scholarly journals Zoogloea oryzae sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing bacterium isolated from rice paddy soil, and reclassification of the strain ATCC 19623 as Crabtreella saccharophila gen. nov., sp. nov.

2006 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 619-624 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheng-Hui Xie ◽  
Akira Yokota

Two strains of free-living diazotrophs isolated from soil from a rice paddy field were characterized by using a polyphasic approach. The novel strains, A-7T and A-4, were found to be very closely related, with 99·9 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity and a DNA–DNA hybridization value of 89·5 %, suggesting that they represent a single species. 16S rRNA gene sequence analyses indicated that the two strains fell within the Zoogloea lineage, with less than 96·7 % sequence similarity to other Zoogloea species. Chemotaxonomic characteristics of the novel strains, including DNA G+C content (65·1 mol%), the major quinone system (Q-8), predominant fatty acids (16 : 1ω7c and 16 : 0) and major hydroxy fatty acids (3-OH 10 : 0 and 3-OH 12 : 0), are similar to those of the genus Zoogloea. The novel strains showed positive results for floc formation which is accepted as confirmatory for species of the genus Zoogloea. However, the novel strains can be distinguished from the other species of Zoogloea by physiological characteristics. The name Zoogloea oryzae sp. nov. is therefore proposed for the novel strains with strain A-7T (=IAM 15218T=CCTCC AB 2052005T) as the type strain. Phylogenetic and chemotaxonomic analyses indicate that strain ATCC 19623, designated as a reference strain of Zoogloea ramigera, does not belong to the genus Zoogloea but to a new genus of Alphaproteobacteria. The name Crabtreella saccharophila gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed for strain ATCC 19623T (=IAM 12669T).

2007 ◽  
Vol 57 (8) ◽  
pp. 1901-1905 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-Qin Zhang ◽  
Li-Yan Yu ◽  
Hong-Yu Liu ◽  
Yue-Qin Zhang ◽  
Li-Hua Xu ◽  
...  

A moderately halophilic bacterium, strain YIM 70202T, was isolated from a desert soil sample collected from Egypt and was subjected to a taxonomic investigation. In a phylogenetic dendrogram based on 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, strain YIM 70202T was affiliated to the Salinicoccus clade, showing 94.5–96.8 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to the recognized species of the genus Salinicoccus, in which Salinicoccus roseus CCM 3516T was the nearest neighbour. The DNA–DNA relatedness value of the novel isolate with S. roseus CCM 3516T was 12.7 %. The novel isolate grew at temperatures between 4 and 45 °C and at pH values ranging from 7.0 to 11.0, with an optimum of 30 °C and pH 8.0–9.0, respectively. Strain YIM 70202T grew optimally in the presence of 10 % NaCl (w/v) and growth was observed at NaCl concentrations in the range 1–25 % (w/v). Chemotaxonomic data revealed that strain YIM 70202T contained MK-6 as the predominant respiratory quinone, possessed l-Lys–Gly5 as the cell-wall peptidoglycan, had phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol and an unknown glycolipid as the polar lipids and contained i-C15 : 0 and ai-C15 : 0 as the predominant fatty acids. The DNA G+C content was 49.7 mol%. The biochemical and chemotaxonomic properties demonstrate that strain YIM 70202T represents a novel species of the genus Salinicoccus. The name Salinicoccus luteus sp. nov. is proposed with strain YIM 70202T (=CGMCC 1.6511T=KCTC 3941T) as the type strain.


2005 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 1563-1568 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jarkko Rapala ◽  
Katri A. Berg ◽  
Christina Lyra ◽  
R. Maarit Niemi ◽  
Werner Manz ◽  
...  

Thirteen bacterial isolates from lake sediment, capable of degrading cyanobacterial hepatotoxins microcystins and nodularin, were characterized by phenotypic, genetic and genomic approaches. Cells of these isolates were Gram-negative, motile by means of a single polar flagellum, oxidase-positive, weakly catalase-positive and rod-shaped. According to phenotypic characteristics (carbon utilization, fatty acid and enzyme activity profiles), the G+C content of the genomic DNA (66·1–68·0 mol%) and 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis (98·9–100 % similarity) the strains formed a single microdiverse genospecies that was most closely related to Roseateles depolymerans (95·7–96·3 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity). The isolates assimilated only a few carbon sources. Of the 96 carbon sources tested, Tween 40 was the only one used by all strains. The strains were able to mineralize phosphorus from organic compounds, and they had strong leucine arylamidase and chymotrypsin activities. The cellular fatty acids identified from all strains were C16 : 0 (9·8–19 %) and C17 : 1 ω7c (<1–5·8 %). The other predominant fatty acids comprised three groups: summed feature 3 (<1–2·2 %), which included C14 : 0 3-OH and C16 : 1 iso I, summed feature 4 (54–62 %), which included C16 : 1 ω7c and C15 : 0 iso OH, and summed feature 7 (8·5–28 %), which included ω7c, ω9c and ω12t forms of C18 : 1. A more detailed analysis of two strains indicated that C16 : 1 ω7c was the main fatty acid. The phylogenetic and phenotypic features separating our strains from recognized bacteria support the creation of a novel genus and species, for which the name Paucibacter toxinivorans gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is 2C20T (=DSM 16998T=HAMBI 2767T=VYH 193597T).


2006 ◽  
Vol 56 (5) ◽  
pp. 959-963 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shams Tabrez Khan ◽  
Yasuyoshi Nakagawa ◽  
Shigeaki Harayama

Four Gram-negative, orange-coloured, aerobic, heterotrophic bacteria were isolated from sediment samples collected on the Pacific coast of Japan near the cities of Toyohashi and Katsuura. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis indicated that these strains form a distinct lineage within the family Flavobacteriaceae. The four isolates shared 99.9–100 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with each other and showed 88–90.9 % similarity with their neighbours in the family Flavobacteriaceae. The four strains also shared high DNA–DNA reassociation values of 67–99 % with each other. All the strains grew at 37 °C but not at 4 °C, and degraded gelatin, starch and DNA. The major fatty acids were i-C15 : 0, a-C15 : 0, i-C16 : 0 and i-C17 : 0 3-OH. However, two common fatty acids of members of the Flavobacteriaceae, i-C15 : 1 and a-C15 : 1, were absent in these strains. The DNA G+C contents of the four strains were in the range 35–37 mol%. On the basis of the polyphasic evidence, it was concluded that these strains should be classified as a novel genus and a novel species in the family Flavobacteriaceae, for which the name Sandarakinotalea sediminis gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of Sandarakinotalea sediminis is CKA-5T (=NBRC 100970T=LMG 23247T).


2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (Pt_3) ◽  
pp. 745-753 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sakshi Sood ◽  
Ram Prasad Awal ◽  
Joachim Wink ◽  
Kathrin I. Mohr ◽  
Manfred Rohde ◽  
...  

A novel myxobacterium, MCy1366T (Ar1733), was isolated in 1981 from a soil sample collected from a region near Tokyo, Japan. It displayed general myxobacterial features like Gram-negative-staining, rod-shaped vegetative cells, gliding on solid surfaces, microbial lytic activity, fruiting-body-like aggregates and myxospore-like structures. The strain was mesophilic, aerobic and showed a chemoheterotrophic mode of nutrition. It was resistant to many antibiotics such as cephalosporin C, kanamycin, gentamicin, hygromycin B, polymyxin and bacitracin, and the key fatty acids of whole cell hydrolysates were iso-C15 : 0, iso-C17 : 0 and iso-C17 : 0 2-OH. The genomic DNA G+C content of the novel strain was 65.6 mol%. The 16S rRNA gene sequence showed highest similarity (97.60 %) to ‘Stigmatella koreensis’ strain KYC-1019 (GenBank accession no. EF112185). Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences and MALDI-TOF MS data revealed a novel branch in the family Myxococcaceae . DNA–DNA hybridization showed only 28 % relatedness between the novel strain and the closest recognized species, Corallococcus exiguus DSM 14696T (97 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity). A recent isolate from a soil sample collected in Switzerland, MCy10622, displayed 99.9 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with strain MCy1366T and showed almost the same characteristics. Since some morphological features like fruiting-body-like aggregates were barely reproducible in the type strain, the newly isolated strain, MCy10622, was also intensively studied. On the basis of a comprehensive taxonomic study, we propose a novel genus and species, Aggregicoccus edonensis gen. nov., sp. nov., for strains MCy1366T and MCy10622. The type strain of the type species is MCy1366T ( = DSM 27872T = NCCB 100468T).


2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (Pt_10) ◽  
pp. 3297-3304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Pascual ◽  
Pia K. Wüst ◽  
Alicia Geppert ◽  
Bärbel U. Foesel ◽  
Katharina J. Huber ◽  
...  

A novel aerobic, chemo-organoheterotrophic bacterium, strain Ac_26_B10T, was isolated from a semiarid savannah soil collected in northern Namibia (Mashare, Kavango region). Based on analysis of its nearly full-length 16S rRNA gene sequence, the isolate belongs to the genus Terriglobus (family Acidobacteriaceae, order Acidobacteriales, class Acidobacteria) and shares 98.3 and 96.9 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with its closest relatives, Terriglobus tenax DRP 35T and T. aquaticus O3SUJ4T. Cells were Gram-negative, coccoid to rod-shaped, non-motile and divided by binary fission. Strain Ac_26_B10T showed weak catalase activity and, in contrast to the other described species of the genus Terriglobus, was oxidase-positive. Compared with the already established species of the genus Terriglobus, the novel strain used a larger range of sugars and sugar alcohols for growth, lacked α-mannosidase activity and exhibited a higher temperature optimum of growth. DNA–DNA hybridization studies with its closest phylogenetic relative, T. tenax DSM 28898T, confirmed that strain Ac_26_B10T represents a distinct genomospecies. Its most abundant fatty acids were iso-C15 : 0, summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c and/or C16 : 1ω6c) and C16 : 0. Dominant polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine and diphosphatidylglycerol. The predominant menaquinone was MK-8; minor amounts of MK-7 and MK-8(H2) were also recorded. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 58.5 mol%. On the basis of our polyphasic analysis, Ac_26_B10T represents a novel species of the genus Terriglobus, for which the name Terriglobus albidus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is Ac_26_B10T ( = DSM 26559T = LMG 27984T).


2010 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 526-530 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soo-Jin Kim ◽  
Hang-Yeon Weon ◽  
Yi-Seul Kim ◽  
Rangasamy Anandham ◽  
Young-Ah Jeon ◽  
...  

Two aerobic, Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterial strains, 5YN10-14T and GR21-5T, were isolated from the Yongneup wetland and ginseng soil in Korea, respectively. The two strains formed ellipsoidal or oval spores positioned centrally or paracentrally in swollen sporangia. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, these strains were related to members of the genus Cohnella. 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity between strains 5YN10-14T and GR21-5T was 95.9 %. Strains 5YN10-14T and GR21-5T showed, respectively, 94.3 and 95.2 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to Cohnella thermotolerans CCUG 47242T, 94.6 and 94.4 % to Cohnella hongkongensis HKU3T, 94.7 and 94.7 % to Cohnella laeviribosi RI-39T, and 95.4 and 94.8 % to Cohnella phaseoli GSPC1T. The major fatty acids of strain 5YN10-14T were anteiso-C15 : 0 (51.1 %), iso-C16 : 0 (18.5 %) and C16 : 0 (13.2 %), and the major fatty acids of strain GR21-5T were anteiso-C15 : 0 (48.9 %), iso-C16 : 0 (15.0 %) and iso-C15 : 0 (12.2 %). The two strains contained menaquinone with seven isoprene units (MK-7) as the predominant quinone, and diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylethanolamine as major polar lipids; however, strain 5YN10-14T also contained lysylphosphatidylglycerol as a major polar lipid, whereas strain GR21-5T had an unknown aminophospholipid as another major polar lipid. The DNA G+C contents of strains 5YN10-14T and GR21-5T were 58.8 and 61.3 mol%, respectively. Based on the results of the phylogenetic and phenotypic data presented, it was concluded that the two strains represent two novel species of the genus Cohnella, for which the names Cohnella yongneupensis sp. nov. (type strain 5YN10-14T=KACC 11768T=DSM 18998T) and Cohnella ginsengisoli sp. nov. (type strain GR21-5T=KACC 11771T=DSM 18997T) are proposed.


2006 ◽  
Vol 56 (8) ◽  
pp. 1939-1944 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qing-Mei Liu ◽  
Wan-Taek Im ◽  
Myungjin Lee ◽  
Deok-Chun Yang ◽  
Sung-Taik Lee

A Gram-negative, aerobic, non-motile, non-spore-forming and rod-shaped bacterium, strain Gsoil 043T, was isolated from soil from a ginseng field in Pocheon province, South Korea. The novel isolate was characterized in order to determine its taxonomic position. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity, strain Gsoil 043T was shown to belong to the family ‘Flexibacteraceae’ and was related to Dyadobacter fermentans (96.7 %), Dyadobacter crusticola (96.3 %) and Dyadobacter hamtensis (95.8 %). The 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity of the novel strain to other recognized species within the family ‘Flexibacteraceae’ was less than 87.0 %. The G+C content of genomic DNA was 48 mol%. Phenotypic and chemotaxonomic data (major menaquinone, MK-7; major fatty acids, C16 : 1 ω7c, iso-C15 : 0 and C16 : 0) supported the affiliation of strain Gsoil 043T to the genus Dyadobacter. The results of physiological and biochemical tests enabled strain Gsoil 043T to be differentiated genotypically and phenotypically from the three Dyadobacter species with validly published names. The novel isolate therefore represents a novel species for which the name Dyadobacter ginsengisoli sp. nov. is proposed, with the type strain Gsoil 043T (=KCTC 12589T=LMG 23409T).


2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (Pt_9) ◽  
pp. 2786-2790 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuichi Nogi ◽  
Kozue Mori ◽  
Hiromi Uchida ◽  
Yuji Hatada

A novel marine bacterial strain designated JAMH 011T was isolated from the cold-seep sediment in Sagami Bay, Japan. Cells were Gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped, non-spore-forming, aerobic chemo-organotrophs and motile by means of a single polar flagellum. Growth occurred at temperatures below 31 °C, with the optimum at 25 °C. The major respiratory quinone was Q-10. The predominant fatty acid was C18 : 1ω7c. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, the isolated strain was closely affiliated with members of the genus Shimia in the class Alphaproteobacteria, and the 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity of the novel isolate with the type strain of the closest related species, Shimia haliotis WM35T, was 98.1  %. The DNA G+C content of the novel strain was 57.3 mol%. The hybridization values for DNA–DNA relatedness between strain JAMH 011T and reference strains belonging to the genus Shimia were less than 9.4 ± 0.7  %. Based on differences in taxonomic characteristics, the isolated strain represents a novel species of the genus Shimia, for which the name Shimia sagamensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is JAMH 011T ( = JCM 30583T = DSM 29734T)


2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_2) ◽  
pp. 777-782 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefanie P. Glaeser ◽  
Enevold Falsen ◽  
Hans-Jürgen Busse ◽  
Peter Kämpfer

A Gram-positive-staining, aerobic, endospore-forming bacterium, isolated from a necrotic wound of a 35-year-old man was studied in detail to determine its taxonomic position. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity comparisons, strain CCUG 53270T was grouped into the genus Paenibacillus , most closely related to the type strains of Paenibacillus rigui (97.2 %), Paenibacillus xylanisolvens (96.3 %) and Paenibacillus chinjuensis (96.1 %). The 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to strains of other Paenibacillus species was ≤96 %. Chemotaxonomic characterization supported the allocation of the strain to the genus Paenibacillus . The major menaquinones were MK-7 (85 %) and MK-6 (15 %). The polar lipid profile contained the major compounds diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylmonomethylethanolamine, phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylglycerol. The polyamine pattern contained predominantly spermidine. The major fatty acids were iso- and anteiso-branched fatty acids. The results of physiological and biochemical tests allowed phenotypic differentiation of strain CCUG 53270T from closely related species. Thus, strain CCUG 53270T represents a novel species of the genus Paenibacillus , for which the name Paenibacillus vulneris sp. nov. is proposed, with CCUG 53270T ( = JCM 18268T) as the type strain.


2010 ◽  
Vol 60 (8) ◽  
pp. 1745-1749 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Bleicher ◽  
Klaus Neuhaus ◽  
Siegfried Scherer

Three Gram-negative, rod-shaped, catalase- and oxidase-positive, facultatively anaerobic and motile bacteria, strains WS 4538, WS 4539T and WS 4540, were isolated from the surfaces of two fully ripened French red smear soft cheeses. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity, all three strains were shown to belong to the genus Vibrio. They are most closely related to Vibrio rumoiensis S-1T (96.3 % similarity) and Vibrio litoralis MANO22DT (95.9 %). DNA–DNA hybridization confirmed that all three isolates belong to the same species and clearly separated strain WS 4539T from V. rumoiensis DSM 19141T (38–42 % relatedness) and V. litoralis DSM 17657T (28–37 %). In contrast to their nearest relatives, the strains exhibited β-galactosidase and aesculin hydrolase activities. A 14 bp insertion in the 16S rRNA gene sequence forms an elongated structure at helix 10 in the rRNA molecule and provides a tool for PCR-based identification of the novel species. Partial sequences of the housekeeping genes atpA, recA, rpoA and pyrH supported the conclusion that the three isolates constitute a separate species within the genus Vibrio. The name Vibrio casei sp. nov. is proposed for the novel taxon. Strain WS 4539T (=DSM 22364T =LMG 25240T; DNA G+C content 41.8 mol%) is the type strain and WS 4540 (=DSM 22378 =LMG 25241) is a reference strain.


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