scholarly journals Reclassification of Bacteriovorax marinus as Halobacteriovorax marinus gen. nov., comb. nov. and Bacteriovorax litoralis as Halobacteriovorax litoralis comb. nov.; description of Halobacteriovoraceae fam. nov. in the class Deltaproteobacteria

2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (Pt_2) ◽  
pp. 593-597 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan F. Koval ◽  
Henry N. Williams ◽  
O. Colin Stine

The taxonomic status of saltwater Bdellovibrio -like prokaryotic predators has been revised to assign species to Halobacteriovorax gen. nov. A reclassification of Bacteriovorax marinus as Halobacteriovorax marinus comb. nov. (type strain ATCC BAA-682T = DSM 15412T) and Bacteriovorax litoralis as Halobacteriovorax litoralis comb. nov. (type strain ATCC BAA-684T = DSM 15409T) is proposed. This revision is necessary because a previous proposal to retain saltwater isolates as species of Bacteriovorax and reclassify Bacteriovorax stolpii as Bacteriolyticum stolpii was not approved. The type species of a genus cannot be reassigned to another genus. Bacteriovorax stolpii is thus retained as the type species of Bacteriovorax and Halobacteriovorax marinus is the type species of Halobacteriovorax and of Halobacteriovoraceae fam. nov.

Author(s):  
Hisami Kobayashi ◽  
Yasuhiro Tanizawa ◽  
Mitsuo Sakamoto ◽  
Moriya Ohkuma ◽  
Masanori Tohno

The taxonomic status of the species Clostridium methoxybenzovorans was assessed. The 16S rRNA gene sequence, whole-genome sequence and phenotypic characterizations suggested that the type strain deposited in the American Type Culture Collection ( C. methoxybenzovorans ATCC 700855T) is a member of the species Eubacterium callanderi . Hence, C. methoxybenzovorans ATCC 700855T cannot be used as a reference for taxonomic study. The type strain deposited in the German Collection of Microorganism and Cell Cultures GmbH (DSM 12182T) is no longer listed in its online catalogue. Also, both the 16S rRNA gene and the whole-genome sequences of the original strain SR3T showed high sequence identity with those of Lacrimispora indolis (recently reclassified from Clostridium indolis ) as the most closely related species. Analysis of the two genomes showed average nucleotide identity based on blast and digital DNA–DNA hybridization values of 98.3 and 87.9 %, respectively. Based on these results, C. methoxybenzovorans SR3T was considered to be a member of L. indolis .


2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (9) ◽  
pp. 5177-5181 ◽  
Author(s):  
David R. Arahal

The International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes has formally made final decisions, taking into account the conclusions of the Judicial Commission, on three pending Requests for an Opinion, thereby allowing the corresponding Opinions to be issued. According to Opinion 100, the request for the recognition of strain A1-86 (=DSM 17629=NCIMB 14373) as the neotype strain of Eubacterium rectale (Hauduroy et al. 1937) Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980) is denied, ruling that a neotype does not need to be designated for E. rectale because strain VPI 0990 (=ATCC 33656=CIP 105953) is considered to be a duplicate isolate of the same strain as VPI 0989 (=ATCC 25578) and may serve as its nomenclatural type. Opinion 101 approves the request that strain ATCC 25946 (=DSM 14877) serves as the type strain of Melittangium lichenicola instead of strain ATCC 25944, formally correcting the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Opinion 102 concludes that strain Cc m8 (=DSM 14697=CIP 109128=JCM 12621) is an established neotype strain for the species Myxococcus macrosporus , replacing the designated type strain Windsor M271, and that strain Mx s8 (=DSM 14675=JCM 12634) is an established neotype strain for the species Myxococcus stipitatus , replacing the designated type strain Windsor M78, with some additional considerations about the nature of the type material replaced and about the name Corallococcus ( Myxococcus ) macrosporus.


2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (Pt_4) ◽  
pp. 1213-1219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alvaro Peix ◽  
Martha Helena Ramírez-Bahena ◽  
José David Flores-Félix ◽  
Pablo Alonso de la Vega ◽  
Raúl Rivas ◽  
...  

The species Rhizobium lupini was isolated from Lupinus nodules and included in the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in 1980. Nevertheless, on the basis of the analysis of the type strain of this species available in DSMZ, DSM 30140T, whose 16S rRNA gene was identical to that of the type strain of Bradyrhizobium japonicum , R. lupini was considered a later synonym of this species. In this study we confirmed that the strain DSM 30140T belongs to the species B. japonicum , but also that it cannot be the original strain of R. lupini because this species effectively nodulated Lupinus whereas strain DSM 30140T was able to nodulate soybean but not Lupinus. Since the original type strain of R. lupini was deposited into the USDA collection by L. W. Erdman under the accession number USDA 3051T we analysed the taxonomic status of this strain showing that although it belongs to the genus Bradyrhizobium instead of genus Rhizobium , it is phylogenetically distant from B. japonicum and closely related to Bradyrhizobium canariense . The type strains R. lupini USDA 3051T and B. canariense BTA-1T share 16S rRNA, recA and glnII gene sequences with similarities of 99.8 %, 96.5 % and 97.1 %, respectively. They presented a DNA–DNA hybridization value of 36 % and also differed in phenotypic characteristics and slightly in the proportions of some fatty acids. Therefore we propose the reclassification of the species Rhizobium lupini as Bradyrhizobium lupini comb. nov. The type strain is USDA 3051T ( = CECT 8630T = LMG 28514T).


2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_12) ◽  
pp. 4691-4697 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi-sheng Chen ◽  
Yu-hsuan Lin ◽  
Shwu-fen Pan ◽  
Si-hua Ji ◽  
Yu-chung Chang ◽  
...  

A coccal strain isolated from fresh broccoli was initially identified as Enterococcus saccharolyticus ; however, molecular identification and phenotypic traits did not support this identification. DNA–DNA hybridization with the type strain of E. saccharolyticus (76.4 % relatedness), DNA G+C content (35.7 mol%), phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA, pheS and rpoA gene sequences, rep-PCR fingerprinting and profiles of cellular fatty acids, whole-cell proteins and enzyme activities, together with carbohydrate metabolism characteristics, indicated that this strain is distinct and represents a novel subspecies, for which the name Enterococcus saccharolyticus subsp. taiwanensis subsp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is 812T ( = NBRC 109476T = BCRC 80575T). Furthermore, we present an emended description of Enterococcus saccharolyticus and proposal of Enterococcus saccharolyticus subsp. saccharolyticus subsp. nov. (type strain ATCC 43076T = CCUG 27643T = CCUG 33311T = CIP 103246T = DSM 20726T = JCM 8734T = LMG 11427T = NBRC 100493T = NCIMB 702594T).


2012 ◽  
Vol 62 (Pt_6) ◽  
pp. 1307-1313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heng-Lin Cui ◽  
Xin Yang ◽  
Yu-Guang Zhou ◽  
Hong-Can Liu ◽  
Pei-Jin Zhou ◽  
...  

Two halophilic archaea, strains TBN53T and CSW2.24.4T, were characterized to elucidate their taxonomic status. Strain TBN53T was isolated from the Taibei marine solar saltern near Lianyungang city, Jiangsu province, China, whereas strain CSW2.24.4T was isolated from a saltern crystallizer in Victoria, Australia. Cells of the two strains were pleomorphic, stained Gram-negative and produced red-pigmented colonies. Strain TBN53T was able to grow at 25–55 °C (optimum 45 °C), with 1.4–5.1 M NaCl (optimum 2.6–3.9 M NaCl), with 0–1.0 M MgCl2 (optimum 0–0.1 M MgCl2) and at pH 5.5–9.5 (optimum pH 7.0), whereas strain CSW2.24.4T was able to grow at 25–45 °C (optimum 37 °C), with 2.6–5.1 M NaCl (optimum 3.4 M NaCl), with 0.01–0.7 M MgCl2 (optimum 0.05 M MgCl2) and at pH 5.5–9.5 (optimum pH 7.0–7.5). Cells of the two isolates lysed in distilled water. The minimum NaCl concentrations that prevented cell lysis were 8 % (w/v) for strain TBN53T and 12 % (w/v) for strain CSW2.24.4T. The major polar lipids of the two strains were phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol phosphate methyl ester and phosphatidylglycerol sulfate, with two glycolipids chromatographically identical to sulfated mannosyl glucosyl diether and mannosyl glucosyl diether, respectively. Trace amounts of other unidentified lipids were also detected. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, strains TBN53T and CSW2.24.4T showed 94.1 % similarity to each other and were closely related to Halobellus clavatus TNN18T (95.0 and 94.7 % similarity, respectively). Levels of rpoB′ gene sequence similarity between strains TBN53T and CSW2.24.4T, and between these strains and Halobellus clavatus TNN18T were 88.5, 88.5 and 88.1 %, respectively. The DNA G+C contents of strains TBN53T and CSW2.24.4T were 69.2 and 67.0 mol%, respectively. The level of DNA–DNA relatedness between strain TBN53T and strain CSW2.24.4T was 25 %, and these two strains showed low levels of DNA–DNA relatedness with Halobellus clavatus TNN18T (30 and 29 % relatedness, respectively). Based on these phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic properties, two novel species of the genus Halobellus are proposed to accommodate these two strains, Halobellus limi sp. nov. (type strain TBN53T = CGMCC 1.10331T = JCM 16811T) and Halobellus salinus sp. nov. (type strain CSW2.24.4T = DSM 18730T = CGMCC 1.10710T = JCM 14359T).


2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 2463-2466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hisami Kobayashi ◽  
Yasuhiro Tanizawa ◽  
Mitsuo Sakamoto ◽  
Yasukazu Nakamura ◽  
Moriya Ohkuma ◽  
...  

Clostridium diolis shares high similarity based on 16S rRNA gene sequences and fatty acid composition with Clostridium beijerinckii . In this study, the taxonomic status of C. diolis was clarified using genomic and phenotypic approaches. High similarity was detected among C. diolis DSM 15410T, C. beijerinckii DSM 791T and NCTC 13035T, showing average nucleotide identity on blast and in silico DNA–DNA hybridization values over 97 and 85 %, respectively. Results of investigations for substrate utilization and enzyme activity displayed no striking differences between C. diolis DSM 15410T and C. beijerinckii JCM 1390T. Based on the results, we propose the reclassification of Clostridium diolis as a later heterotypic synonym of Clostridium beijerinckii . The type strain is ATCC 25752T (=CIP 104308T=DSM 791T=JCM 1390T=LMG 5716T=NCTC 13035T).


2014 ◽  
Vol 64 (Pt_10) ◽  
pp. 3402-3410 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger Stephan ◽  
Christopher J. Grim ◽  
Gopal R. Gopinath ◽  
Mark K. Mammel ◽  
Venugopal Sathyamoorthy ◽  
...  

Recently, a taxonomical re-evaluation of the genus Enterobacter , based on multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) analysis, has led to the proposal that the species Enterobacter pulveris , Enterobacter helveticus and Enterobacter turicensis should be reclassified as novel species of the genus Cronobacter . In the present work, new genome-scale analyses, including average nucleotide identity, genome-scale phylogeny and k-mer analysis, coupled with previously reported DNA–DNA hybridization values and biochemical characterization strongly indicate that these three species of the genus Enterobacter are not members of the genus Cronobacter , nor do they belong to the re-evaluated genus Enterobacter . Furthermore, data from this polyphasic study indicated that all three species constitute two new genera. We propose reclassifying Enterobacter pulveris and Enterobacter helveticus in the genus Franconibacter gen. nov. as Franconibacter pulveris comb. nov. (type strain 601/05T = LMG 24057T = DSM 19144T) and Franconibacter helveticus comb. nov. (type strain 513/05T = LMG 23732T = DSM 18396T), respectively, and Enterobacter turicensis in the genus Siccibacter gen. nov. as Siccibacter turicensis comb. nov. (type strain 508/05T = LMG 23730T = DSM 18397T).


Author(s):  
Hajar Ben Moussa ◽  
Jacques Pédron ◽  
Claire Bertrand ◽  
Amandine Hecquet ◽  
Marie-Anne Barny

Through this study, we established the taxonomic status of seven strains belonging to the genus Pectobacterium (A477-S1-J17T, A398-S21-F17, A535-S3-A17, A411-S4-F17, A113-S21-F16, FL63-S17 and FL60-S17) collected from four different river streams and an artificial lake in south-east France between 2016 and 2017. Ecological surveys in rivers and lakes pointed out different repartition of strains belonging to this clade compared to the closest species, Pectobacterium aquaticum . The main phenotypic difference observed between these strains and the P. aquaticum type strain was strongly impaired growth with rhamnose as the sole carbon source. This correlates with three different forms of pseudogenization of the l-rhamnose/proton symporter gene rhaT in the genomes of strains belonging to this clade. Phylogenetic analysis using gapA gene sequences and multi locus sequence analysis of the core genome showed that these strains formed a distinct clade within the genus Pectobacterium closely related to P. aquaticum. Digital DNA–DNA hybridization (dDDH) and average nucleotide identity (ANI) values showed a clear discontinuity between the new clade and P. aquaticum . However, the calculated values are potentially consistent with either splitting or merging of this new clade with P. aquaticum . In support of the split, ANI coverages were higher within this new clade than between this new clade and P. aquaticum . The split is also consistent with the range of observed ANI or dDDH values that currently separate several accepted species within the genus Pectobacterium . On the basis of these data,strains A477-S1-J17T, A398-S21-F17, A535-S3-A17, A411-S4-F17, A113-S21-F16, FL63-S17 and FL60-S17 represent a novel species of the genus Pectobacterium , for which the name Pectobacterium quasiaquaticum sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is A477-S1-J17T (=CFBP 8805T=LMG 32181T).


2014 ◽  
Vol 64 (Pt_10) ◽  
pp. 3578-3579 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. J. Tindall

The Judicial Commission affirms that the combination Lactobacillus rogosae Holdeman and Moore 1974 represented by the type strain ATCC 27753 listed on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names does not appear to be currently represented by an extant type strain. Further work is needed to determine whether a derivative of the original type can be found or whether a neotype can be designated.


2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (9) ◽  
pp. 5172-5176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Encarna Velázquez ◽  
José David Flores-Félix ◽  
Fernando Sánchez-Juanes ◽  
José M. Igual ◽  
Álvaro Peix

The original type strains of Agrobacterium radiobacter and Agrobacterium tumefaciens recorded in the eighth edition of Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology published in 1974 were NCIB 9042T and ATCC 4720T, respectively. However, in the list of the valid names of bacteria compiled in 1980, both strains were changed, A. radiobacter NCIB 9042T to ATCC 19358T and A. tumefaciens ATCC 4720T to ATCC 23308T. These changes were unjustified, particularly in the case of A. tumefaciens whose type strain was replaced by another strain from the same collection, although the original type strain ATCC 4720T was never lost and it is currently available in several culture collections. Therefore, we request that the type strain of A. tumefaciens be corrected from ATCC 23308T to ATCC 4720T.


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