scholarly journals Thermobacillus composti sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic bacterium isolated from a composting reactor

2007 ◽  
Vol 57 (7) ◽  
pp. 1473-1477 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keiko Watanabe ◽  
Norio Nagao ◽  
Shuich Yamamoto ◽  
Tatsuki Toda ◽  
Norio Kurosawa

A Gram-negative, rod-shaped, spore-forming and moderately thermophilic bacterium, strain KWC4T, was isolated from a composting reactor. Cells of strain KWC4T were 2.0–5.0 μm long and 0.5–0.7 μm in diameter. Strain KWC4T grew aerobically at 32–61 °C, with optimal growth occurring at 50 °C. It grew at pH 5.6–10.1, with optimal growth at around pH 9.0. The optimum NaCl concentration for growth was almost 0 % (w/v), but strain KWC4T was moderately halotolerant and was able to grow at NaCl concentrations up to 4.4 % (w/v). The DNA G+C content of strain KWC4T was 60.0 mol%. The major fatty acids were iso-16 : 0 (39.0 %) and anteiso-15 : 0 (33.3 %). Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity data, strain KWC4T belonged to the genus Thermobacillus and was related to Thermobacillus xylanilyticus. However, strain KWC4T had a 38 bp insertion sequence located near the 3′ end of its 16S rRNA gene that was not present in T. xylanilyticus. The 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity value between strain KWC4T and T. xylanilyticus was 95.7 %. The DNA–DNA hybridization value between strain KWC4T and T. xylanilyticus strain XET was 66 %. On the basis of phenotypic and genotypic evidence, strain KWC4T (=DSM 18247T=JCM 13945T) is the type strain of a novel species, for which the name Thermobacillus composti sp. nov. is proposed.

2012 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 112-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koji Mori ◽  
Takao Iino ◽  
Jun-ichiro Ishibashi ◽  
Hiroyuki Kimura ◽  
Moriyuki Hamada ◽  
...  

A novel moderately thermophilic, red-pigmented bacterium, designated strain AZM34c11T, was isolated from the bottom of a 1000 m-deep drilled well located in a Japanese hot spring. Cells were Gram-negative and grew optimally at 50 °C, at pH 7.6 and with 0–0.3 % (w/v) NaCl. Analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence revealed that the isolate belonged to the genus Meiothermus. Levels of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity between strain AZM34c11T and the type strains of recognized Meiothermus species were 88.2–94.8 %. Strain AZM34c11T was distinguished from recognized Meiothermus species by its cellular fatty acid profile: iso-C16 : 0 was one of the predominant components and hydroxy fatty acids were present only in trace amounts. The strain could also be differentiated based on its growth substrate preferences and characteristic enzyme reactions. On the basis of these results, strain AZM34c11T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Meiothermus, for which the name Meiothermus hypogaeus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is AZM34c11T ( = NBRC 106114T  = DSM 23238T).


2011 ◽  
Vol 61 (11) ◽  
pp. 2646-2653 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hisako Hirayama ◽  
Yohey Suzuki ◽  
Mariko Abe ◽  
Masayuki Miyazaki ◽  
Hiroko Makita ◽  
...  

A novel methane-oxidizing bacterium, strain HTM55T, was isolated from subsurface hot aquifer water from a Japanese gold mine. Strain HTM55T was a Gram-negative, aerobic, motile, coccoid bacterium with a single polar flagellum and the distinctive intracytoplasmic membrane arrangement of a type I methanotroph. Strain HTM55T was a moderately thermophilic, obligate methanotroph that grew on methane and methanol at 37–65 °C (optimum 55–60 °C). The isolate grew at pH 5.2–7.5 (optimum 5.8–6.3) and with 0–1 % NaCl (optimum 0–0.3 %). The ribulose monophosphate pathway was operative for carbon assimilation. The DNA G+C content was 54.4 mol% and the major fatty acids were C16 : 0 (52.0 %) and C18 : 1ω7c (34.8 %). Phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence indicated that strain HTM55T was closely related to Methylothermus thermalis MYHTT (99.2 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity), which is within the class Gammaproteobacteria. However, DNA–DNA relatedness between strain HTM55T and Methylothermus thermalis MYHTT was ≤39 %. On the basis of distinct phylogenetic, chemotaxonomic and physiological characteristics, strain HTM55T represents a novel species of the genus Methylothermus, for which the name Methylothermus subterraneus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is HTM55T ( = JCM 13664T = DSM 19750T).


2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (Pt_12) ◽  
pp. 4769-4775 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy A. Dodsworth ◽  
John C. Ong ◽  
Amanda J. Williams ◽  
Alice C. Dohnalkova ◽  
Brian P. Hedlund

An obligately thermophilic, chemolithotrophic, microaerophilic bacterium, designated strain GBS1T, was isolated from the water column of Great Boiling Spring, Nevada, USA. Thiosulfate was required for growth. Although capable of autotrophy, growth of GBS1T was enhanced in the presence of acetate, peptone or Casamino acids. Growth occurred at 70–85 °C with an optimum at 80 °C, at pH 6.50–7.75 with an optimum at pH 7.25, with 0.5–8 % oxygen with an optimum at 1–2 % and with ≤ 200 mM NaCl. The doubling time under optimal growth conditions was 1.3 h, with a final mean cell density of 6.2 ± 0.5 × 107 cells ml− 1. Non-motile, rod-shaped cells 1.4–2.4 × 0.4–0.6 μm in size occurred singly or in pairs. The major cellular fatty acids (>5 % of the total) were C20 : 1ω9c, C18 : 0, C16 : 0 and C20 : 0. Phylogenetic analysis of the GBS1T 16S rRNA gene sequence indicated an affiliation with Thermocrinis ruber and other species of the genus Thermocrinis, but determination of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity ( ≤ 97.10 %) and in silico estimated DNA–DNA hybridization values ( ≤ 18.4 %) with the type strains of recognized Thermocrinis species indicate that the novel strain is distinct from described species. Based on phenotypic, genotypic and phylogenetic characteristics, a novel species, Thermocrinis jamiesonii sp. nov., is proposed, with GBS1T ( = JCM 19133T = DSM 27162T) as the type strain.


2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 2066-2071 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Khomyakova ◽  
A. Y. Merkel ◽  
D. S. Kopitsyn ◽  
E. A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya ◽  
A. I. Slobodkin

A novel anaerobic, thermophilic bacterium (strain A05 MBT) was isolated from Daginsky thermal springs (Sakhalin, Russia) on 2-methoxybenzoate as a substrate. Cells of the strain were motile long rods, 3.0–5.0 µm in length and 0.5–0.6 µm in diameter. The temperature range for growth was 47–68 °C, with an optimum at 60 °C. The pH range for growth was 4.5–8.0, with an optimum at pH 5.5–6.0. Strain A05 MBT did not require NaCl for growth. The strain utilized methoxylated aromatic compounds (2-methoxybenzoate and 3,4-dimethoxybenzoate), a number of carbohydrates (glucose, fructose, mannose, trehalose, xylose, sucrose, galactose, ribose, maltose, raffinose, lactose, cellobiose and dextrin) and proteinaceous substrates (yeast extract, beef extract, peptone and tryptone). The end products of glucose fermentation were acetate, ethanol and CO2. The DNA G+C content of strain A05 MBT was 40.2 mol% (whole-genome analysis). 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that strain A05MBT belongs to the order Thermoanaerobacterales (phylum Firmicutes ). The closest relative of strain A05 MBT was Caloribacterium cisternae (94.3 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity). Based on the phenotypic, genotypic and phylogenetic characteristics of the isolate, strain A05 MBT is considered to represent a novel species of a new genus, for which the name Calorimonas adulescens gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of Calorimonas adulescens is A05 MBT (=KCTC 15839T=VKM B-3388T).


2006 ◽  
Vol 56 (7) ◽  
pp. 1621-1629 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuji Sekiguchi ◽  
Hiroyuki Imachi ◽  
Ambar Susilorukmi ◽  
Mizuho Muramatsu ◽  
Akiyoshi Ohashi ◽  
...  

Three anaerobic, moderately thermophilic, syntrophic primary alcohol- and lactate-degrading microbes, designated strains JLT, JE and OL, were isolated from sludges of thermophilic (55 °C) digesters that decomposed either municipal solid wastes or sewage sludge. The strains were strictly anaerobic organisms. All three strains grew at 25–60 °C and pH 5.5–8.5 and optimum growth was observed at 45–50 °C and pH 6.0–7.0. The three organisms grew chemo-organotrophically on a number of carbohydrates in the presence of yeast extract. In co-culture with the hydrogenotrophic methanogen Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus, all strains could utilize ethanol, glycerol and lactate syntrophically for growth, although these compounds were not metabolized in pure culture without additional external electron acceptors. All strains could reduce thiosulphate. Quinones were not detected. The DNA G+C contents of strains JLT, JE and OL were 38.0, 37.3 and 37.7 mol%, respectively. Major cellular fatty acids of the strains were iso-C15 : 0, C16 : 0 and unsaturated species of C15 : 1. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that the strains belong to a deeply branched lineage of the phylum Firmicutes; the most closely related species was Thermovenabulum ferriorganovorum (16S rRNA gene sequence similarity of 88 %). The three strains were phylogenetically very closely related to each other (99–100 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity) and were physiologically and chemotaxonomically similar. These genetic and phenotypic properties suggest that the strains should be classified as representatives of a novel species and genus; the name Tepidanaerobacter syntrophicus gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of Tepidanaerobacter syntrophicus is strain JLT (=JCM 12098T=NBRC 100060T=DSM 15584T).


2011 ◽  
Vol 61 (7) ◽  
pp. 1567-1571 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fehmida Bibi ◽  
Eu Jin Chung ◽  
Che Ok Jeon ◽  
Young Ryun Chung

A Gram-stain-positive endophytic bacterium, designated strain YC6957T, was isolated from surface-sterilized roots of a halophyte (Elymus mollis Trin.) inhabiting coastal tidal flats of Namhae Island, located on the southern coast of Korea, and was subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic study. Cells were facultatively anaerobic, endospore-forming rods to coccoid rods, motile by a single flagellum. Strain YC6957T was catalase-positive, oxidase-negative and able to grow in the presence of 0–8 % (w/v) NaCl, with optimum growth at 4–5 % (w/v) NaCl. Growth occurred at 15–45 °C (optimal growth at 30–35 °C) and pH 6.0–8.5 (optimal growth at pH 7.0–8.0). The predominant isoprenoid quinone was menaquinone 7 (MK-7). The major cellular fatty acids were C16 : 0 (11.3 %), iso-C15 : 0 (19.2 %) and anteiso-C15 : 0 (36.4 %). The cell-wall peptidoglycan contained meso-diaminopimelic acid. The major polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylethanolamine. The DNA G+C content was 41.6 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence revealed that the isolate belonged to the genus Bacillus. Strain YC6957T exhibited high 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to its closest neighbours, Bacillus ruris LMG 22866T (96.14 %), Bacillus lentus NCIMB 8773T (95.97 %) and Bacillus galactosidilyticus LMG 17892T (95.91 %), and less than 95.84 % similarity to all other type strains in the genus Bacillus. On the basis of the phylogenetic, physiological and biochemical data, it is suggested that strain YC6957T represents a novel species of the genus Bacillus, for which the name Bacillus graminis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is YC6957T ( = KACC 13779T  = DSM 22162T).


Author(s):  
Shadi Khodamoradi ◽  
Richard L. Hahnke ◽  
Yvonne Mast ◽  
Peter Schumann ◽  
Peter Kämpfer ◽  
...  

AbstractStrain M2T was isolated from the beach of Cuxhaven, Wadden Sea, Germany, in course of a program to attain new producers of bioactive natural products. Strain M2T produces litoralimycin and sulfomycin-type thiopeptides. Bioinformatic analysis revealed a potential biosynthetic gene cluster encoding for the M2T thiopeptides. The strain is Gram-stain-positive, rod shaped, non-motile, spore forming, showing a yellow colony color and forms extensively branched substrate mycelium and aerial hyphae. Inferred from the 16S rRNA gene phylogeny strain M2T affiliates with the genus Streptomonospora. It shows 96.6% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to the type species Streptomonospora salina DSM 44593 T and forms a distinct branch with Streptomonospora sediminis DSM 45723 T with 97.0% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity. Genome-based phylogenetic analysis revealed that M2T is closely related to Streptomonospora alba YIM 90003 T with a digital DNA-DNA hybridisation (dDDH) value of 26.6%. The predominant menaquinones of M2T are MK-10(H6), MK-10(H8), and MK-11(H6) (> 10%). Major cellular fatty acids are iso-C16:0, anteiso C17:0 and C18:0 10-methyl. The polar lipid profile consisted of diphosphatidylglycerol phosphatidyl glycerol, phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, three glycolipids, two unknown phospholipids, and two unknown lipids. The genome size of type strain M2T is 5,878,427 bp with 72.1 mol % G + C content. Based on the results obtained from phylogenetic and chemotaxonomic studies, strain M2T (= DSM 106425 T = NCCB 100650 T) is considered to represent a novel species within the genus Streptomonospora for which the name Streptomonospora litoralis sp. nov. is proposed.


2014 ◽  
Vol 64 (Pt_11) ◽  
pp. 3877-3884 ◽  
Author(s):  
Celine De Maesschalck ◽  
Filip Van Immerseel ◽  
Venessa Eeckhaut ◽  
Siegrid De Baere ◽  
Margo Cnockaert ◽  
...  

Strains LMG 27428T and LMG 27427 were isolated from the caecal content of a chicken and produced butyric, lactic and formic acids as major metabolic end products. The genomic DNA G+C contents of strains LMG 27428T and LMG 27427 were 40.4 and 38.8 mol%. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity, both strains were most closely related to the generically misclassified Streptococcus pleomorphus ATCC 29734T. Strain LMG 27428T could be distinguished from S. pleomorphus ATCC 29734T based on production of more lactic acid and less formic acid in M2GSC medium, a higher DNA G+C content and the absence of activities of acid phosphatase and leucine, arginine, leucyl glycine, pyroglutamic acid, glycine and histidine arylamidases, while strain LMG 27428 was biochemically indistinguishable from S. pleomorphus ATCC 29734T. The novel genus Faecalicoccus gen. nov. within the family Erysipelotrichaceae is proposed to accommodate strains LMG 27428T and LMG 27427. Strain LMG 27428T ( = DSM 26963T) is the type strain of Faecalicoccus acidiformans sp. nov., and strain LMG 27427 ( = DSM 26962) is a strain of Faecalicoccus pleomorphus comb. nov. (type strain LMG 17756T = ATCC 29734T = DSM 20574T). Furthermore, the nearest phylogenetic neighbours of the genus Faecalicoccus are the generically misclassified Eubacterium cylindroides DSM 3983T (94.4 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to strain LMG 27428T) and Eubacterium biforme DSM 3989T (92.7 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to strain LMG 27428T). We present genotypic and phenotypic data that allow the differentiation of each of these taxa and propose to reclassify these generically misnamed species of the genus Eubacterium formally as Faecalitalea cylindroides gen. nov., comb. nov. and Holdemanella biformis gen. nov., comb. nov., respectively. The type strain of Faecalitalea cylindroides is DSM 3983T = ATCC 27803T = JCM 10261T and that of Holdemanella biformis is DSM 3989T = ATCC 27806T = CCUG 28091T.


2006 ◽  
Vol 56 (11) ◽  
pp. 2579-2582 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jee-Min Lim ◽  
Che Ok Jeon ◽  
Dong-Jin Park ◽  
Li-Hua Xu ◽  
Cheng-Lin Jiang ◽  
...  

Strain B538T is a Gram-positive, motile, rod-shaped bacterium, which was isolated from Xinjiang province in China. This organism grew optimally at 30–35 °C and pH 8.0–8.5. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain B538T belonged to the genus Paenibacillus and chemotaxonomic data (DNA G+C content, 47.0 mol%; major isoprenoid quinone, MK-7; cell wall type, A1γ meso-diaminopimelic acid; major fatty acids, anteiso-C15 : 0 and C16 : 0) supported affiliation of the isolate with the genus Paenibacillus. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence analyses showed that the isolate was most closely related to Paenibacillus glycanilyticus DS-1T, with 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity of 98.1 %; sequence similarities to other members of the genus Paenibacillus used in the phylogenetic tree were less than 96.5 %. The DNA–DNA relatedness between strain B538T and P. glycanilyticus DS-1T was about 8.0 %. On the basis of physiological and molecular properties, strain B538T (=KCTC 3952T=DSM 16970T) is proposed as the type strain of a novel species within the genus Paenibacillus, for which the name Paenibacillus xinjiangensis sp. nov. is proposed.


2005 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 885-889 ◽  
Author(s):  
In-Gi Kim ◽  
Mi-Hwa Lee ◽  
Seo-Youn Jung ◽  
Jae Jun Song ◽  
Tae-Kwang Oh ◽  
...  

Three Gram-variable, rod-shaped bacterial strains, TF-16T, TF-19 and TF-80T, were isolated from a tidal flat of Daepo Beach (Yellow Sea) near Mokpo City, Korea, and their taxonomic positions were investigated by a polyphasic approach. These isolates grew optimally in the presence of 2 % NaCl and at 30 °C. Their peptidoglycan types were based on l-Lys–Gly. The predominant menaquinone detected in the three strains was MK-7. The three strains contained large amounts of the branched fatty acids iso-C17 : 0, anteiso-C13 : 0, iso-C13 : 0 and iso-C15 : 0. The DNA G+C contents of strains TF-16T, TF-19 and TF-80T were 48·6, 48·4 and 48·0 mol%, respectively. The three strains formed a coherent cluster with Exiguobacterium species in a phylogenetic tree based on 16S rRNA gene sequences. They showed closest phylogenetic affiliation to Exiguobacterium aurantiacum, with 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity values of 98·1–98·3 %. The three strains exhibited 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity values of 94·0–94·6 % to the type strains of other Exiguobacterium species. Levels of DNA–DNA relatedness indicated that strains TF-16T and TF-19 and strain TF-80T are members of two species that are separate from E. aurantiacum. On the basis of phenotypic, phylogenetic and genetic data, strains TF-16T and TF-19 and strain TF-80T represent two novel species in the genus Exiguobacterium; the names Exiguobacterium aestuarii sp. nov. (type strain TF-16T=KCTC 19035T=DSM 16306T; reference strain TF-19) and Exiguobacterium marinum sp. nov. (type strain TF-80T=KCTC 19036T=DSM 16307T) are proposed.


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