Azospirillum melinis sp. nov., a group of diazotrophs isolated from tropical molasses grass

2006 ◽  
Vol 56 (6) ◽  
pp. 1263-1271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guixiang Peng ◽  
Huarong Wang ◽  
Guoxia Zhang ◽  
Wei Hou ◽  
Yang Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
16S Rrna ◽  
16S Rrna Gene ◽  
Pcr Amplification ◽  
16S Rrna Gene Sequencing ◽  
Morphological Characterization ◽  
Phenotypic Characterization ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Bacterial Strains ◽  
Azospirillum Lipoferum ◽  
Protein Patterns

Fifteen bacterial strains isolated from molasses grass (Melinis minutiflora Beauv.) were identified as nitrogen-fixers by using the acetylene-reduction assay and PCR amplification of nifH gene fragments. These strains were classified as a unique group by insertion sequence-PCR fingerprinting, SDS-PAGE protein patterns, DNA–DNA hybridization, 16S rRNA gene sequencing and morphological characterization. Phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene indicated that these diazotrophic strains belonged to the genus Azospirillum and were closely related to Azospirillum lipoferum (with 97.5 % similarity). In all the analyses, including in addition phenotypic characterization using Biolog MicroPlates and comparison of cellular fatty acids, this novel group was found to be different from the most closely related species, Azospirillum lipoferum. Based on these data, a novel species, Azospirillum melinis sp. nov., is proposed for these endophytic diazotrophs of M. minutiflora, with TMCY 0552T (=CCBAU 5106001T=LMG 23364T=CGMCC 1.5340T) as the type strain.

scholarly journals Characterization of alkaliphilic Bacillus strains used in industry: proposal of five novel species

2005 ◽  
Vol 55 (6) ◽  
pp. 2309-2315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuichi Nogi ◽  
Hideto Takami ◽  
Koki Horikoshi
Keyword(s):  
16S Rrna ◽  
16S Rrna Gene ◽  
Dna Hybridization ◽  
Genomic Dna ◽  
Type Strain ◽  
Novel Species ◽  
16S Rrna Gene Sequencing ◽  
Industrial Applications ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Bacterial Strains

Twenty alkaliphilic bacterial strains from industrial applications or enzyme studies were subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic investigation, including 16S rRNA gene sequencing, determination of genomic DNA G+C content, DNA–DNA hybridization, fatty acid analysis and standard bacteriological characterization. By comparing the groupings obtained based on the genomic DNA G+C content and the construction of a phylogenetic tree based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence, 12 clusters of similar strains were recognized. DNA–DNA hybridization revealed that these clusters represented five novel genospecies. Further analysis supported the proposal of five novel species in the genus Bacillus: Bacillus wakoensis sp. nov. (type strain N-1T=JCM 9140T=DSM 2521T), Bacillus hemicellulosilyticus sp. nov. (type strain C-11T=JCM 9152T=DSM 16731T), Bacillus cellulosilyticus sp. nov. (type strain N-4T=JCM 9156T=DSM 2522T), Bacillus akibai sp. nov. (type strain 1139T=JCM 9157T=ATCC 43226T) and Bacillus mannanilyticus sp. nov. (type strain AM-001T=JCM 10596T=DSM 16130T).

scholarly journals Bifidobacterium kashiwanohense sp. nov., isolated from healthy infant faeces

2011 ◽  
Vol 61 (11) ◽  
pp. 2610-2615 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hidetoshi Morita ◽  
Akiyo Nakano ◽  
Hiromi Onoda ◽  
Hidehiro Toh ◽  
Kenshiro Oshima ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
16S Rrna ◽  
16S Rrna Gene ◽  
Gene Sequence ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
16S Rrna Gene Sequencing ◽  
Healthy Infant ◽  
16S Rrna Gene Sequence ◽  
Phenotypic Characterization ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Rrna Gene Sequence

Strains HM2-1 and HM2-2T were isolated from the faeces of a healthy infant and were characterized by determining their phenotypic and biochemical features and phylogenetic positions based on partial 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. They were Gram-positive, obligately anaerobic, non-spore-forming, non-gas-producing, and catalase-negative non-motile rods. They did not grow at 15 or 45 °C in anaerobic bacterial culture medium, and their DNA G+C content was in the range 56–59 mol%. In enzyme activity tests, strains HM2-1 and HM2-2T were positive for α/β-galactosidases and α/β-glucosidases but negative for β-glucuronidase and cystine arylamidase. An analysis of the cell-wall composition of strains HM2-1 and HM2-2T revealed the presence of glutamic acid, alanine and lysine. The presence of fructose-6-phosphate phosphoketolase shows that isolates HM2-1 and HM2-2T are members of the genus Bifidobacterium. These two isolates belong to the same species of the genus Bifidobacterium. Strain HM2-2T was found to be related to Bifidobacterium catenulatum JCM 1194T (97.4 % 16S rRNA gene sequence identity: 1480/1520 bp), Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum JCM 1200T (97.2 %: 1472/1514 bp), Bifidobacterium dentium ATCC 27534T (96.7 %: 1459/1509 bp) and Bifidobacterium angulatum ATCC 27535T (96.5 %: 1462/1515 bp). The predominant cellular fatty acids of strains HM2-1 and HM2-2T were 16 : 0 and 18 : 1ω9c, with proportions greater than 18 % of the total. Phylogenetic analyses involving phenotypic characterization, DNA–DNA hybridization and partial 16S rRNA gene sequencing proves that the strains represent a novel species of the genus Bifidobacterium, for which the name Bifidobacterium kashiwanohense sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is HM2-2T ( = JCM 15439T  = DSM 21854T).

scholarly journals Woodsholea maritima gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium with a low diversity of polar lipids

2004 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 1227-1234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolf-Rainer Abraham ◽  
Carsten Strömpl ◽  
Marc Vancanneyt ◽  
Antonio Bennasar ◽  
Jean Swings ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
16S Rrna ◽  
16S Rrna Gene ◽  
16S Rrna Gene Sequencing ◽  
Single Strand Conformation Polymorphism ◽  
Polar Lipids ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Bacterial Strains ◽  
Gene Sequences ◽  
16S Rrna Gene Sequences ◽  
Low Diversity

Two cauliform bacteria (CM243T and CM251) isolated by J. Poindexter from the Atlantic Ocean were characterized by 16S rRNA gene sequencing, TaqI restriction fragment length polymorphism and single-strand conformation polymorphism analyses of the internally transcribed 16S–23S rDNA spacer (ITS1) region, analysis of fatty acids from cellular lipids, mass spectrometry of polar lipids and physiological properties. The two strains showed very low diversity of polar lipids with diacyl-sulfoquinovosyl glycerols as the predominant lipids. The two bacterial strains were observed to have nearly identical 16S rRNA gene sequences and could not be differentiated by their ITS1 regions. The isolates differed from species of the genus Maricaulis by their 16S rRNA gene sequences, polar lipids and fatty acid patterns. On the basis of the genotypic analyses and estimations of phylogenetic similarities, physiological and chemotaxonomic characteristics, it is proposed that the isolates represent a new genus and species, for which the name Woodsholea maritima gen. nov., sp. nov. (type strain CM243T=VKM B-1512T=LMG 21817T) is proposed.

scholarly journals Methylobacterium nodulans sp. nov., for a group of aerobic, facultatively methylotrophic, legume root-nodule-forming and nitrogen-fixing bacteria

2004 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 2269-2273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philippe Jourand ◽  
Eric Giraud ◽  
Gilles Béna ◽  
Abdoulaye Sy ◽  
Anne Willems ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Source ◽  
16S Rrna ◽  
Root Nodule ◽  
Root Nodules ◽  
Phenotypic Characterization ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Nitrogen Fixing ◽  
Bacterial Strains ◽  
Protein Patterns ◽  
Gene Encoding

Data on 72 non-pigmented bacterial strains that specifically induce nitrogen-fixing root nodules on the legume species Crotalaria glaucoides, Crotalaria perrottetii and Crotalaria podocarpa are reviewed. By SDS-PAGE analysis of total protein patterns and by 16S rRNA PCR-RFLP, these strains form a homogeneous group that is separate from other legume root-nodule-forming bacteria. The 16S rRNA gene-based phylogeny indicates that these bacteria belong to the genus Methylobacterium. They can grow on C1 compounds such as methanol, formate and formaldehyde but not methylamine as sole carbon source, and carry an mxaF gene, encoding methanol dehydrogenase, which supports their methylotrophic metabolism. Presence of a nodA nodulation gene, and ability to nodulate plants of Crotalaria species and to fix nitrogen are features that separate the strains currently included in this group from other members of the genus Methylobacterium. The present study includes additional genotypic and phenotypic characterization of this novel Methylobacterium species, i.e. nifH gene sequence, morphology, physiology, enzymic and carbon source assimilation tests and antibiotic resistance. The name Methylobacterium nodulans sp. nov. (type strain, ORS 2060T=CNCM I 2342T=LMG 21967T) is proposed for this group of root-nodule-forming bacteria.

scholarly journals Rhizobium vallis sp. nov., isolated from nodules of three leguminous species

2011 ◽  
Vol 61 (11) ◽  
pp. 2582-2588 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fang Wang ◽  
En Tao Wang ◽  
Li Juan Wu ◽  
Xin Hua Sui ◽  
Ying Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phaseolus Vulgaris ◽  
16S Rrna ◽  
16S Rrna Gene ◽  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
Root Nodules ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Housekeeping Genes ◽  
Phenotypic Characterization ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Bacterial Strains

Four bacterial strains isolated from root nodules of Phaseolus vulgaris, Mimosa pudica and Indigofera spicata plants grown in the Yunnan province of China were identified as a lineage within the genus Rhizobium according to the analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences, sharing most similarity with Rhizobium lusitanum P1-7T (99.1 % sequence similarity) and Rhizobium rhizogenes IAM 13570T (99.0 %). These strains also formed a distinctive group from the reference strains for defined species of the genus Rhizobium in a polyphasic approach, including the phylogenetic analyses of the 16S rRNA gene and housekeeping genes (recA, atpD, glnII), DNA–DNA hybridization, BOX-PCR fingerprinting, phenotypic characterization, SDS-PAGE of whole-cell proteins, and cellular fatty acid profiles. All the data obtained in this study suggested that these strains represent a novel species of the genus Rhizobium, for which the name Rhizobium vallis sp. nov. is proposed. The DNA G+C content (mol%) of this species varied between 60.9 and 61.2 (T m). The type strain of R. vallis sp. nov. is CCBAU 65647T ( = LMG 25295T  = HAMBI 3073T), which has a DNA G+C content of 60.9 mol% and forms effective nodules on Phaseolus vulgaris.

scholarly journals Rhizobium daejeonense sp. nov. isolated from a cyanide treatment bioreactor

2005 ◽  
Vol 55 (6) ◽  
pp. 2543-2549 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhe-Xue Quan ◽  
Hee-Sung Bae ◽  
Jong-Hwan Baek ◽  
Wen-Feng Chen ◽  
Wan-Taek Im ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
16S Rrna ◽  
16S Rrna Gene ◽  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
Pcr Amplification ◽  
Growth Conditions ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Bacterial Strains ◽  
Gene Encoding ◽  
Phenotypic Properties ◽  
Type Strains

A polyphasic study was carried out to determine the taxonomic position of two aerobic, cyanide-degrading bacterial strains, designated L61T and L22, which had been isolated from a bioreactor for the treatment of nickel-complexed cyanide. The two isolates exhibited almost identical taxonomic characteristics. Phylogenetic analysis inferred from comparative 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that the isolates fall in a sublineage of the genus Rhizobium comprising the type strains of Rhizobium giardinii, Rhizobium radiobacter, Rhizobium rubi, Rhizobium larrymoorei, Rhizobium vitis, Rhizobium undicola, Rhizobium loessense, Rhizobium galegae and Rhizobium huautlense. Cells of the two isolates are Gram-negative, aerobic, motile and non-spore-forming rods (0·6–0·7×1·1–1·3 μm), with peritrichous flagella. The DNA G+C content is 60·1–60·9 mol%. Cellular fatty acids are C16 : 0 (2·2–3·3 %), C18 : 0 (2·1–3·2 %), C19 : 0 cyclo ω8c (9·9–16·8 %), C20 : 3 ω6,9,12c (2·7–3·3 %), summed feature 3 (7·2–7·7 %) and summed feature 7 (67·8–73·7 %). The strains formed nodules on a legume plant, Medicago sativa. A nifH gene encoding denitrogenase reductase, the key component of the nitrogenase enzyme complex, was detected in L61T by PCR amplification by using a nifH-specific primer system. Strains L61T and L22 were distinguished from the type strains of recognized Rhizobium species in the same sublineage based on low DNA–DNA hybridization values (2–4 %) and/or a 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity value of less than 96 %. Moreover, some phenotypic properties with respect to substrate utilization as a carbon or nitrogen source, antibiotic resistance and growth conditions could be used to discriminate L61T and L22 from Rhizobium species in the same sublineage. Based on the results obtained in this study, L61T and L22 are considered to be representatives of a novel species of Rhizobium, for which the name Rhizobium daejeonense sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is L61T (=KCTC 12121T=IAM 15042T=CCBAU 10050T).

scholarly journals Emended description of the genus Pantoea, description of four species from human clinical samples, Pantoea septica sp. nov., Pantoea eucrina sp. nov., Pantoea brenneri sp. nov. and Pantoea conspicua sp. nov., and transfer of Pectobacterium cypripedii (Hori 1911) Brenner et al. 1973 emend. Hauben et al. 1998 to the genus as Pantoea cypripedii comb. nov.

2010 ◽  
Vol 60 (10) ◽  
pp. 2430-2440 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carrie L. Brady ◽  
Ilse Cleenwerck ◽  
Stephanus N. Venter ◽  
Katrien Engelbeen ◽  
Paul De Vos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
16S Rrna ◽  
16S Rrna Gene ◽  
Dna Hybridization ◽  
Type Strain ◽  
16S Rrna Gene Sequencing ◽  
Clinical Samples ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Enterobacter Agglomerans ◽  
Bacterial Strains ◽  
Separate Species

Bacterial strains belonging to DNA hybridization groups (HG) II, IV and V, in the Erwinia herbicola–Enterobacter agglomerans complex, of Brenner et al. [Int J Syst Bacteriol 34 (1984), 45–55] were suggested previously to belong to the genus Pantoea, but have never been formally described and classified. Additionally, it has been shown in several studies that Pectobacterium cypripedii is more closely related to species of Pantoea than to those of Pectobacterium. In this study, the phylogenetic positions of Brenner's DNA HG II, IV and V and Pectobacterium cypripedii were re-examined by both 16S rRNA gene sequencing and multilocus sequence analyses (MLSA) based on the gyrB, rpoB, atpD and infB genes. The analyses revealed that DNA HG II, IV and V and Pectobacterium cypripedii form five separate branches within the genus Pantoea (strains from HG V were split into two branches). DNA–DNA hybridization data further confirmed that DNA HG II, IV and V constitute four separate species. Pectobacterium cypripedii was shown to be a close phylogenetic relative of Pantoea dispersa and DNA HG IV by both 16S rRNA gene sequence and MLSA analyses. Biochemical analyses performed on strains from DNA HG II, IV and V and Pectobacterium cypripedii confirmed their taxonomic position within the genus Pantoea and revealed phenotypic characteristics that allow the differentiation of these species from each other and from their closest phylogenetic neighbours. It is proposed to emend the description of the genus Pantoea and to describe Pantoea septica sp. nov. for DNA HG II (type strain LMG 5345T =BD 874T =CDC 3123-70T), Pantoea eucrina sp. nov. for DNA HG IV (type strain LMG 2781T =BD 872T =CDC 1741-71T =LMG 5346T), Pantoea brenneri sp. nov. for strains of DNA HG V excluding LMG 24534 (type strain LMG 5343T =BD 873T =CDC 3482-71T) and Pantoea conspicua sp. nov. for the remaining strain of DNA HG V (type strain LMG 24534T =BD 805T =CDC 3527-71T) and to transfer Pectobacterium cypripedii to the genus as Pantoea cypripedii comb. nov. (type strain LMG 2657T =ATCC 29267T =DSM 3873T =LMG 2655T).

Fusicatenibacter saccharivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human faeces

2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_10) ◽  
pp. 3691-3696 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshihiko Takada ◽  
Takashi Kurakawa ◽  
Hirokazu Tsuji ◽  
Koji Nomoto
Keyword(s):  
16S Rrna ◽  
16S Rrna Gene ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
16S Rrna Gene Sequencing ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Bacterial Strains ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Human Faeces ◽  
Link Type

Three Gram-stain-positive, obligately anaerobic, non-motile, non-spore-forming, spindle-shaped bacterial strains (HT03-11T, KO-38 and TT-111), isolated from human faeces were characterized by phenotypic and molecular taxonomic methods. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequencing showed that the strains were highly related to each other genetically (displaying >99 % sequence similarity) and represented a previously unknown subline within the Blautia coccoides rRNA group of organisms (cluster XIVa). The closest phylogenetic neighbours of strain HT03-11T were Clostridium bolteae WAL 16351T (93.7 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity) and Clostridium saccharolyticum WM1T (93.7 % similarity). All isolates produced lactic acid, formic acid, acetic acid and succinic acid as fermentation end products from glucose. Their chemotaxonomic properties included lysine as the cell wall diamino acid and C16 : 0, C18 : 1ω7c DMA and C16 : 0 DMA as the major fatty acids. The G+C contents of the genomic DNA were 46.9–47.2 mol% (HPLC). Several phenotypic and chemotaxonomic characteristics could be readily used to differentiate the isolates from phylogenetically related clostridia. Therefore, strains HT03-11T, KO-38 and TT-111 represent a novel species in a new genus of the family Lachnospiraceae , for which the name Fusicatenibacter saccharivorans gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of the type species is HT03-11T ( = YIT 12554T = JCM 18507T = DSM 26062T).

scholarly journals The Diversity, Growth Promoting Abilities and Anti-microbial Activities of Bacteria Isolated from the Fruiting Body of Agaricus bisporus

2017 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Quanju Xiang ◽  
Lihua Luo ◽  
Yuhuan Liang ◽  
Qiang Chen ◽  
Xiaoping Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
16S Rrna ◽  
16S Rrna Gene ◽  
Fruiting Body ◽  
Agaricus Bisporus ◽  
16S Rrna Gene Sequencing ◽  
Antimicrobial Activities ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Bacterial Strains ◽  
Ecological Processes ◽  
Growth Promoting

Agaricus bisporus plays an important role in ecological processes and is one of the most widely cultivated mushrooms worldwide. Mushroom growth-promoting bacteria have been isolated from casing soil and compost, but microorganisms in the fruiting body have received only a little attention. To get an overview of phylogenetic diversity of microorganisms in the fruiting body of A. bisporus, as well as to screen antimicrobial and mushroom growth-promoting strains, and eventually intensify mushroom production, we isolated and characterized microorganisms from the fruiting body of A. bisporus. In total, 55 bacterial strains were isolated, among which nine isolates represented Actinomycetes. All the isolates were analyzed by 16S rRNA gene RFLP and sixteen representative strains by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. According to the phylogenetic analysis, eleven isolates represented the Gram positive Bacillus, Lysinibacillus, Paenibacillus, Pandorea and Streptomyces genera, and five isolates belonged to the Gram negative Alcaligenes and Pseudomonas genera. The bacteria isolated from the fruiting body of A. bisporus had broad-spectrum antimicrobial activities and potential mushroom growth-promoting abilities.

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