Azoarcus olearius sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing bacterium isolated from oil-contaminated soil

2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_10) ◽  
pp. 3755-3761 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming-Hui Chen ◽  
Shih-Yi Sheu ◽  
Euan K. James ◽  
Chiu-Chung Young ◽  
Wen-Ming Chen

A novel nitrogen-fixing strain, designated DQS-4T, was isolated from oil-contaminated soil in Taiwan and was characterized using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. Cells of strain DQS-4T stained Gram-negative, contained poly-β-hydroxybutyrate granules and were motile rods, surrounded by a thin capsule. Cells displayed a strictly aerobic type of metabolism and fixed nitrogen microaerobically. Growth occurred at 10–45 °C (optimum, 35–40 °C), at pH 7.0–8.0 (optimum, pH 7.0) and with 0–2 % NaCl (optimum, 0.5–1 %). Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain DQS-4T belonged to the genus Azoarcus , and its closest neighbours were Azoarcus indigens VB32T and Azoarcus communis SWub3T, with sequence similarities of 97.4 and 96.4 %, respectively. The major cellular fatty acids of strain DQS-4T were summed feature 3 (comprising C16 : 1ω7c and/or C16 : 1ω6c), C16 : 0 and C18 : 1ω7c. The major cellular hydroxy fatty acid was C10 : 0 3-OH. The DNA G+C content was 64.5 mol%. The polar lipid profile consisted of phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol and several uncharacterized aminophospholipids and phospholipids. The mean level of DNA–DNA relatedness between strain DQS-4T and A. indigens LMG 9092T was 27.4 %. On the basis of the genotypic and phenotypic data, strain DQS-4T represents a novel species in the genus Azoarcus , for which the name Azoarcus olearius sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is DQS-4T ( = BCRC 80407T = KCTC 23918T = LMG 26893T).

2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_1) ◽  
pp. 134-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen-Ming Chen ◽  
Shwu-Harn Yang ◽  
Chiu-Chung Young ◽  
Shih-Yi Sheu

A bacterial strain, designated NSW-5T, was isolated from a water sample taken from Niao-Song Wetland Park in Taiwan and characterized using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. Cells of strain NSW-5T were strictly aerobic, Gram-stain-negative, non-motile and polymorphic, being straight, vibrioid, curved and spiral-shaped rods surrounded by a thick capsule and forming light pink-coloured colonies. Some rings consisting of several cells were present. Growth occurred at 10–40 °C (optimum, 25 °C), with 0–3.0 % NaCl (optimum, 0 %) and at pH 6.0–8.0 (optimum, pH 7.0). Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain NSW-5T belonged to the genus Arcicella with sequence similarities of 98.6, 98.0 and 97.3 % with Arcicella aquatica NO-502T, Arcicella rosea TW5T and Arcicella aurantiaca TNR-18T, respectively. The predominant cellular fatty acids were summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c and/or C16 : 1ω6c; 20.8 %), C16 : 0 (14.6 %), iso-C15 : 0 (13.8 %), C16 : 1ω5c (12.5 %) and C18 : 0 (11.4 %), and the only respiratory quinone was MK-7. The polar lipid profile consisted of phosphatidylethanolamine and several uncharacterized glycolipids, aminolipids, phospholipids and aminophospholipids. The DNA G+C content of strain NSW-5T was 44.1 mol%. The DNA–DNA relatedness of strain NSW-5T with respect to recognized species of the genus Arcicella was less than 70 %. On the basis of phylogenetic inference and phenotypic data, strain NSW-5T should be classified as a representative of a novel species, for which the name Arcicella rigui sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is NSW-5T ( = KCTC 23307T = BCRC 80260T). Emended descriptions of the genus Arcicella and of Arcicella aquatica , Arcicella rosea and Arcicella aurantiaca are also proposed.


2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_3) ◽  
pp. 934-938 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen-Ming Chen ◽  
Rey-Chang Chang ◽  
Chih-Yu Cheng ◽  
Yu-Wen Shiau ◽  
Shih-Yi Sheu

A novel bacterium, designated strain JchiT, was isolated from soil in Taiwan and characterized using a polyphasic approach. Cells of strain JchiT were aerobic, Gram-stain-negative, motile and rod-shaped. They contained poly-β-hydroxybutyrate granules and formed dark-yellow colonies. Growth occurred at 20–37 °C (optimum between 25 and 30 °C), at pH 6.0–8.0 (optimum between pH 7.0 and pH 8.0) and with 0–2 % NaCl (optimum between 0 and 1 %). Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain JchiT belonged to the genus Jeongeupia and that its closest neighbour was Jeongeupia naejangsanensis BIO-TAS4-2T (98.0 % sequence similarity). The major fatty acids (>10 %) of strain JchiT were summed feature 3 (comprising C16 : 1ω7c and/or C16 : 1ω6c), C16 : 0 and C18 : 1ω7c. The major cellular hydroxy fatty acid was C12 : 0 3-OH. The isoprenoid quinone was Q-8 and the genomic DNA G+C content was 66.1 mol%. The polar lipid profile consisted of a mixture of phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylserine and two unidentified phospholipids. The DNA–DNA relatedness value between strain JchiT and J. naejangsanensis BIO-TAS4-2T was about 41.0 %. On the basis of the genotypic and phenotypic data, strain JchiT represents a novel species in the genus Jeongeupia , for which the name Jeongeupia chitinilytica sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is JchiT ( = BCRC 80367T  = KCTC 23701T).


2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 2132-2136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyo-Jin Lee ◽  
Kyung-Sook Whang

A Gram-stain-negative bacterium, designated strain PF-30T, was isolated from floodwater of a paddy field in South Korea. Strain PF-30T was found to be a strictly aerobic, motile and pink-pigmented rods which can grow at 25–40 °C (optimum, 28 °C), at pH 5.0–9.0 (optimum pH 7.0) and at salinities of 0.5–3.0 % NaCl (optimum 0.5 % NaCl). Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain PF-30T belongs to the genus Elioraea , showing highest sequence similarity to Elioraea tepidiphila TU-7T (97.1%) and less than 91.3 % similarity with other members of the family Acetobacteraceae . The average nucleotide identity (ANI) and DNA–DNA relatedness between the strain PF-30T and E. tepidiphila TU-7T yielded an ANI value of 75.1 % and DNA–DNA relatedness of 11.7±0.7 %, respectively. The major fatty acids were identified as C18 : 0 and C18 : 1 ω7c. The predominant respiratory quinone was identified as Q-10. The DNA G+C content was determined to be 69.9 mol%. The strain PF-30T was observed to produce plant-growth-promoting materials such as indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), siderophore and phytase. On the basis of the results from phylogenetic, chemotaxonomic and phenotypic data, we concluded that strain PF-30T represents a novel species of the genus Elioraea , for which the name Elioraea rosea sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is PF-30T (=KACC 19985T=NBRC 113984T).


2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_10) ◽  
pp. 3861-3867 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shih-Yi Sheu ◽  
Yu-Siang Chen ◽  
Yu-Wen Shiau ◽  
Wen-Ming Chen

A bacterial strain designated TQQ6T was isolated from a freshwater river in Taiwan and characterized using a polyphasic taxonomy approach. Cells of strain TQQ6T were strictly aerobic, Gram-staining-negative, poly-β-hydroxybutyrate-containing, non-motile, non-spore-forming, long rods surrounded by a thick capsule and forming pale orange colonies. Growth occurred at 20–40 °C (optimum, 25 °C), at pH 7.0–9.0 (optimum, pH 8.0) and with 0–0.5 % NaCl (optimum, 0 %). The predominant fatty acids were iso-C15 : 0, summed feature 3 (comprising C16 : 1ω6c and/or C16 : 1ω7c), iso-C17 : 0 3-OH, C16 : 1ω5c and C16 : 0. The major isoprenoid quinone was MK-7 and the DNA G+C content was 42.2 mol%. The polar lipid profile consisted of a mixture of phosphatidylethanolamine, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine, two uncharacterized aminophospholipids and three uncharacterized phospholipids. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain TQQ6T represents a distinct phyletic line that reflects a novel generic status within the family Cytophagaceae with relatively low sequence similarities (less than 90 %) to members of other genera with validly published names. On the basis of the genotypic and phenotypic data, strain TQQ6T represents a new genus and novel species of the family Cytophagaceae , for which the name Fluviimonas pallidilutea gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is TQQ6T ( = BCRC 80447T = LMG 27056T = KCTC 32035T).


2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_5) ◽  
pp. 1810-1816 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen-Ming Chen ◽  
Hsing-Wei Huang ◽  
Jo-Shu Chang ◽  
Yin-Lung Han ◽  
Tai-Rong Guo ◽  
...  

A slightly thermophilic bacterial strain, designated AT-A2T, was isolated from a hot spring water sample taken from the Antun hot spring in Taiwan and characterized using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. Cells of strain AT-A2T were aerobic, Gram-negative, motile by a single polar flagellum and formed non-pigmented colonies. Growth occurred at 35–60 °C (optimum, 55 °C), with 0–1.0 % NaCl (optimum, 0.2 %) and at pH 7.0–9.0 (optimum, pH 7.0). Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain AT-A2T belonged to the genus Tepidimonas and its closest neighbour was Tepidimonas thermarum AA-1T with a sequence similarity of 97.5 %. The predominant cellular fatty acids were C16 : 0 (40.2 %), summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c and/or C16 : 1ω6c; 20.1 %) and C17 : 0 cyclo (11.5 %). The major respiratory quinone was Q-8. The polar lipid profile consisted of phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, an uncharacterized aminolipid and several uncharacterized phospholipids. The DNA G+C content of strain AT-A2T was 70.1 mol%. The mean level of DNA–DNA relatedness between strain AT-A2T and Tepidimonas thermarum AA-1T was 23.9 %. On the basis of the phylogenetic and phenotypic data, strain AT-A2T should be classified as representing a novel species, for which the name Tepidimonas fonticaldi sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is AT-A2T ( = LMG 26746T = KCTC 23862T = BCRC 80391T).


2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_8) ◽  
pp. 3043-3049 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shih-Yi Sheu ◽  
Jhen-Ci Chen ◽  
Chiu-Chung Young ◽  
Wen-Ming Chen

A bacterial strain designated Npb-07T was isolated from a freshwater river in Taiwan and characterized using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. Strain Npb-07T was Gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped and motile by means of a single polar flagellum. Growth occurred at 10–37 °C (optimum, 20–30 °C), at pH 6.0–9.0 (optimum, pH 6.0–7.0) and with 0–1 % NaCl (optimum, 0.5 %). Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain Npb-07T belonged to the genus Vogesella and its most closely related neighbour was Vogesella indigofera ATCC 19706T with sequence similarity of 98.4 %. The major fatty acids were summed feature 3 (comprising C16 : 1ω7c and/or C16 : 1ω6c, 44.4 %) and C16 : 0 (31.9 %). The major respiratory quinone was Q-8. The DNA G+C content of the genomic DNA was 65.3 mol%. The polar lipid profile consisted of a mixture of phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, two uncharacterized aminophospholipids and an uncharacterized phospholipid. The DNA–DNA relatedness of strain Npb-07T with respect to V. indigofera ATCC 19706T was less than 70 %. On the basis of the genotypic, chemotaxonomic and phenotypic data, strain Npb-07T represents a novel species in the genus Vogesella , for which the name Vogesella fluminis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is Npb-07T ( = LMG 26669T = BCRC 80377T = KCTC 23713T).


2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_1) ◽  
pp. 169-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen-Ming Chen ◽  
Yang-Shun Lin ◽  
Chiu-Chung Young ◽  
Shih-Yi Sheu

A Gram-negative, rod-shaped, motile, non-spore-forming and poly-β-hydroxybutyrate-containing bacterial strain, designated NAFc-7T, was isolated from groundwater in Taiwan and was characterized using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. Growth occurred at 15–40 °C (optimum, 30 °C), at pH 6.0–9.0 (optimum, pH 6.0–7.0) and with 0–3 % NaCl (optimum, 0–1 %). Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain NAFc-7T, together with Pseudorhodoferax soli TBEA3T (98.2 % sequence similarity) and Pseudorhodoferax caeni SB1T (98.0 %), formed a deep line within the family Comamonadaceae . Strain NAFc-7T contained summed feature 3 (comprising C16 : 1ω7c and/or C16 : 1ω6c), C16 : 0 and C17 : 0 cyclo as the predominant fatty acids. The major 3-hydroxy fatty acid was C10 : 0 3-OH. The major isoprenoid quinone was Q-8 and the DNA G+C content was 67.6 mol%. The polar lipid profile consisted of a mixture of phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylserine and an uncharacterized phospholipid. The DNA–DNA relatedness of strain NAFc-7T with respect to recognized species of the genus Pseudorhodoferax was less than 70 %. On the basis of the genotypic, chemotaxonomic and phenotypic data, strain NAFc-7T represents a novel member of the genus Pseudorhodoferax , for which the name Pseudorhodoferax aquiterrae sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is NAFc-7T ( = BCRC 80210T = LMG 26333T = KCTC 23314T).


2012 ◽  
Vol 62 (Pt_5) ◽  
pp. 1048-1055 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen-Ming Chen ◽  
Fu-Sian Sheu ◽  
Chiu-Chung Young ◽  
Shih-Yi Sheu

A yellow-pigmented bacterial strain designated TNR-25T was isolated from spring water in Taiwan and was characterized using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. Strain TNR-25T was Gram-negative, obligately aerobic, rod-shaped, non-motile and non-spore-forming. Growth occurred at 15–40 °C (optimum, 25 °C), at pH 6.0–10.0 (optimum, pH 7.0) and with 0–0.5 % NaCl (optimum, 0 %). Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain TNR-25T belonged to the genus Inhella and its closest neighbour was Inhella inkyongensis IMCC1713T with 98.1 % sequence similarity. The major fatty acids (>10 %) of strain TNR-25T were summed feature 3 (comprising C16 : 1ω7c and/or C16 : 1ω6c) and C16 : 0. The major cellular hydroxy fatty acids were C10 : 0 3-OH and C12 : 0 3-OH. The isoprenoid quinone was Q-8 and the DNA G+C content was 69.6 mol%. The polar lipid profile consisted of a mixture of phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylserine, diphosphatidylglycerol and several uncharacterized phospholipids. The DNA–DNA relatedness between strain TNR-25T and I. inkyongensis IMCC1713T was about 30.6–35.5 %. On the basis of the genotypic and phenotypic data, strain TNR-25T represents a novel species in the genus Inhella , for which the name Inhella fonticola sp. nov. is proposed; the type strain is TNR-25T ( = BCRC 80211T = LMG 25721T).


2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (Pt_4) ◽  
pp. 1160-1166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lingfang Zhu ◽  
Meiru Si ◽  
Changfu Li ◽  
Kaiyun Xin ◽  
Chaoqiong Chen ◽  
...  

A yellow-pigmented bacterium, designated strain ZFGT-11T, was isolated from roots of Geum aleppicum Jacq. collected from Taibai Mountain in Shaanxi Province, north-west China, and was subjected to a taxonomic study by using a polyphasic approach. Cells of strain ZFGT-11T were Gram-stain-negative, strictly aerobic rods that were surrounded by a thick capsule and were motile by means of a single polar flagellum. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain ZFGT-11T was a member of the genus Sphingomonas and was closely related to Sphingomonas naasensis KACC 16534T (97.6 % similarity), Sphingomonas kyeonggiense JCM 18825T (96.8 %), Sphingomonas asaccharolytica IFO 15499T (96.7 %) and Sphingomonas leidyi DSM 4733T (96.6 %). The predominant respiratory quinone was ubiquinone-10 (Q-10) and the major cellular fatty acids were summed feature 8 (comprising C18 : 1ω7c and/or C18 : 1ω6c), C17 : 1ω6c, C14 : 0 2-OH, C16 : 0 and C15 : 0 2-OH. The major polyamine of strain ZFGT-11T was sym-homospermidine. Phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylmonomethylethanolamine, phosphatidylcholine, sphingoglycolipid, two unidentified aminoglycolipids, two unidentified phospholipids and two unidentified lipids were detected in the polar lipid profile. The DNA G+C content was 66.8 mol%. DNA–DNA relatedness for strain ZFGT-11T with respect to its closest phylogenetic relative S. naasensis KACC 16534T was 26.2±4.8 % (mean±sd). On the basis of data from the present polyphasic taxonomic study, strain ZFGT-11T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Sphingomonas , for which the name Sphingomonas gei sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is ZFGT-11T ( = CCTCC AB 2013306T = KCTC 32449T = LMG 27608T).


Author(s):  
Xiunuan Chen ◽  
Bingxia Dong ◽  
Ting Chen ◽  
Na Ren ◽  
Jing Wang ◽  
...  

Aniline blue-decolourizing bacterial strain 502str22T, isolated from sediment collected in the East Pacific, was subjected to characterization by a polyphasic taxonomic approach. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain 502str22T belongs to the genus Novosphingobium , with closely related type strains ‘ Novosphingobium profundi ’ F72T (97.6%), N. mathurense SM117T (97.1%) and N. arvoryzae Jyi-02T (97.0%). Digital DNA–DNA hybridization and average nucleotide identity values between strain 502str22T and closely related type strains were 20.3–24.8% and 74.1–81.9%, respectively. The major cellular fatty acid (>10%) was C18:1 ω7c. The polar lipid profile consisted of a mixture of phosphatidylcholine, one sphingoglycolipid, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylmonomethylethanolamine. The DNA G+C content of strain 502str22T was 65.5 mol%. The polyphasic taxonomic results indicated that strain 502str22T represents a novel species of the genus Novosphingobium , for which the name Novosphingobium decolorationis sp. nov is proposed. The type strain is 502str22T (=KCTC 82134T= MCCC 1K04799 T).


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