scholarly journals Methylibium aquaticum sp. nov., a betaproteobacterium isolated from a eutrophic freshwater pond

2007 ◽  
Vol 57 (9) ◽  
pp. 2125-2128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaeho Song ◽  
Jang-Cheon Cho

A freshwater bacterium, designated IMCC1728T, was isolated from a eutrophic pond. The strain was Gram-negative, chemoheterotrophic and facultatively aerobic, forming non-motile rods that contained poly-β-hydroxybutyrate granules. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence comparisons, the most closely related species to strain IMCC1728T was Methylibium petroleiphilum (97.0 % similarity). Phylogenetic trees generated using 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that this isolate formed an independent phyletic line of the genus Methylibium clade of the class Betaproteobacteria. The DNA G+C content of the strain was 66.2±0.4 mol%. The predominant cellular fatty acid constituents were C16 : 1 ω7c and/or iso-C15 : 0 2-OH (43.1 %), C16 : 0 (20.3 %), C12 : 0 (13.4 %) and C10 : 0 3-OH (7.3 %). The strain contained Q-8 as the predominant ubiquinone. Several phenotypic characteristics, including flagellation, temperature range for growth and carbon source utilization patterns, differentiated strain IMCC1728T from species of the genus Methylibium. Therefore, it is proposed that strain IMCC1728T represents a novel species, Methylibium aquaticum sp. nov. The type strain is IMCC1728T (=KCCM 42364T=NBRC 102349T).

2007 ◽  
Vol 57 (12) ◽  
pp. 2917-2921 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kiyoung Lee ◽  
Hong Kum Lee ◽  
Tae-Hwan Choi ◽  
Jang-Cheon Cho

A Gram-negative, psychrotolerant, chemoheterotrophic, aerobic, non-gliding, non-motile, yellow-pigmented bacterium, designated IMCC3228T, was isolated from coastal seawater of the Antarctic. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence comparisons, the strain was most closely related to the genera Sejongia (95.3–96.1 %) and Chryseobacterium (94.2–95.9 %) in the family Flavobacteriaceae. Phylogenetic trees generated using several treeing algorithms based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that this Antarctic marine isolate formed a distinct phyletic line within the genus Sejongia. The DNA G+C content of the strain was 35.0 mol% and the major respiratory quinone was MK-6. Several phenotypic and chemotaxonomic characteristics, including temperature and NaCl optima for growth, oxidase activity and the proportions of major cellular fatty acids, served to differentiate the strain from the recognized species of the genus Sejongia. Therefore strain IMCC3228T represents a novel species of the genus Sejongia, for which the name Sejongia marina sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is IMCC3228T (=KCCM 42689T=NBRC 103143T).


2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_9) ◽  
pp. 3175-3179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyung June Yim ◽  
Myunglip Lee ◽  
Hae-Won Lee ◽  
Kil-Nam Kim ◽  
Hye-Mi Yang ◽  
...  

A Gram-stain-negative bacterium, designated strain CBA4601T, was isolated from a seawater sample obtained off the coast of Jeju Island, Korea. The organism grew in the presence of 0–4 % (w/v) NaCl and at 20–35 °C and pH 7.0–9.0, with optimal growth in 2 % NaCl, and at 25 °C and pH 8.0. Phylogenetic trees based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain CBA4601T was related to the genus Ferrimonas within the class Gammaproteobacteria . 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity between strain CBA4601T and Ferrimonas marina A4D-4T, the most closely related species, was 96.9 %. The G+C content of the genomic DNA from strain CBA4601T was 54.2 mol%, and the isoprenoid quinones menaquinone 7 (MK-7), ubiquinone 7 (Q-7) and ubiquinone 8 (Q-8) were detected. The major fatty acids were C17 : 1ω8c, C18 : 1ω9c and C16 : 0, and the major polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol and an unidentified ninhydrin-positive phospholipid. On the basis of this taxonomic study using a polyphasic approach, strain CBA4601T represents a novel species of the genus Ferrimonas , for which the name Ferrimonas pelagia sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is CBA4601T ( = KACC 16695T = KCTC 32029T = JCM 18401T).


2007 ◽  
Vol 57 (12) ◽  
pp. 2922-2925 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tae-Hwan Choi ◽  
Hong Kum Lee ◽  
Kiyoung Lee ◽  
Jang-Cheon Cho

A seawater bacterium, designated IMCC3101T, was isolated from Antarctic coastal seawater. The strain was Gram-negative, chemoheterotrophic, obligately aerobic, pigmented dark yellow (flexirubin-type pigments) and devoid of gliding and flagellar motility. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence comparisons, the most closely related species was Ulvibacter litoralis (96.6 %). Phylogenetic trees generated by using 16S rRNA gene sequences confirmed that the strain belonged to the genus Ulvibacter in the family Flavobacteriaceae. The DNA G+C content was 37.0 mol% and the major respiratory quinone was MK-6. Several phenotypic characteristics, including cell and colony morphology, the absence of gliding motility and the temperature range for growth, serve to differentiate the strain from the only species in the genus Ulvibacter with a validly published name (U. litoralis). Therefore, strain IMCC3101T represents a novel species of the genus Ulvibacter, for which the name Ulvibacter antarcticus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is IMCC3101T (=KCCM 42686T=NBRC 102682T).


2006 ◽  
Vol 56 (10) ◽  
pp. 2265-2269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacques A. Soddell ◽  
Fiona M. Stainsby ◽  
Kathryn L. Eales ◽  
Robert J. Seviour ◽  
Michael Goodfellow

Three strains of non-motile, Gram-positive, filamentous actinomycetes, isolates J4T, J5 and J59, initially recognized microscopically in activated sludge foam by their distinctive branching patterns, were isolated by micromanipulation. The taxonomic positions of the isolates were determined using a polyphasic approach. Almost-complete 16S rRNA gene sequences of the isolates were aligned with corresponding sequences of representatives of the suborder Corynebacterineae and phylogenetic trees were inferred using three tree-making algorithms. The organisms formed a distinct phyletic line in the Gordonia 16S rRNA gene tree. The three isolates showed 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities within the range 96.9–97.2 % with their nearest phylogenetic neighbours, namely Gordonia bronchialis DSM 43247T and Gordonia terrae DSM 43249T. Strain J4T was shown to have a chemotaxonomic profile typical of the genus Gordonia and was readily distinguished from representatives of the genus on the basis of Curie-point pyrolysis mass spectrometric data. The isolates shared nearly identical phenotypic profiles that distinguished them from representatives of the most closely related Gordonia species. It is evident from the genotypic and phenotypic data that the three isolates belong to a novel Gordonia species. The name proposed for this taxon is Gordonia defluvii sp. nov.; the type strain is J4T (=DSM 44981T=NCIMB 14149T).


2011 ◽  
Vol 61 (11) ◽  
pp. 2664-2669 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meyyappan Arumugam ◽  
Anindita Mitra ◽  
Arnab Pramanik ◽  
Malay Saha ◽  
Ratan Gachhui ◽  
...  

A novel actinomycete producing 2-allyloxyphenol, designated strain MS1/7T, was isolated from sediments of the Sundarbans mangrove forest, India. Growth on International Streptomyces Project (ISP) media 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 produced olive green to grey aerial hyphae that carried smooth-surfaced spores in a flexuous (Rectiflexibiles) arrangement. The strain contained ll-diaminopimelic acid, but no diagnostic sugars in whole-cell hydrolysates. Hexa-, octa- and a minor amount of tetra-hydrogenated menaquinones with nine isoprene units [MK-9 (H4, H6, H8 and H10)] were present as isoprene analogues. Diagnostic phospholipids were phosphatidylethanolamine and diphosphatidylglycerol. The predominant fatty acids were anteiso-C15 : 0 (34.80 %), iso-C16 : 0 (16.45 %), C16 (10.53 %) and anteiso-C17 : 0 (10.92 %). The strain showed greater than 99 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to the type strains of several recognized species of the genus Streptomyces, but in the phylogenetic tree based on 16S rRNA gene sequences it formed a distinct phyletic line and demonstrated closest relationships to viomycin-producers (Streptomyces californicus NRRL B-1221T, Streptomyces floridae MTCC 2534T and Streptomyces puniceus NRRL B-2895T). However, strain MS1/7T could be distinguished from these and other closely related species based on low levels of DNA–DNA relatedness (<44 %) and disparate physiological features, principally amino acid utilization and growth in NaCl. Strain MS1/7T is therefore suggested to represent a novel species of the genus Streptomyces, for which the name Streptomyces sundarbansensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is MS1/7T ( = MTCC 10621T = DSM 42019T).


2011 ◽  
Vol 78 (3) ◽  
pp. 628-637 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tony Gutierrez ◽  
Peter D. Nichols ◽  
William B. Whitman ◽  
Michael D. Aitken

ABSTRACTA marine bacterium, designated strain MCTG13d, was isolated from a laboratory culture of the dinoflagellateLingulodinium polyedrumCCAP1121/2 by enrichment with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) as the sole carbon source. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence comparisons, the strain was most closely related toPorticoccus litoralisIMCC2115T(96.5%) and to members of the generaMicrobulbifer(91.4 to 93.7%) andMarinimicrobium(90.4 to 92.0%). Phylogenetic trees showed that the strain clustered in a distinct phyletic line in the classGammaproteobacteriafor whichP. litoralisis presently the sole cultured representative. The strain was strictly aerobic, rod shaped, Gram negative, and halophilic. Notably, it was able to utilize hydrocarbons as sole sources of carbon and energy, whereas sugars did not serve as growth substrates. The predominant isoprenoid quinone of strain MCTG13d was Q-8, and the dominant fatty acids were C16:1ω7c, C18:1ω7c, and C16:0. DNA G+C content for the isolate was 54.9 ± 0.42 mol%. Quantitative PCR primers targeting the 16S rRNA gene of this strain showed that this organism was common in other laboratory cultures of marine phytoplankton. On the basis of phenotypic and genotypic characteristics, strain MCTG13d represents a novel species ofPorticoccus, for which the namePorticoccus hydrocarbonoclasticussp. nov. is proposed. The discovery of this highly specialized hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium living in association with marine phytoplankton suggests that phytoplankton represent a previously unrecognized biotope of novel bacterial taxa that degrade hydrocarbons in the ocean.


2010 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 727-732 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyun-Myung Oh ◽  
Hana Kim ◽  
Kyung-Mi Kim ◽  
Gi-Sik Min ◽  
Jang-Cheon Cho

A marine bacterium, designated IMCC2115T, was isolated from coastal seawater (Yellow Sea, Korea) using a high throughput cultivation method based on dilution-to-extinction, and taxonomically investigated. Cells of the strain formed tiny, beige to off-white colonies and were Gram-stain-negative, obligately aerobic, chemoheterotrophic, non-motile cocci. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence comparisons, the strain was most closely related to the genera Marinimicrobium (92.0–92.4 %) and Microbulbifer (91.6–92.8 %), but phylogenetic trees showed that the strain formed a distinct phyletic line in the class Gammaproteobacteria adjacent to the OM60 and SAR92 clades. The DNA G+C content of the strain was 47.8 mol% and the predominant cellular fatty acids were anteiso-C15 : 0 (67.6 %), anteiso-C17 : 0 (14.4 %) and C16 : 0 (6.9 %). The 16S rRNA gene sequence analyses and phenotypic and chemotaxonomic tests allowed the differentiation of IMCC2115T from other related genera in the class Gammaproteobacteria. Therefore, strain IMCC2115T (=KCCM 42369T =NBRC 102686T) is proposed as the representative of a new genus and species, for which the name Porticoccus litoralis gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed.


2010 ◽  
Vol 60 (12) ◽  
pp. 2946-2950 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin W. Hahn ◽  
Vojtěch Kasalický ◽  
Jan Jezbera ◽  
Ulrike Brandt ◽  
Karel Šimek

A chemo-organotrophic, aerobic, non-motile strain, MWH-BRAZ-DAM2DT, isolated from a freshwater pond in Brazil, was characterized phenotypically, phylogenetically and chemotaxonomically. Phylogenetic analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated affiliation of the strain with the genus Limnohabitans (Comamonadaceae, Betaproteobacteria). 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities between the isolate and Limnohabitans curvus MWH-C5T, representing the type species of the genus, and the type strains of Limnohabitans parvus and Limnohabitans planktonicus were 98.2, 96.5 and 97.0 %, respectively. DNA–DNA reassociation analyses with DNA of the type strains of all three previously described Limnohabitans species revealed similarity values in the range 26.2–44.6 %. The predominant fatty acids of the isolate were C16 : 1 ω7c/ω6c, C16 : 0, C12 : 0 and C8 : 0 3-OH, the major quinone was ubiquinone Q-8 and the DNA G+C content was 55.8 mol%. The isolate could be discriminated from the type strains of the three Limnohabitans species by several phenotypic traits including differences in the utilization of several carbon sources. Based on the phylogeny of the isolate and its differences from the three most closely related species, the isolate represents a novel species for which the name Limnohabitans australis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is MWH-BRAZ-DAM2DT (=DSM 21646T=CCUG 56719T).


2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (Pt_11) ◽  
pp. 4244-4249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sooyeon Park ◽  
Sona Kim ◽  
Yong-Taek Jung ◽  
Jung-Hoon Yoon

A Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, non-spore-forming bacterial strain, motile by gliding and with rod-shaped or ovoid cells, was isolated from water of an estuary environment at Hwajinpo, South Korea. The strain was designated HJM-19T and subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic study. The novel strain grew optimally at 30 °C, at pH 7.0–8.0 and in the presence of 1.0–2.0 % (w/v) NaCl. Phylogenetic trees based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain HJM-19T belongs to the genus Gramella. It exhibited 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity values of 97.2–98.1 % to the type strains of Gramella portivictoriae, Gramella aestuariivivens, Gramella marina, Gramella echinicola and Gramella aestuarii, and of 93.9–96.5 % to the type strains of the other species of the genus Gramella with validly published names. Strain HJM-19T contained MK-6 as the predominant menaquinone and anteiso-C15 : 0, anteiso-C17 : 1ω9c and C17 : 0 2-OH as the major fatty acids. The major polar lipids of strain HJM-19T were phosphatidylethanolamine and two unidentified lipids. The DNA G+C content of strain HJM-19T was 48.0 mol%, and its DNA–DNA relatedness values with the type strains of the five phylogenetically closely related species of the genus Gramella were 11–23 %. The differential phenotypic properties, together with the phylogenetic and genetic distinctiveness, revealed that strain HJM-19T is separated from other species of the genus Gramella. On the basis of the data presented, strain HJM-19T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Gramella, for which the name Gramella aquimixticola sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is HJM-19T ( = KCTC 42706T = NBRC 111224T).


2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (Pt_11) ◽  
pp. 4140-4145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hye-Ri Sung ◽  
Jin-Man Lee ◽  
Mibang Kim ◽  
Bo-ram Yun ◽  
Kee-Sun Shin

A Gram-stain-negative, non-motile, aerobic bacterium, strain 13-93-B1T, was isolated from seawater off Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, and was subjected to polyphasic taxonomic study. Cells formed ivory colonies and were ovoid to rod-shaped. The strain was catalase-positive, oxidase-negative and grew optimally at 30 °C, in the presence of 1–2 % (w/v) NaCl and at pH 7.0–7.5. It did not synthesize bacteriochlorophyll a. Neighbour-joining, maximum-likelihood and maximum-parsimony phylogenetic trees based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain 13-93-B1T clustered with the type strain Donghicola eburneus SW-277T (97.0 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity). DNA–DNA hybridization between strain 13-93-B1T and D. eburneus KCTC 12735T was 33.1 ± 1.4 % (35.2 ± 2.8 % in a reciprocal experiment). The predominant cellular fatty acid was summed feature 8 (C18 : 1ω7c/C18 : 1ω6c; 76.9 %). The major respiratory quinone was ubiquinone Q-10 and polar lipids detected in strain 13-93-B1T were phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, an unidentified aminolipid and unidentified lipids. The DNA G+C content of strain 13-93-B1T was 60.4 mol%. Based on the phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic data presented, strain 13-93-B1T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Donghicola, for which the name Donghicola tyrosinivorans sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is 13-93-B1T ( = DSM 100212T = KCTC 42571T)


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