scholarly journals Sulfurihydrogenibium yellowstonense sp. nov., an extremely thermophilic, facultatively heterotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium from Yellowstone National Park, and emended descriptions of the genus Sulfurihydrogenibium, Sulfurihydrogenibium subterraneum and Sulfurihydrogenibium azorense

2005 ◽  
Vol 55 (6) ◽  
pp. 2263-2268 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Nakagawa ◽  
Z. Shtaih ◽  
A. Banta ◽  
T. J. Beveridge ◽  
Y. Sako ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Yellowstone National Park ◽  
National Park ◽  
Gene Sequence ◽  
Hot Springs ◽  
Carbon Sources ◽  
Molecular Characteristics ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Optimum Ph ◽  
Sulfur Oxidizing ◽  
The 16S Rrna Gene

A novel thermophilic, sulfur-oxidizing Gram-negative bacterium, designated strain SS-5T, was isolated from the Calcite Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park, USA. The cells were motile rods (1·2–2·8 μm long and 0·6–0·8 μm wide). The new isolate was a facultative heterotroph capable of using elemental sulfur or thiosulfate as an electron donor and O2 (1–18 %; optimum 6 %, v/v) as an electron acceptor. Hydrogen did not support growth. The isolate grew autotrophically with CO2. In addition, strain SS-5T utilized various organic carbon sources such as yeast extract, tryptone, sugars, amino acids and organic acids. Growth was observed between 55 and 78 °C (optimum 70 °C; 3·5 h doubling time), pH 6·0 and 8·0 (optimum pH 7·5), and 0 and 0·6 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum 0 %). The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 32 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence indicated that the isolate was a member of the genus Sulfurihydrogenibium. On the basis of the physiological and molecular characteristics of the new isolate, we propose the name Sulfurihydrogenibium yellowstonense sp. nov. with SS-5T (=JCM 12773T=OCM 840T) as the type strain. In addition, emended descriptions of the genus Sulfurihydrogenibium, Sulfurihydrogenibium subterraneum and Sulfurihydrogenibium azorense are proposed.

scholarly journals Isolation, Characterization, and Ecology of Sulfur-Respiring Crenarchaea Inhabiting Acid-Sulfate-Chloride-Containing Geothermal Springs in Yellowstone National Park

2007 ◽  
Vol 73 (20) ◽  
pp. 6669-6677 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric S. Boyd ◽  
Robert A. Jackson ◽  
Gem Encarnacion ◽  
James A. Zahn ◽  
Trevor Beard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Yellowstone National Park ◽  
National Park ◽  
Hot Springs ◽  
Lipid Fraction ◽  
Carbon Sources ◽  
16S Rrna Genes ◽  
Rrna Genes ◽  
Pcr Analysis ◽  
Geothermal Springs ◽  
Physiological Characterization

ABSTRACT Elemental sulfur (S0) is associated with many geochemically diverse hot springs, yet little is known about the phylogeny, physiology, and ecology of the organisms involved in its cycling. Here we report the isolation, characterization, and ecology of two novel, S0-reducing Crenarchaea from an acid geothermal spring referred to as Dragon Spring. Isolate 18U65 grows optimally at 70 to 72°C and at pH 2.5 to 3.0, while isolate 18D70 grows optimally at 81°C and pH 3.0. Both isolates are chemoorganotrophs, dependent on complex peptide-containing carbon sources, S0, and anaerobic conditions for respiration-dependent growth. Glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGTs) containing four to six cyclopentyl rings were present in the lipid fraction of isolates 18U65 and 18D70. Physiological characterization suggests that the isolates are adapted to the physicochemical conditions of Dragon Spring and can utilize the natural organic matter in the spring as a carbon and energy source. Quantitative PCR analysis of 16S rRNA genes associated with the S0 flocs recovered from several acid geothermal springs using isolate-specific primers indicates that these two populations together represent 17 to 37% of the floc-associated DNA. The physiological characteristics of isolates 18U65 and 18D70 are consistent with their potential widespread distribution and putative role in the cycling of sulfur in acid geothermal springs throughout the Yellowstone National Park geothermal complex. Based on phenotypic and genetic characterization, the designations Caldisphaera draconis sp. nov. and Acidilobus sulfurireducens sp. nov. are proposed for isolates 18U65 and 18D70, respectively.

scholarly journals Cryptanaerobacter phenolicus gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobe that transforms phenol into benzoate via 4-hydroxybenzoate

2005 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 245-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre Juteau ◽  
Valérie Côté ◽  
Marie-France Duckett ◽  
Réjean Beaudet ◽  
François Lépine ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Sequence ◽  
Culture Conditions ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Rrna Gene Sequence ◽  
Swine Waste ◽  
Optimum Ph ◽  
Transformation Activity ◽  
The 16S Rrna Gene ◽  
Stimulation Of

An anaerobic bacterium that transforms phenol and 4-hydroxybenzoate (4-OHB) into benzoate, strain LR7.2T, was isolated from a culture originating from a mixture of swamp water, sewage sludge, swine waste and soil. Cells of strain LR7.2T are Gram-positive short rods (1×2 μm) that are electron-dense when observed by electron microscopy. The optimum pH and temperature for growth and transformation activity of 4-OHB are 7·5–8·0 and 30–37 °C, respectively. The bacterium does not use sulphate, thiosulphate, nitrate, nitrite, FeCl3, fumarate or arsenate as an electron acceptor. It does not normally use sulphite, although stimulation of growth and 4-OHB transformation activity at a low concentration (up to 2 mM) has been reported previously under different culture conditions. The presence of 4-OHB or phenol is essential for growth; transformation of 4-OHB or phenol into benzoate is used to produce energy for growth. Using [6D]-phenol, 4-OHB was shown to be an intermediate in the transformation of phenol into benzoate. No spore was observed. The bacterium has a DNA G+C content of 51 mol% and its major membrane fatty acid is anteiso-C15 : 0. The 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain LR7.2T shows only 90 % similarity to its closest relative (Pelotomaculum thermopropionicum). From these results, a new taxon is proposed: Cryptanaerobacter phenolicus gen. nov., sp. nov. The type strain is LR7.2T (=ATCC BAA-820T=DSM 15808T).

scholarly journals Nautilia nitratireducens sp. nov., a thermophilic, anaerobic, chemosynthetic, nitrate-ammonifying bacterium isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent

2010 ◽  
Vol 60 (5) ◽  
pp. 1182-1186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ileana Pérez-Rodríguez ◽  
Jessica Ricci ◽  
James W. Voordeckers ◽  
Valentin Starovoytov ◽  
Costantino Vetriani
Keyword(s):  
Gas Phase ◽  
Deep Sea ◽  
Hydrothermal Vent ◽  
Gene Sequence ◽  
Novel Species ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
East Pacific ◽  
Optimum Ph ◽  
Casamino Acids ◽  
The 16S Rrna Gene

A thermophilic, anaerobic, chemosynthetic bacterium, designated strain MB-1T, was isolated from the walls of an active deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney on the East Pacific Rise at  ° 50′ N 10 ° 17′ W. The cells were Gram-negative-staining rods, approximately 1–1.5 μm long and 0.3–0.5 μm wide. Strain MB-1T grew at 25–65 °C (optimum 55 °C), with 10–35 g NaCl l−1 (optimum 20 g l−1) and at pH 4.5–8.5 (optimum pH 7.0). Generation time under optimal conditions was 45.6 min. Growth occurred under chemolithoautotrophic conditions with H2 as the energy source and CO2 as the carbon source. Nitrate was used as the electron acceptor, with resulting production of ammonium. Thiosulfate, sulfur and selenate were also used as electron acceptors. No growth was observed in the presence of lactate, peptone or tryptone. Chemo-organotrophic growth occurred in the presence of acetate, formate, Casamino acids, sucrose, galactose and yeast extract under a N2/CO2 gas phase. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 36.0 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence indicated that this organism is closely related to Nautilia profundicola AmHT, Nautilia abyssi PH1209T and Nautilia lithotrophica 525T (95, 94 and 93 % sequence identity, respectively). On the basis of phylogenetic, physiological and genetic considerations, it is proposed that the organism represents a novel species within the genus Nautilia, Nautilia nitratireducens sp. nov. The type strain is MB-1T (=DSM 22087T =JCM 15746T).

Thermoanaerobaculum aquaticum gen. nov., sp. nov., the first cultivated member of Acidobacteria subdivision 23, isolated from a hot spring

2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_11) ◽  
pp. 4149-4157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathaniel A. Losey ◽  
Bradley S. Stevenson ◽  
Hans-Jürgen Busse ◽  
Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté ◽  
W. Irene C. Rijpstra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Sequence ◽  
Hot Springs ◽  
Hot Spring ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Strictly Anaerobic ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Novel Bacterium ◽  
Fermentative Growth ◽  
Novel Genus And Species ◽  
The 16S Rrna Gene

A novel bacterium was isolated from a freshwater hot spring, the Hale House Spring, located at Hot Springs National Park, Hot Springs, AR, USA. Cells of strain MP-01T stained Gram-negative, were rod-shaped, non-motile, strictly anaerobic and chemo-organotrophic and did not form spores. Growth occurred at 50–65 °C, with an optimum at 60 °C, at pH 6.0–8.0, with an optimum at pH 6.5–7.0, and at NaCl concentrations up to 0.5 % (w/v), with optimum growth in the absence of NaCl. Strain MP-01T was capable of fermentative growth on pyruvate or proteinaceous substrates as well as reducing Fe(III) and Mn(IV). Major fatty acids were iso-C15 : 0, iso-C16 : 0, anteiso-C17 : 0 and iso-C17 : 0. The polar lipids consisted of diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylethanolamine and the major isoprenoid quinone was MK-10. In the polyamine pattern, sym-homospermidine was the predominant compound. The DNA G+C content was 62.7 mol%. Analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the isolate indicated that strain MP-01T represents the first reported cultivated member of subdivision 23 of the Acidobacteria . It is proposed that strain MP-01T represents a novel genus and species, for which the name Thermoanaerobaculum aquaticum gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of Thermoanaerobaculum aquaticum is MP-01T ( = DSM 24856T = JCM 18256T).

scholarly journals Tumebacillus luteolus sp. nov., isolated from soil

2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (Pt_11) ◽  
pp. 4107-4112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jihee Her ◽  
Sathiyaraj Srinivasan ◽  
Sang-Seob Lee
Keyword(s):  
16S Rrna ◽  
16S Rrna Gene ◽  
Gene Sequence ◽  
Agar Medium ◽  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
Diaminopimelic Acid ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
16S Rrna Gene Sequences ◽  
Optimum Ph ◽  
The 16S Rrna Gene

Two strains of Gram-stain-positive, aerobic, spore-forming and rod-shaped bacteria, designated U13T and U14, were isolated from soil of the Ukraine. Comparative analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that these strains belong to the genus Tumebacillus, with the highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with Tumebacillus ginsengisoli Gsoil 1105T (95.48 % and 95.49 %, respectively). Strains U13T and U14 had iso-C15 : 0 and summed features 1 and 4 as the main fatty acids, and were able to grow at pH ranging from pH 5.0 to 9.0 (optimum pH 6.0–7.0), temperatures ranging from 25 to 42 °C (optimum 28–37 °C) and with 0–1 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum 0 %, w/v) on R2A agar medium. Chemotaxonomic data revealed that the cell-wall peptidoglycan type of the two strains was type A1γ (meso-diaminopimelic acid). On the basis of the evidence from this study, strains U13T and U14 represent a novel species of the genus Tumebacillus, for which the name Tumebacillus luteolus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is U13T ( = KEMB 7305-100T = JCM 19866T) and a second strain is U14 ( = KEMB 7305-101 = JCM 19867).

scholarly journals Mucilaginibacter ginsengisoli sp. nov., isolated from a ginseng-cultivated soil

2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (Pt_11) ◽  
pp. 3933-3937 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jae-Hyung Ahn ◽  
Byoung-chan Kim ◽  
Jae-Ho Joa ◽  
Soo-Jin Kim ◽  
Jaekyeong Song ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Sequence ◽  
Novel Species ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Strictly Aerobic ◽  
Gram Stain ◽  
Rrna Gene Sequence ◽  
Optimum Ph ◽  
Type Strains ◽  
The 16S Rrna Gene ◽  
Dark Pink

A dark-pink-coloured bacterial strain, B4Y-8T, was isolated from a soil cultivated with ginseng. The 16S rRNA gene sequence of this strain showed highest similarity with Mucilaginibacter litoreus BR-18T (96.8 %), Mucilaginibacter lutimaris BR-3T (96.6 %) and Mucilaginibacter defluvii A5T (96.2 %) among the type strains of species of the genus Mucilaginibacter. Strain B4Y-8T was a strictly aerobic, Gram-stain-negative, non-motile, short-rod-shaped bacterium producing a large amount of extracellular polymeric substance. The strain grew at 10–35 °C (optimum, 25 °C), at pH 3.0–11.0 (optimum, pH 7.0) and in the presence of 0–1 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 0 %). The DNA G+C content of strain B4Y-8T was 49.0 mol%. It contained menaquinone 7 (MK-7) as the major isoprenoid quinone, and summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω6c and/or C16 : 1ω7c) and iso-C15 : 0 as the major fatty acids. On the basis of evidence from the present polyphasic taxonomic study, strain B4Y-8T should be classified as representing a novel species of the genus Mucilaginibacter, for which the name Mucilaginibacter ginsengisoli sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is B4Y-8T ( = KACC 18152T = JCM 30759T).

scholarly journals Methylibium petroleiphilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel methyl tert-butyl ether-degrading methylotroph of the Betaproteobacteria

2006 ◽  
Vol 56 (5) ◽  
pp. 983-989 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cindy H. Nakatsu ◽  
Krassimira Hristova ◽  
Satoshi Hanada ◽  
Xian-Ying Meng ◽  
Jessica R. Hanson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
16S Rrna ◽  
16S Rrna Gene ◽  
Gene Sequence ◽  
Carbon Sources ◽  
16S Rrna Gene Sequence ◽  
Methyl Tert Butyl Ether ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Rrna Gene Sequence ◽  
Butyl Ether ◽  
The 16S Rrna Gene

A Gram-negative, rod-shaped, motile, non-pigmented, facultative aerobe that grew optimally at pH 6.5 and 30 °C (strain PM1T) was isolated for its ability to completely degrade the gasoline additive methyl tert-butyl ether. Analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence indicated that this bacterium was a member of the class Betaproteobacteria in the Sphaerotilus–Leptothrix group. The 16S rRNA gene sequence identity to other genera in this group, Leptothrix, Aquabacterium, Roseateles, Sphaerotilus, Ideonella and Rubrivivax, ranged from 93 to 96 %. The chemotaxonomic data including Q-8 as the major quinone, C16 : 1ω7c and C16 : 0 as the major fatty acids and a DNA G+C content of 69 mol%, support the inclusion of strain PM1T in the class Betaproteobacteria. It differed from other members of the Sphaerotilus–Leptothrix group by being a facultative methylotroph that used methanol as a sole carbon source, and by also being able to grow heterotrophically in defined media containing ethanol, toluene, benzene, ethylbenzene and dihydroxybenzoates as sole carbon sources. On the basis of the morphological, physiological, biochemical and genetic information, a new genus and species, Methylibium petroleiphilum gen. nov., sp. nov., is proposed, with PM1T (=ATCC BAA-1232T=LMG 22953T) as the type strain.

scholarly journals Sulfurovum lithotrophicum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel sulfur-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph within the ε-Proteobacteria isolated from Okinawa Trough hydrothermal sediments

2004 ◽  
Vol 54 (5) ◽  
pp. 1477-1482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fumio Inagaki ◽  
Ken Takai ◽  
Kenneth H. Nealson ◽  
Koki Horikoshi
Keyword(s):  
Okinawa Trough ◽  
Cold Seep ◽  
Molecular Characteristics ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Sulfur Oxidizing ◽  
Bacterium Strain ◽  
Gas Bubbling ◽  
Ph Range ◽  
Environmental Sequences ◽  
The 16S Rrna Gene

A novel mesophilic sulfur- and thiosulfate-oxidizing bacterium, strain 42BKTT, was isolated from the gas-bubbling sediment at the Iheya North hydrothermal system in the mid-Okinawa Trough, Japan. The isolate was a Gram-negative, non-motile and coccoid to oval-shaped bacterium. Growth was observed at 10–40 °C (optimum 28–30 °C) and in the pH range 5·0–9·0 (optimum 6·5–7·0). Strain 42BKTT grew chemolithoautotrophically with elemental sulfur or thiosulfate as a sole electron donor and oxygen (optimum 5 % in gas phase) or nitrate as an electron acceptor. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 48·0 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence indicated that the isolate belonged to the previously uncultivated Group F within the ε-Proteobacteria, which includes phylotypes of vent epibiont and environmental sequences from global deep-sea cold seep and hydrothermal vent fields. On the basis of the physiological and molecular characteristics of this isolate, the type species of a novel genus, Sulfurovum lithotrophicum gen. nov., sp. nov., is proposed. The type strain is 42BKTT (=ATCC BAA-797T=JCM 12117T).

scholarly journals Geodermatophilus brasiliensis sp. nov., isolated from Brazilian soil

2014 ◽  
Vol 64 (Pt_8) ◽  
pp. 2841-2848 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcelo Bertazzo ◽  
Maria del Carmen Montero-Calasanz ◽  
Manuel Martinez-Garcia ◽  
Cathrin Spröer ◽  
Peter Schumann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Sequence ◽  
Aerial Mycelium ◽  
Diaminopimelic Acid ◽  
Molecular Characteristics ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Diamino Acid ◽  
Unknown Phospholipid ◽  
The 16S Rrna Gene

A Gram-reaction-positive bacterial isolate, designated Tü 6233T, with rudimentary, coral-pink vegetative mycelium that formed neither aerial mycelium nor spores, was isolated from a Brazilian soil sample. Chemotaxonomic and molecular characteristics of the isolate matched those described for members of the genus Geodermatophilus . Cell-wall hydrolysates contained meso-diaminopimelic acid as the diagnostic diamino acid and galactose as the diagnostic sugar. The major fatty acids were iso-C16 : 0, iso-C15 : 0 and C17 : 1ω8c and the predominant menaquinone was MK-9(H4). The polar lipids consisted of diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, hydroxyphosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylinositol, an unknown glycophospholipid and an unknown phospholipid. The DNA G+C content of the strain was 75.4 mol%. The 16S rRNA gene sequence identity with members of the genus Geodermatophilus was 94.2–98.7 %. Based on phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic data, strain Tü 6233T is proposed to represent a novel species, Geodermatophilus brasiliensis sp. nov., with the type strain Tü 6233T ( = DSM 44526T = CECT 8402T).

scholarly journals NEW STRAIN OF PARARHIZOBIUM SP. IB ST 1-4 ISOLATED FROM POOL FINGERS OF SHULGAN-TASH CAVE

ÈKOBIOTEH ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 706-711
Author(s):  
A.S. Ryabova ◽  
◽  
T.R. Iasakov ◽  
E.A. Gilvanova ◽  
L.Y. Kuzmina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soil Bacteria ◽  
Gene Sequence ◽  
Southern Urals ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Mineral Formation ◽  
Optimum Ph ◽  
Physiological And Biochemical ◽  
The 16S Rrna Gene ◽  
Straight Rod

From the mineral formation (pool fingers) of the shulgfan-Tash cave (Southern Urals) the first member of bacterial genus Pararhizobium was isolated (strain IB St 1-4). Pararhizobium is a genus of soil bacteria that fix nitrogen association with roots of legumes. Cells IB St 1-4 strain are Gram-negative straight rod-shaped bacterium (0,5-0,7×2,0-2,5μm). Growth is observed at 4-28°C with an optimum pH at 6-8. The strain precipitating of calcium carbonate on Ca-salts of malic acid in vitro. The relatedness of strain IB St 1-4 to members of Pararhizobium herbae, Pararhizobium giardinii and Pararhizobium polonicum species was revealed according physiological and biochemical features as well as phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence. The genes nifH and nodC that responsible for nitrogen fixation and plant nodulation in the strain IB St 1-4 were not detected.

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