scholarly journals Natrinema altunense sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from a salt lake in Altun Mountain in Xinjiang, China

2005 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 1311-1314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xue-Wei Xu ◽  
Pei-Gen Ren ◽  
Shuang-Jiang Liu ◽  
Min Wu ◽  
Pei-Jin Zhou

A novel extremely halophilic strain, AJ2T, was isolated from Ayakekum salt lake located in the Altun Mountain National Nature Reserve in Xinjiang, China. This isolate was neutrophilic, motile and grew in a wide range of MgCl2 concentrations (0·005–1·0 M). The major polar lipids of the isolate were C20C20 and C20C25 derivatives of phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol phosphate methyl ester and phosphatidylglycerol sulfate. A comprehensive 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that the isolate shared 96·6–97·7 % sequence identity with Natrinema species. The isolate, however, could be genetically differentiated from these species by DNA–DNA hybridization analysis and on the basis of its physiological properties. On the basis of the polyphasic evidence, strain AJ2T (=AS 1.3731T=JCM 12890T) represents the type strain of a novel species, for which the name Natrinema altunense sp. nov. is proposed.

2004 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 2275-2279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mostafa S. Elshahed ◽  
Kristen N. Savage ◽  
Aharon Oren ◽  
M. Carmen Gutierrez ◽  
Antonio Ventosa ◽  
...  

A pleomorphic, extremely halophilic archaeon (strain M6T) was isolated from a sulfide- and sulfur-rich spring in south-western Oklahoma (USA). It formed small (0·8–1·0 mm), salmon pink, elevated colonies on agar medium. The strain grew in a wide range of NaCl concentrations (6 % to saturation) and required at least 1 mM Mg2+ for growth. Strain M6T was able to reduce sulfur to sulfide anaerobically. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis indicated that strain M6T belongs to the family Halobacteriaceae, genus Haloferax; it showed 96·7–98·0 % similarity to other members of the genus with validly published names and 89 % similarity to Halogeometricum borinquense, its closest relative outside the genus Haloferax. Polar lipid analysis and DNA G+C content further supported placement of strain M6T in the genus Haloferax. DNA–DNA hybridization values, as well as biochemical and physiological characterization, allowed strain M6T to be differentiated from other members of the genus Haloferax. A novel species, Haloferax sulfurifontis sp. nov., is therefore proposed to accommodate the strain. The type strain is M6T (=JCM 12327T=CCM 7217T=DSM 16227T=CIP 108334T).


2005 ◽  
Vol 55 (6) ◽  
pp. 2539-2542 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xue-Wei Xu ◽  
Shuang-Jiang Liu ◽  
Dilbar Tohty ◽  
Aharon Oren ◽  
Min Wu ◽  
...  

A novel extremely halophilic strain, isolated from Aibi salt lake, Xin-Jiang, China, was subjected to polyphasic taxonomic characterization. This strain, designated AB14T, is neutrophilic, motile and requires at least 10 % (w/v) NaCl for growth. Strain AB14T grows at 24–58 °C, with optimal growth at 42–45 °C. Mg2+ is not required, but growth is observed in MgCl2 concentrations as high as 1·0 M. Strain AB14T possesses the diphytanyl (C20C20) and phytanyl-sesterterpanyl diether (C20C25) derivatives of phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol phosphate methyl ester and mannose-2,6 disulfate 1→2 glucose-glycerol diether. The genomic DNA G+C content is 66·6 mol%. The 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity values of strain AB14T with its nearest phylogenetic neighbours (Haloterrigena thermotolerans and Haloterrigena turkmenica) are 98·6 and 96·0 %, respectively. DNA–DNA hybridization revealed 54 % relatedness between strain AB14T and Haloterrigena thermotolerans JCM 11050T and 21 % between strain AB14T and Haloterrigena turkmenica JCM 9101T. It is therefore proposed that strain AB14T represents a novel species, for which the name Haloterrigena saccharevitans sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is AB14T (=AS 1.3730T=JCM 12889T).


2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (Pt_9) ◽  
pp. 3119-3124 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Divyasree ◽  
K. V. N. S. Lakshmi ◽  
Dave Bharti ◽  
Ch. Sasikala ◽  
Ch. V. Ramana

A Gram-stain-negative, vibrio-shaped, spheroplast-forming, motile, aerobic bacterium was isolated from the soil of a salt desert in Kutch, Gujarat, India. The strain, designated JC232T, was oxidase- and catalase-positive. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis indicated that strain JC232T was a member of the genus Caenispirillum and was related most closely to Caenispirillum salinarum AK4T (98.9 % similarity) and Caenispirillum bisanense K92T (96.8 %). Genome relatedness based on DNA–DNA hybridization of strain JC232T with the type strains of closely related species was less than 40 %. The DNA G+C content of strain JC232T was 70 mol%. Phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphotidylcholine, diphosphatidylglycerol, two unidentified amino lipids (AL1 and 2) and four unidentified lipids (UL1–4) were the polar lipids of strain JC232T. C18 : 1ω7c/C18 : 1ω6c, C16 : 0 and C16 : 1ω7c/C16 : 1ω6c were the major (>15 %) fatty acids of strain JC232T, with minor amounts of C12 : 0, C14 : 0 3-OH/iso-C16 : 0 I, C18 : 1 2-OH, C18 : 0, C16 : 0 3-OH and C19 : 0cycloω8c. Although strain JC232T shared the predominant ubiquinone system (Q10) with the type strains of C. salinarum and C. bisanense, it differed from the latter in polar lipid profile, NaCl growth range and other phenotypic/physiological properties. On the basis of morphological, physiological, genotypic, phylogenetic and chemotaxonomic analyses, strain JC232T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Caenispirillum, for which the name Caenispirillum deserti sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is JC232T ( = KCTC 42064T = NBRC 110150T).


2004 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 2175-2179 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Vancanneyt ◽  
M. Zamfir ◽  
L. A. Devriese ◽  
K. Lefebvre ◽  
K. Engelbeen ◽  
...  

Four isolates, which were obtained from Belgian, Moroccan and Romanian dairy products, constituted a homogeneous but unidentified taxon after screening with whole-cell protein fingerprinting. Complete 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis classified representative strains in the genus Enterococcus. Highest sequence similarities of 98·6 and 98·0 % were obtained with the species Enterococcus sulfureus and Enterococcus saccharolyticus, respectively. Growth characteristics, biochemical features, tRNA intergenic length polymorphism analysis, DNA–DNA hybridization and DNA G+C contents of selected strains demonstrated that they represent a single, novel Enterococcus species. It differs phenotypically from other enterococci in characteristics commonly considered as typical of this genus: no growth in 6·5 % NaCl or 0·4 % sodium azide, and no acid production from a wide range of carbohydrates. The name Enterococcus saccharominimus sp. nov. is proposed for this novel species; the type strain (LMG 21727T=CCM 7220T) was isolated from contaminated pasteurized cow's milk.


2007 ◽  
Vol 57 (10) ◽  
pp. 2204-2206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heng-Lin Cui ◽  
Ze-Ying Lin ◽  
Ying Dong ◽  
Pei-Jin Zhou ◽  
Shuang-Jiang Liu

An extremely halophilic archaeon, strain Fa-1T, was isolated from a marine solar saltern in Fujian, China. Strain Fa-1T required Mg2+ and at least 2.0 M NaCl for growth. It was able to grow at pH 6.5–9.0 (optimally at pH 7.0–7.5) and at 20–55 °C (optimally at 37–42 °C). The major polar lipids of strain Fa-1T were phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol phosphate methyl ester, phosphatidylglycerol sulfate and a sulfated diglycosyl diether. On the basis of a 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, strain Fa-1T was closely related to nine species of the genus Halorubrum, showing sequence similarities of 97.4–98.4 %. The G+C content of the DNA of strain Fa-1T is 64.9 mol% (T m). DNA–DNA hybridization values between strain Fa-1T and the most closely related members of the genus Halorubrum were below 51 %. On the basis of the data from this study, strain Fa-1T represents a novel species of the genus Halorubrum, for which the name Halorubrum litoreum sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is Fa-1T (=CGMCC 1.5336T =JCM 13561T).


2010 ◽  
Vol 60 (12) ◽  
pp. 2991-2995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tong-Wei Guan ◽  
Ke Zhao ◽  
Jing Xiao ◽  
Ying Liu ◽  
Zhan-Feng Xia ◽  
...  

A novel bacterium, designated TRM 415T, belonging to the genus Brevibacterium, was isolated from a sediment sample from a salt lake in Xinjiang province, China. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis indicated that strain TRM 415T was phylogenetically most closely related to Brevibacterium album YIM 90718T (98.4 % sequence similarity) and had low similarity (<95.5 %) to other species of the genus Brevibacterium; however, DNA–DNA hybridization studies between strain TRM 415T and B. album YIM 90718T showed only 41.3 % relatedness. Strain TRM 415T possessed meso-diaminopimelic acid as the diagnostic cell-wall diamino acid, MK-8(H2) as the major menaquinone and polar lipids including phosphatidylglycerol and diphosphatidylglycerol. The major fatty acids were anteiso-C17 : 0 and anteiso-C15 : 0. The genomic DNA G+C content was 69 mol%. Based on the evidence from this polyphasic study, strain TRM 415T represents a novel species of the genus Brevibacterium, for which the name Brevibacterium salitolerans sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is TRM 415T (=JCM 15900T =CCTCC AB 208328T =KCTC 19616T).


2010 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 378-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhichun Wang ◽  
Jingliang Xu ◽  
Yan Li ◽  
Kun Wang ◽  
Yangyang Wang ◽  
...  

A novel carbendazim-degrading actinobacterium, designated djl-6-2T, was isolated from the sludge of a carbendazim wastewater treatment facility in Jiangsu province, China. The morphological and chemotaxonomic properties of the isolate were typical of members of the genus Rhodococcus. Strain djl-6-2T formed a coherent cluster with Rhodococcus qingshengii djl-6T, Rhodococcus baikonurensis DSM 44587T, Rhodococcus erythropolis DSM 43066T and Rhodococcus globerulus DSM 43954T in 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. The results of DNA–DNA hybridization with the above strains (27.7, 19.3, 18.6 and 10.6 % relatedness, respectively), in combination with differences in biochemical and physiological properties, suggest that strain djl-6-2T should be classified within a novel species of the genus Rhodococcus, for which the name Rhodococcus jialingiae sp. nov. is proposed, with djl-6-2T (=DSM 45257T =CCTCC AB 208292T) as the type strain.


2011 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 965-968 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heng-Lin Cui ◽  
Xia Gao ◽  
Xin Yang ◽  
Xue-Wei Xu

Halophilic archaeal strain TBN37T was isolated from Taibei marine solar saltern near Lianyungang city of Jiangsu province, China. Cells were pleomorphic, flat and contained gas vesicles. Cells of strain TBN37T stained Gram-negative and the colonies were pink-pigmented. The strain was able to grow at 25–50 °C (optimum, 37–40 °C), with 1.4–5.1 M NaCl (optimum, 2.1 M NaCl), with 0–1.0 M MgCl2 (optimum, 0.01 M MgCl2) and at pH 6.0–9.0 (optimum, pH 7.5). Cells lysed in distilled water and the minimal NaCl concentration to prevent cell lysis was 8 % (w/v). The major polar lipids of strain TBN37T were phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol phosphate methyl ester, phosphatidylglycerol sulfate and one major glycolipid chromatographically identical to sulfated mannosyl glucosyl diether (S-DGD-1). On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, strain TBN37T was closely related to Haloplanus natans and Haloplanus vescus, with the same similarity of 97.4 %. The DNA G+C content of strain TBN37T is 64.1 mol%. DNA–DNA hybridization values between strain TBN37T and Haloplanus natans JCM 14081T and between strain TBN37T and Haloplanus vescus RO5-8T were 37.6 % and 42.1 %, respectively. It was concluded that strain TBN37T represents a novel species of the genus Haloplanus, for which the name Haloplanus aerogenes sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is TBN37T ( = CGMCC 1.10124T  = JCM 16430T).


2010 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 949-952 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soo-Jin Kim ◽  
Hang-Yeon Weon ◽  
Yi-Seul Kim ◽  
Rangasamy Anandham ◽  
Seung-Hee Yoo ◽  
...  

An ivory-coloured bacterium, designated strain 5YN7-3T, was isolated from a wetland, Yongneup, Korea. Cells of the strain were aerobic, Gram-stain-negative, non-motile and short rods. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis demonstrated that strain 5YN7-3T belongs to the order Rhizobiales of the class Alphaproteobacteria and is closely related to Kaistia soli 5YN9-8T (97.8 %), Kaistia granuli Ko04T (97.6 %) and Kaistia adipata Chj404T (97.4 %). Strain 5YN7-3T showed DNA–DNA hybridization values of 28, 22 and 35 % with K. granuli Ko04T, K. soli 5YN9-8T and K. adipata Chj404T, respectively. The major fatty acids were C18 : 1 ω7c (51.2 %), C19 : 0 cyclo ω8c (25.0 %), C18 : 0 (12.9 %) and C16 : 0 (10.8 %) (>10 % of total fatty acids). Ubiquinone-10 was the major isoprenoid quinone and the DNA G+C content was 66.5 mol%. The phenotypic characteristics in combination with 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis and DNA–DNA hybridization data clearly define strain 5YN7-3T as a novel species of the genus Kaistia, for which the name Kaistia terrae sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is 5YN7-3T (=KACC 12910T =DSM 21341T).


2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (Pt_9) ◽  
pp. 3131-3136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hina Singh ◽  
Juan Du ◽  
Kyung-Hwa Won ◽  
Jung-Eun Yang ◽  
Shahina Akter ◽  
...  

A novel bacterial strain, designated THG-PC7T, was isolated from fallow farmland soil in Yongin, South Korea. Cells of strain THG-PC7T were Gram-stain-negative, dark yellow, aerobic, rod-shaped and had gliding motility. Strain THG-PC7T grew optimally at 25–35 °C, at pH 7 and in the absence of NaCl. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis identified strain THG-PC7T as belonging to the genus Lysobacter, exhibiting highest sequence similarity with Lysobacter ximonensis KCTC 22336T (98.7 %) followed by Lysobacter niastensis KACC 11588T (95.7 %). In DNA–DNA hybridization tests, DNA relatedness between strain THG-PC7T and its closest phylogenetic neighbour L. ximonensis was below 25 %. The DNA G+C content of the novel isolate was determined to be 62.5 mol%. Flexirubin-type pigments were found to be present. The major cellular fatty acids were determined to be iso-C15 : 0, iso-C16 : 0, anteiso-C15 : 0 and iso-C17 : 1ω9c. The major respiratory quinone was identified as ubiquonone-8 (Q8). The predominant polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol and an unidentified aminophospolipid. On the basis of results from DNA–DNA hybridization and the polyphasic data, strain THG-PC7T represents a novel species of the genus Lysobacter, for which the name Lysobacter novalis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is THG-PC7T( = KACC 18276T = CCTCC AB 2014319T).


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