be 59.7 mol%. The major respiratory quinone was MK-8. The major fatty acids were 16 : 1ω7c and 16 : 0. Strain OSK6T was able to grow with Fe(III)-NTA, ferric citrate, amorphous iron (III) hydroxide and nitrate, but not with fumarate, malate or sulfate as electron acceptors. Among examined substrates grown with Fe(III)-NTA, the isolate grew on acetate, lactate, pyruvate and succinate. Analysis of the near full-length 16S rRNA gene sequence revealed that strain OSK6T is closely related to Geobacter daltonii and Geobacter toluenoxydans with 95.6 % similarity to the type strains of these species. On the basis of phylogenetic analysis and physiological tests, strain OSK6T is described as a representative of a novel species, Geobacter luticola sp. nov.; the type strain is OSK6T ( = DSM 24905T = JCM 17780T).


2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_12) ◽  
pp. 4402-4406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ji Young Choi ◽  
Gwangpyo Ko ◽  
Weonghwa Jheong ◽  
Geert Huys ◽  
Harald Seifert ◽  
...  

Two Gram-stain-negative, non-fermentative bacterial strains, designated 11-0202T and 11-0607, were isolated from soil in South Korea, and four others, LUH 13522, LUH 8638, LUH 10268 and LUH 10288, were isolated from a beet field in Germany, soil in the Netherlands, and sediment of integrated fish farms in Malaysia and Thailand, respectively. Based on 16S rRNA, rpoB and gyrB gene sequences, they are considered to represent a novel species of the genus Acinetobacter . Their 16S rRNA gene sequences showed greatest pairwise similarity to Acinetobacter beijerinckii NIPH 838T (97.9–98.4 %). They shared highest rpoB and gyrB gene sequence similarity with Acinetobacter johnsonii DSM 6963T and Acinetobacter bouvetii 4B02T (85.4–87.6 and 78.1–82.7 %, respectively). Strain 11-0202T displayed low DNA–DNA reassociation values (<40 %) with the most closely related species of the genus Acinetobacter . The six strains utilized azelate, 2,3-butanediol, ethanol and dl-lactate as sole carbon sources. Cellular fatty acid analyses showed similarities to profiles of related species of the genus Acinetobacter : summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c, C16 : 1ω6c; 24.3–27.2 %), C18 : 1ω9c (19.9–22.1 %), C16 : 0 (15.2–22.0 %) and C12 : 0 (9.2–14.2 %). On the basis of the current findings, it is concluded that the six strains represent a novel species, for which the name Acinetobacter kookii sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is 11-0202T ( = KCTC 32033T = JCM 18512T).


2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_9) ◽  
pp. 3324-3329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ali Amoozegar ◽  
Maryam Didari ◽  
Maryam Bagheri ◽  
Seyed Abolhassan Shahzadeh Fazeli ◽  
Peter Schumann ◽  
...  

A Gram-staining-positive, endospore-forming, rod-shaped, strictly aerobic, slightly halophilic bacterium, designated strain A24T, was isolated from the hypersaline lake Aran-Bidgol in Iran. Cells of strain A24T were motile rods and produced oval endospores at a terminal position in swollen sporangia. Strain A24T was catalase and oxidase positive. Growth occurred with between 0.5 and 7.5 % (w/v) NaCl and the isolate grew optimally at 3 % (v/w) NaCl. The optimum temperature and pH for growth were 35 °C and pH 8.0, respectively. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain A24T belonged to the genus Bacillus within the phylum Firmicutes and showed the closest phylogenetic similarity with the species Bacillus alkalitelluris BA288T (97.2 %), Bacillus herbersteinensis D-1,5aT (96.0 %) and Bacillus litoralis SW-211T (95.6 %). The G+C content of the genomic DNA of this strain was 35.9 mol%. The polar lipid pattern of strain A24T consisted of phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine and two unknown phospholipids. The major cellular fatty acids of strain A24T were anteiso-C15 : 0 and iso-C15 : 0. The respiratory quinones were MK-7 (94 %) and MK-6 (4 %). The peptidoglycan contained meso-diaminopimelic acid as the diagnostic diamino acid. All these features confirm the placement of isolate A24T within the genus Bacillus . DNA–DNA hybridization experiments revealed a relatedness of 8 % between strain A24T and Bacillus alkalitelluris IBRC-M 10596T, supporting its placement as a novel species. Phenotypic characteristics, phylogenetic analysis and DNA–DNA relatedness data suggest that this strain represents a novel species of the genus Bacillus , for which the name Bacillus salsus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is strain A24T ( = IBRC-M 10078 T = KCTC 13816T).


2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_6) ◽  
pp. 2160-2167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anjali Saxena ◽  
Shailly Anand ◽  
Ankita Dua ◽  
Naseer Sangwan ◽  
Fazlurrahman Khan ◽  
...  

A yellow-pigmented, Gram-negative, aerobic, non-motile, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped-bacterium, LE124T, was isolated from a hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) dumpsite located in Lucknow, India. The type strain LE124T grew well with hexachlorocyclohexane as a sole carbon source, degrading it within 24 h of incubation. Phylogenetic analysis of strain LE124T showed highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to Novosphingobium barchaimii LL02T (98.5 %), Novosphingobium panipatense SM16T (98.1 %), Novosphingobium soli CC-TPE-1T (97.9 %), Novosphingobium naphthalenivorans TUT562T (97.6 %), Novosphingobium mathurense SM117T (97.5 %) and Novosphingobium resinovorum NCIMB 8767T (97.5 %) and lower sequence similarity (<97 %) to all other members of the genus Novosphingobium . The DNA–DNA relatedness between strain LE124T and N. barchaimii LL02T and other related type strains was found to vary from 15 % to 45 % confirming that it represents a novel species. The genomic DNA G+C content of strain LE124T was 60.7 mol%. The predominant fatty acids were summed feature 8 (C18 : 1ω7c, 49.1 %), summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c/C16 : 1ω6c, 19.9 %), C16 : 0 (6.7 %), C17 : 1ω6c (4.9 %) and a few hydroxyl fatty acids, C14 : 0 2-OH (9.4 %) and C16 : 0 2-OH (2.1 %). Polar lipids consisted mainly of phosphatidyldimethylethanolamine, phosphatidylcholine, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylmonomethylethanolamine, sphingoglycolipid and some unidentified lipids. The major respiratory quinone was ubiquinone Q-10. Spermidine was the major polyamine observed. Phylogenetic analysis, DNA–DNA hybridization, chemotaxonomic and phenotypic analysis support the conclusion that strain LE124T represents a novel species within the genus Novosphingobium for which we propose the name Novosphingbium lindaniclasticum sp. nov. The type strain is LE124T ( = CCM 7976T = DSM 25409T).


2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_6) ◽  
pp. 2192-2196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bing-Bing Liu ◽  
Shu-Kun Tang ◽  
Heng-Lin Cui ◽  
Yong-Guang Zhang ◽  
Li Li ◽  
...  

Two extremely halophilic archaea, designated YIM 94188T and YIM 94189, were isolated from Qijiaojing lake in Xinjiang province, north-west China and subjected to taxonomic characterization using a polyphasic approach. The cells of the two strains were coccoid, non-motile and Gram-stain-negative. Colonies were pink–white-pigmented and aerobic. Growth occurred at 10–30 % (w/v) NaCl, 20–55 °C and pH 6.0–8.0 (optimum: 20–25 % NaCl, 37–42 °C, pH 6.5–7.0). Magnesium was necessary for growth in the range of 0.2–1.2 M. Phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that the two strains belonged to the genus Halopelagius showing 98.5 % sequence similarity to the closest phylogenetic neighbour, Halopelagius inordinatus RO5-2T. In addition, the DNA–DNA hybridization values of strains YIM 94188T and YIM 94189 to Halopelagius inordinatus RO5-2T were 35.7 % and 37.7 %, respectively. Polar lipid analyses revealed that the two strains contained phosphatidylglycerol (PG), phosphatidylglycerol phosphate methyl ester (PGP-Me), sulfated mannosyl glucosyl diether (S-DGD-1) and mannosyl glucosyl diether (DGD-1). The DNA G+C contents of strains YIM 94188T and YIM 94189 were 66.3 mol% and 64.6 mol%, respectively. On the basis of physiological and chemotaxonomic data, and phylogenetic analysis, strains YIM 94188T and YIM 94189 were classified as representing a novel species in the genus Halopelagius . The name Halopelagius fulvigenes sp. nov. is proposed, with YIM 94188T ( = CCTCC AB 2010456T = JCM 17506T) as the type strain.


2012 ◽  
Vol 62 (Pt_10) ◽  
pp. 2400-2404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamae Seki ◽  
Atsuko Matsumoto ◽  
Risa Shimada ◽  
Yuki Inahashi ◽  
Satoshi Ōmura ◽  
...  

Two bacterial strains, designated KV-962T and KV-963, were isolated from soil collected from a field in Japan. Cells of both strains were Gram-staining-positive, non-spore-forming, short rod-shaped and motile. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that these strains were related to Conexibacter woesei DSM 14684T, with a similarity value of 98.6 %. These strains possessed MK-7 (H4) as the sole menaquinone and contained C18 : 1ω9c, C17 : 1ω6c and iso-C16 : 0 as the major fatty acids. On the basis of genotypic and phenotypic characteristics, strain KV-962T and KV-963 were indicated as a novel species of the genus Conexibacter , for which the name Conexibacter arvalis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is KV-962T ( = DSM 23288T  = NBRC 106558T)


2012 ◽  
Vol 62 (Pt_9) ◽  
pp. 2097-2106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minna K. Männistö ◽  
Suman Rawat ◽  
Valentin Starovoytov ◽  
Max M. Häggblom

Four aerobic bacteria, designated MP5ACTX2T, MP5ACTX8T, MP5ACTX9T and S6CTX5AT, were isolated from tundra soil of north-western Finland (69° 03′ N 20° 50′ E). Cells of all isolates were Gram-negative, non-motile rods. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that they belonged to the genus Granulicella of subdivision 1 of the phylum Acidobacteria . 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity between the new isolates and the type strains of Granulicella aggregans , Granulicella paludicola , Granulicella pectinivorans and Granulicella rosea ranged from 94 to 99 %. Analysis of the RNA polymerase beta subunit (rpoB) gene sequence indicated that the isolates represented novel species of the genus Granulicella (<92 % rpoB sequence similarity between the isolates and members of the genus Granulicella ). This was also confirmed by low DNA–DNA relatedness (31 %) between strain S6CTX5AT and the type strain of G. pectinivorans , which exhibited 99.1 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity and 91.7 % rpoB gene sequence similarity. The isolates grew at pH 3.5–6.5 and at 4–26 °C. Sugars were the preferred growth substrates. The major cellular fatty acids were iso-C15 : 0, C16 : 1ω7c and C16 : 0 and the major isoprenoid quinone was MK-8. The DNA G+C content was 56–60 mol%. On the basis of phylogenetic analysis and chemotaxonomic and physiological data, the isolates represent four novel species of the genus Granulicella , for which the names Granulicella arctica MP5ACTX2T ( = ATCC BAA-1858T = DSM 23128T), Granulicella mallensis MP5ACTX8T ( = ATCC BAA-1857T = DSM 23137T), Granulicella tundricola MP5ACTX9T (ATCC BAA-1859T = DSM 23138T) and Granulicella sapmiensis S6CTX5AT ( = LMG 26174T = DSM 23136T) are proposed. An emended description of the genus Granulicella is also presented.


Author(s):  
Mari Tohya ◽  
Tomomi Hishinuma ◽  
Shin Watanabe ◽  
Masahito Shimojima ◽  
Miho Ogawa ◽  
...  

Three Gram-positive bacterial strains, BML-BC004, BML-BC017 and BML-BC059, isolated from blood samples from three inpatients in Japan, were identified as members of Bacillus cereus using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight MS. The 16S rRNA gene sequences of these three strains were more than 97.1 % similar to 18 type strains belonging to the B. cereus group. Whole-genome comparisons, using average nucleotide identity (ANI) and digital DNA–DNA hybridization (dDDH), confirmed that the three strains represented three individual distinct species belonging to the B. cereus group. A phylogenetic tree showed that BML-BC004, BML-BC017 and BML-BC059 were located close to B. luti , B. mobilis and B. paramycoides , respectively. Based on these phylogenetic and phenotypic data, including values below the threshold for ANI and dDDH, the three strains should be classified as representing three different novel species of the B. cereus group: Bacillus sanguinis sp. nov., with type strain BML-BC004T (=DSM 111102T=JCM 34122T), Bacillus paramobilis sp. nov., with type strain BML-BC017T (=DSM 111100T=JCM 34124T) and Bacillus hominis sp. nov., with type strain BML-BC059T (=DSM 111101T=JCM 34125T).


2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (Pt_4) ◽  
pp. 1133-1137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan-Yuan Bao ◽  
Zhi Huang ◽  
Dong-Mei Mao ◽  
Xia-Fang Sheng ◽  
Lin-Yan He

A novel actinomycete, designated strain A31T, was isolated from the surface of weathered biotite in Susong, Anhui Province, China. The organism grew optimally at 30 °C, at pH 8.0 and with 1 % (w/v) NaCl. Strain A31T had A3α as the cell-wall peptidoglycan type and galactose, mannose and rhamnose as whole-cell sugars. Anteiso-C15 : 0 and anteiso-C17 : 0 were the major cellular fatty acids and MK-9(H2) was the predominant respiratory quinone. In addition, the total polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylmonomethylethanolamine and four glycolipids. The genomic DNA G+C content of strain A31T was 70.8 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain A31T was related most closely to Sinomonas albida LC13T (98.3 % similarity), Sinomonas atrocyanea DSM 20127T (98.2 %), Sinomonas soli CW 59T (98.1 %), Sinomonas flava CW 108T (97.8 %), ‘Sinomonas mesophila’ MPKL 26 (97.3 %), Sinomonas echigonensis LC10T (97.1 %) and ‘ Sinomonas notoginsengisoli ’ SYP-B575 (96.7 %). DNA–DNA hybridization studies with the new isolate showed relatedness values of 16.0–56.6 % with its six closest neighbours. Based on phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic analysis, strain A31T represents a novel species of the genus Sinomonas , for which the name Sinomonas susongensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is A31T ( = DSM 28245T = CCTCC AB 2014068T).


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