Methanoculleus horonobensis sp. nov., a methanogenic archaeon isolated from a deep diatomaceous shale formation

2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_11) ◽  
pp. 4320-4323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Satoru Shimizu ◽  
Akio Ueno ◽  
Shuji Tamamura ◽  
Takeshi Naganuma ◽  
Katsuhiko Kaneko
Keyword(s):  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
16S Rrna Gene Sequencing ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Strictly Anaerobic ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Optimum Ph ◽  
Shale Formation ◽  
Rrna Gene Sequencing ◽  
Type Strains

A methanogenic organism from the domain Archaea , designated strain T10T, was isolated from groundwater sampled from a deep diatomaceous shale formation located in Horonobe, Hokkaido, Japan. The strain utilized H2/CO2 and formate as substrates for methanogenesis. Cells were strictly anaerobic, Gram-negative-staining, flagellated, irregular coccoids, 0.7–1.6 µm in diameter, and occurred singly. The strain grew at 25–45 °C (optimum 37–42 °C), at pH 5.8–8.2 (optimum pH 6.7–6.8) and in the presence of 0–1.3 M NaCl (optimum 0.1–0.2 M NaCl). The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 62.9 mol%. 16S rRNA gene sequencing revealed that, although the strain is a member of the genus Methanoculleus , it clearly differed from all described species of this genus (95.5–98.3 % sequence similarity). Values for DNA–DNA hybridization with type strains of closely related Methanoculleus species were less than 50 %. Phenotypic and phylogenetic features of strain T10T clearly indicate that it represents a novel species of the genus Methanoculleus , for which the name Methanoculleus horonobensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is T10T ( = DSM 21626T = JCM 15517T).

scholarly journals Burkholderia insulsa sp. nov., a facultatively chemolithotrophic bacterium isolated from an arsenic-rich shallow marine hydrothermal system

2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (Pt_1) ◽  
pp. 189-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antje Rusch ◽  
Shaer Islam ◽  
Pratixa Savalia ◽  
Jan P. Amend
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Carbohydrate Utilization ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Optimum Ph ◽  
Shallow Marine Hydrothermal System ◽  
Type Strains

Enrichment cultures inoculated with hydrothermally influenced nearshore sediment from Papua New Guinea led to the isolation of an arsenic-tolerant, acidophilic, facultatively aerobic bacterial strain designated PNG-AprilT. Cells of this strain were Gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped, motile and did not form spores. Strain PNG-AprilT grew at temperatures between 4 °C and 40 °C (optimum 30–37 °C), at pH 3.5 to 8.3 (optimum pH 5–6) and in the presence of up to 2.7 % NaCl (optimum 0–1.0 %). Both arsenate and arsenite were tolerated up to concentrations of at least 0.5 mM. Metabolism in strain PNG-AprilT was strictly respiratory. Heterotrophic growth occurred with O2 or nitrate as electron acceptors, and aerobic lithoautotrophic growth was observed with thiosulfate or nitrite as electron donors. The novel isolate was capable of N2-fixation. The respiratory quinones were Q-8 and Q-7. Phylogenetically, strain PNG-AprilT belongs to the genus Burkholderia and shares the highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with the type strains of Burkholderia fungorum (99.8 %), Burkholderia phytofirmans (98.8 %), Burkholderia caledonica (98.4 %) and Burkholderia sediminicola (98.4 %). Differences from these related species in several physiological characteristics (lipid composition, carbohydrate utilization, enzyme profiles) and DNA–DNA hybridization suggested the isolate represents a novel species of the genus Burkholderia , for which we propose the name Burkholderia insulsa sp. nov. The type strain is PNG-AprilT ( = DSM 28142T = LMG 28183T).

Emendation of the description of the species Corynebacterium propinquum to include strains which produce urease

2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_6) ◽  
pp. 2146-2154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn Bernard ◽  
Ana Luisa Pacheco ◽  
Ian Cunningham ◽  
Navdeep Gill ◽  
Tamara Burdz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
Gene Sequencing ◽  
16S Rrna Gene Sequencing ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Single Test ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Corynebacterium Pseudodiphtheriticum ◽  
Rrna Gene Sequencing

Corynebacterium propinquum is a Gram-positive rod occasionally recovered from clinical infections which, according to 16S rRNA gene sequencing, is most closely related (>99 % sequence similarity) to Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum . The two species are very similar biochemically, commonly differentiated by a single test, the detection of urease, where strains of C. propinquum are described as being urease-non-producing and strains of C. pseudodiphtheriticum are described as urease-producing. In this study, historical and contemporary strains of C. propinquum and C. pseudodiphtheriticum from this laboratory were definitively characterized, which included use of rpoB sequencing. Urease-producing strains of C. propinquum as well as typical urease-non-producing isolates were identified after rpoB sequencing, with six of these being originally identified as C. pseudodiphtheriticum . Based on these observations, we propose emendation of the description of C. propinquum to include strains which produce urease. MALDI-TOF analysis may be a useful tool to differentiate these taxa. Existing commercial databases should be updated to include urease-positive strains of C. propinquum .

Chryseobacterium panacisoli sp. nov., isolated from ginseng-cultivation soil with ginsenoside-converting activity

2021 ◽  
Vol 71 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong Ho Keum ◽  
Jun Mo Yeon ◽  
Chan-Seok Yun ◽  
Soon Youl Lee ◽  
Wan-Taek Im
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
16S Rrna Gene Sequencing ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Active Components ◽  
Respiratory Quinone ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Rrna Gene Sequencing ◽  
Ginseng Cultivation

A Gram-stain-negative, non-motile, non-spore-forming, aerobic, rod-shaped and yellow-pigmented bacterium, designated strain Gsoil 183T, was isolated from ginseng-cultivation soil sampled in Pocheon Province, Republic of Korea. This bacterium was characterized to determine its taxonomic position by using a polyphasic approach. Strain Gsoil 183T grew at 10–37 °C and at pH 5.0–9.0 on tryptic soy agar. Strain Gsoil 183T had β-glucosidase activity, which was responsible for its ability to convert ginsenoside Rb1 (one of the dominant active components of ginseng) to F2. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing, strain Gsoil 183T clustered with species of the genus Chryseobacterium and appeared to be closely related to Chryseobacterium sediminis LMG 28695T (99.1 % sequence similarity), Chryseobacterium lactis NCTC 11390T (98.6%), Chryseobacterium rhizoplanae LMG 28481T (98.6%), Chryseobacterium oncorhynchi CCUG 60105T (98.5%), Chryseobacterium viscerum CCUG 60103T (98.4%) and Chryseobacterium joostei DSM 16927T (98.3%). Menaquinone MK-6 was the predominant respiratory quinone and the major fatty acids were iso-C15 : 0, iso-C17 : 0-3OH and summed feature 3 (C16 : 1  ω6c and/or C16 : 1  ω7c). The polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine, six unidentified glycolipids, five unidentified aminolipids and three unidentified lipids. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 36.6 mol%. Digital DNA–DNA hybridization between strain Gsoil 183T and the type strains of C. sediminis , C. lactis , C. rhizoplanae , C. oncorhynchi , C. viscerum and C. joostei resulted in values below 70 %. Strain Gsoil 183T could be differentiated genotypically and phenotypically from the recognized species of the genus Chryseobacterium . The isolate therefore represents a novel species, for which the name Chryseobacterium panacisoli sp. nov. is proposed, with the type strain Gsoil 183T (=KACC 15033T=LMG 23397T)

Terriglobus tenax sp. nov., an exopolysaccharide-producing acidobacterium isolated from rhizosphere soil of a medicinal plant

2014 ◽  
Vol 64 (Pt_2) ◽  
pp. 431-437 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyung-Sook Whang ◽  
Jae-Chan Lee ◽  
Hae-Ran Lee ◽  
Song-Ih Han ◽  
Sang-Ho Chung
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Rhizosphere Soil ◽  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Gram Staining ◽  
Optimum Ph ◽  
Type Strains

An exopolysaccharide-producing bacterium, designated strain DRP 35T, was isolated from the rhizosphere soil of a medicinal herb, Angelica sinensis, at Geumsan in Korea. Cells were Gram-staining-negative, non-motile, catalase-positive and oxidase-negative short rods. The isolate grew aerobically from 15 to 45 °C (optimum 30 °C), pH 3.5–7.0 (optimum pH 5.0) and in the presence of 0–1.0 % (w/v) NaCl. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain DRP 35T belongs to the genus Terriglobus in the phylum Acidobacteria with a sequence similarity of 97.2 % and 97.0 % to Terriglobus saanensis SP1PR4T and Terriglobus roseus KBS63T, respectively. The genomic DNA G+C content was 62.1 mol%. DNA–DNA relatedness between strain DRP 35T and the type strains of the other species of the genus Terriglobus , T. saanensis SP1PR4T and T. roseus KBS63T, were 24.6 and 17.2 %, respectively. The predominant menaquinone was MK-8. Major fatty acids were iso-C15 : 0, C16 : 1ω7c and C16 : 0. The polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine, unidentified aminophospholipid and unknown phospholipids. On the basis of polyphasic analysis from this study, strain DRP 35T represents a novel species of the genus Terriglobus for which the name Terriglobus tenax sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is DRP 35T ( = KACC 16474T = NBRC 109677T).

scholarly journals Arenimonas daejeonensis sp. nov., isolated from compost

2012 ◽  
Vol 62 (Pt_7) ◽  
pp. 1674-1678 ◽  
Author(s):  
Long Jin ◽  
Kwang Kyu Kim ◽  
Kwang-Guk An ◽  
Hee-Mock Oh ◽  
Sung-Taik Lee
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Gene Sequence ◽  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
16S Rrna Gene Sequencing ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Phenotypic Data ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Dna Reassociation ◽  
Rrna Gene Sequencing

A Gram-negative, aerobic, motile and rod-shaped bacterium, designated strain T7-07T, was isolated from compost in Daejeon, Korea. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing showed that strain T7-07T had 99.0 % gene sequence similarity with Arenimonas malthae KACC 14618T and 94.7–95.9 % with other recognized species of the genus Arenimonas . Cells formed creamy white to yellowish colonies on R2A agar and contained Q-8 as the predominant ubiquinone, C15 : 0 iso, C16 : 0 iso, C17 : 1 iso ω9c and C11 : 0 iso 3-OH as the major fatty acids, and diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylmethylethanolamine and an unknown aminolipid as the major polar lipids. The DNA G+C content of strain T7-07T was 68.3 mol%. DNA–DNA reassociation experiments between T7-07T and Arenimonas malthae KACC 14618T resulted in a mean relatedness value of 22.2 %. Combined genotypic and phenotypic data supported the conclusion that the strain T7-07T represents a novel species, for which the name Arenimonas daejeonensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is T7-07T ( = KCTC 12667T = DSM 18060T).

Lactococcus taiwanensis sp. nov., a lactic acid bacterium isolated from fresh cummingcordia

2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_7) ◽  
pp. 2405-2409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi-sheng Chen ◽  
Chi-huan Chang ◽  
Shwu-fen Pan ◽  
Li-ting Wang ◽  
Yu-chung Chang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lactococcus Lactis ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
16S Rrna Gene Sequencing ◽  
Housekeeping Genes ◽  
Fermented Food ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Rrna Gene Sequencing

One coccal strain, designated 0905C15T, was isolated from fresh cummingcordia, which is the main ingredient of pobuzihi (fermented cummingcordia), a traditional fermented food in Taiwan. 16S rRNA gene sequencing results showed that strain 0905C15T had 98.22–98.82 % sequence similarity to that of the type strains of four Lactococcus lactis subspecies ( L. lactis subsp. lactis BCRC 12312T, L. lactis subsp. cremoris BCRC 12586T, L. lactis subsp. hordniae BCRC 80474T and L. lactis subsp. tructae BCRC 80475T). Comparison of two housekeeping genes, recA and rpoB, revealed that strain 0905C15T was well separated from the reference strains of the genus Lactococcus . DNA–DNA hybridization studies indicated that strain 0905C15T had low DNA relatedness to the four Lactococcus lactis subspecies (9.7–15.24 %). The DNA G+C content of strain 0905C15T was 39.6 mol %. Based on the evidence, strain 0905C15T represents a novel species of the genus Lactococcus , for which the name Lactococcus taiwanensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is 0905C15T ( = NBRC 109049T = BCRC 80460T).

scholarly journals Mucilaginibacter gotjawali sp. nov., isolated from soil of a lava forest

2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (Pt_3) ◽  
pp. 952-958 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keun Chul Lee ◽  
Kwang Kyu Kim ◽  
Mi Kyung Eom ◽  
Jong-Shik Kim ◽  
Dae-Shin Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Type Strain ◽  
Novel Species ◽  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
Gene Sequencing ◽  
16S Rrna Gene Sequencing ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Gram Stain ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Rrna Gene Sequencing

A novel bacterial strain, designated SA3-7T, was isolated from soil of a lava forest located in Jeju, Republic of Korea. Cells of strain SA3-7T were Gram-stain-negative, oxidase- and catalase-positive, non-motile rods and produced creamy white colonies on ten-fold-diluted R2A agar. The isolate contained menaquinone-7 (MK-7) as the predominant isoprenoid quinone and summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c/C16 : 1ω6c), iso-C15 : 0 and iso-C17 : 0 3-OH as the major fatty acids. The DNA G+C content was 43.1 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing showed that strain SA3-7T was related most closely to Mucilaginibacter frigoritolerans FT22T (96.7 % sequence similarity) and that it formed a separate lineage in the genus Mucilaginibacter . Combined phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic characteristics supported the conclusion that strain SA3-7T represents a novel species of the genus Mucilaginibacter , for which the name Mucilaginibacter gotjawali sp. nov. is proposed; the type strain is SA3-7T ( = KCTC 32515T = CECT 8628T = DSM 29289T).

scholarly journals Blautia faecis sp. nov., isolated from human faeces

2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_2) ◽  
pp. 599-603 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seong-Kyu Park ◽  
Min-Soo Kim ◽  
Jin-Woo Bae
Keyword(s):  
16S Rrna ◽  
16S Rrna Gene ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
16S Rrna Gene Sequencing ◽  
Dimethyl Acetal ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Rrna Gene Sequencing

A strictly anoxic, Gram-stain-positive, non-motile Blautia -like bacterium, designated strain M25T, was isolated from a human faecal sample. Strain M25T was negative for both catalase and oxidase activity, utilized carbohydrates as fermentable substrates, produced lactate and acetate as the major end products of glucose fermentation in PYG medium, and had a DNA G+C content of 41.6 mol%. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequencing showed that strain M25T was closely related to Ruminococcus obeum ATCC 29174T (96.40 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity) and Blautia glucerasea HFTH-1T (96.17 %) within the family Lachnospiraceae . Straight-chain saturated and monounsaturated cellular fatty acids were also detected, the majority being C14 : 0, C16 : 0 and C16 : 0 dimethyl acetal acids. Based on the phenotypic, genotypic and phylogenetic characteristics presented in this study, strain M25T represents a novel species within the genus Blautia for which the name Blautia faecis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is M25T ( = KCTC 5980T = JCM 17205T).

scholarly journals Thermococcus henrietii sp. nov., a novel extreme thermophilic and piezophilic sulfur-reducing archaeon isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal chimney

2021 ◽  
Vol 71 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Karine Alain ◽  
Erwann Vince ◽  
Damien Courtine ◽  
Lois Maignien ◽  
Xiang Zeng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Strictly Anaerobic ◽  
16S Rrna Gene Sequences ◽  
Phenotypic Data ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Optimum Ph ◽  
Type Strains ◽  
A New Species

A novel extreme thermophilic and piezophilic chemoorganoheterotrophic archaeon, strain EXT12cT, was isolated from a hydrothermal chimney sample collected at a depth of 2496 m at the East Pacific Rise 9° N. Cells were strictly anaerobic, motile cocci. The strain grew at NaCl concentrations ranging from 1 to 5 % (w/v; optimum, 2.0%), from pH 6.0 to 7.5 (optimum, pH 6.5–7.0), at temperatures between 60 and 95 °C (optimum, 80–85 °C), and at pressures from 0.1 to at least 50 MPa (optimum, 30 MPa). Strain EXT12cT grew chemoorganoheterotrophically on complex proteinaceous substrates. Its growth was highly stimulated by the presence of elemental sulphur or l-cystine, which were reduced to hydrogen sulfide. The DNA G+C content was 54.58 mol%. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences and concatenated ribosomal protein sequences showed that strain EXT12cT falls into the genus Thermococcus and is most closely related to Thermococcus nautili strain 30-1T. Overall genome relatedness index analyses (average nucleotide identity scores and in silico DNA–DNA hybridizations) showed a sufficient genomic distance between the new genome and the ones of the Thermococcus type strains for the delineation of a new species. On the basis of genotypic and phenotypic data, strain EXT12cT is considered to represent a novel species, for which the name Thermococcus henrietii sp. nov. is proposed, with the type strain EXT12cT (=UBOCC M-2417T=DSM 111004T).

scholarly journals Description of Eikenella halliae sp. nov. and Eikenella longinqua sp. nov., derived from human clinical materials, emendation of Eikenella exigua Stormo et al. 2019 and emendation of the genus Eikenella to include species which are strict anaerobes

2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (5) ◽  
pp. 3167-3178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn A. Bernard ◽  
Tamara Burdz ◽  
Deborah Wiebe ◽  
Anne-Marie Bernier
Keyword(s):  
Blood Culture ◽  
Type Species ◽  
16S Rrna Gene Sequencing ◽  
Single Species ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Strictly Anaerobic ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Rrna Gene Sequencing ◽  
Genome Analyses

The Haemophilus, Aggregatibacter, Cardiobacterium, Eikenella, Kingella (HACEK) group genus Eikenella contained a single species, Eikenella corrodens, for many years. In November 2019, Eikenella exigua was described after recovery from a brain abscess and blood culture in Norway. Coincidentally, characterization of 22 Gram-negative bacteria resembling Eikenella from 17 Canadian patients had been underway. Seven isolates from five patients were conclusively identifiable as E. corrodens . One (NML 120819) was deemed to represent a species of the genus Eikenella most closely related to E. corrodens . Fourteen isolates had 97.6 to 98.8% similarities to E. corrodens by 16S rRNA gene sequencing, forming three distinct groups by genome analyses. The largest contained ten anaerobic isolates from eight patients recovered from blood, brain, bone and other abscesses; upon re-evaluation, this group was found to be most consistent with E. exigua . A second facultatively anaerobic clade consisted of two ocular isolates from one patient and a sinus isolate from a second patient. The third taxon consisted of a single strictly anaerobic blood culture isolate. The novel taxa, like E. corrodens , were poorly reactive biochemically and difficult to discern from each other phenotypically and chemotaxonomically, including by cellular fatty acids. MALDI-TOF (Bruker) and whole-genome sequencing were used to further characterize isolates. Draft genomes for the strains had similar DNA G+C contents (55.38–58.53 mol%) while sizes varied from 1.82 Mb to 2.54 Mb. We propose here emendations of the genus Eikenella and the species Eikenella exigua , as well as describing Eikenella halliae sp. nov. NML 130454T (=LMG 30894T=NCTC 14180T) and Eikenella longinqua sp. nov. NML 02-A-017T (=LMG 30896T=NCTC 14179T), on the basis of these findings.

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