scholarly journals Description and phylogenetic position of Corlissina maricaensis gen. nov., sp. nov. (Karyorelictea, Geleiidae), a novel interstitial ciliate from Brazil, with redefinition of the family Geleiidae

2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (Pt_12) ◽  
pp. 4297-4308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro H. Campello-Nunes ◽  
Noemi Fernandes ◽  
Martin Schlegel ◽  
Inácio D. Silva-Neto

Corlissina maricaensis gen. nov., sp. nov. was obtained from samples of sediment collected in a brackish lagoon of Maricá city, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. The morphological description was based on live observations, after protargol staining, and scanning electron microscopy. The novel species has a cylindrical body shape that is slightly contractile, 230–550 × 35–65 μm, a cytoplasm with many globular inclusions, one row of irregular cortical granules between each somatic kinety, approximately 40–62 somatic kineties, two globular macronuclei measuring 9–24 μm and one micronucleus of approximately 4–9 μm. A subapical oral cavity was approximately 20–80 × 9–25 μm, with an adoral zone on the left side of the buccal field, which was composed of 32–60 polykineties and a paroral at the right side that was composed of 40–57 short polykineties. The new genus is distinguished from other geleiids by a loop-shaped posterior end of the paroral ciliature, made up of two rows of short polykineties, and the oralization of the central superior kinety (K0i), forming a row of dikinetids that borders the adoral zone internally, followed by several rows of monokinetids. In the phylogenetic analyses, the novel species was recovered as the sister group of Parduczia orbis with full support values based on 18S rRNA gene sequences. This work also indicates some problems in the definitions of the Geleiidae and proposes a new diagnosis for this karyorelictid family.


2010 ◽  
Vol 60 (11) ◽  
pp. 2629-2633 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomohiko Tamura ◽  
Yuumi Ishida ◽  
Misa Otoguro ◽  
Ken-ichiro Suzuki

Three short spore chain-forming actinomycete strains were isolated from soil samples collected from subtropical islands in Japan. The cell-wall peptidoglycan of these strains contained meso-diaminopimelic acid (meso-A2pm), glutamic acid and alanine. The major isoprenoid quinone was MK-9(H4), iso-C16 : 0 and 2-OH iso-C16 : 0 were the major cellular fatty acids and phosphatidylethanolamine was a component of the polar lipids. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 67–69 mol%. Phylogenetic analyses based on the 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that the novel strains consistently formed a monophyletic cluster with Amycolatopsis taiwanensis. On the basis this polyphasic taxonomical study, it is proposed that the two new isolates represent two novel species: Amycolatopsis helveola (type strain TT00-43T=NBRC 103394T=KCTC 19329T) and Amycolatopsis pigmentata (type strain TT99-32T=NBRC 103392T=KCTC 19330T).



2007 ◽  
Vol 57 (12) ◽  
pp. 2874-2880 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaewoo Yoon ◽  
Naoya Oku ◽  
Satoru Matsuda ◽  
Hiroaki Kasai ◽  
Akira Yokota

An obligately aerobic, spherical, non-motile, pale-yellow pigmented bacterium was isolated from a piece of leaf of seagrass, Enhalus acoroides (L.f.) Royle, grown in Okinawa, Japan and was subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic study. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that the novel isolate N5FB36-5T shared approximately 96–98 % sequence similarity with the species of the genus Pelagicoccus of the family Puniceicoccaceae within the phylum ‘Verrucomicrobia’. The DNA–DNA relatedness values of strain N5FB36-5T with Pelagicoccus mobilis 02PA-Ca-133T and Pelagicoccus albus YM14-201T were below 70 %, which is accepted as the phylogenetic definition of a novel species. β-Lactam antibiotic susceptibility test and amino acid analysis of the cell wall hydrolysates indicated the absence of muramic acid and diaminopimelic acid in the cell walls, which suggested that this strain lacks an ordinary Gram-negative type of peptidoglycan in the cell wall. The DNA G+C content of strain N5FB36-5T was 51.6 mol%; MK-7 was the major menaquinone; and the presence of C16 : 0, C16 : 1 ω7c and anteiso-C15 : 0 as the major cellular fatty acids supported the identification of the novel isolate as a member of the genus Pelagicoccus. On the basis of polyphasic taxonomic data, it was concluded that this strain should be classified as a novel species of the genus Pelagicoccus, for which the name Pelagicoccus croceus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is N5FB36-5T (=MBIC08282T=KCTC 12903T).



2006 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 913-922 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabio Rindi ◽  
Juan M. López-Bautista ◽  
Alison R. Sherwood ◽  
Michael D. Guiry

Spongiochrysis hawaiiensis gen. et sp. nov. is described from material collected at two sites on O'ahu, Hawaiian Islands. This alga produced golden-yellow crusts on the bark of Casuarina trees and consisted of globular cells with an axial stellate chloroplast. The only form of reproduction was a specialized type of autosporulation in which a budding-like division of the mother cell produced daughter cells of different sizes. Phylogenetic analyses of the 18S rRNA gene showed that Spongiochrysis hawaiiensis is a member of the freshwater clade of the Cladophorales/Siphonocladales lineage in the green algal class Ulvophyceae. On the basis of its unicellular habit and terrestrial habitat, this species is well differentiated from all other members of the same lineage and can be considered as the first known successful step of a member of the order Cladophorales into terrestrial habitats. The implications of the description of this species with regard to both green algal evolution and conservation of little-known tropical habitats are discussed. The holotype specimen of Spongiochrysis hawaiiensis is GALW015489 and isotype specimens have also been deposited in the BISH and BM herbaria.



2014 ◽  
Vol 64 (Pt_12) ◽  
pp. 4049-4060 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yangbo Fan ◽  
Xiaozhong Hu ◽  
Feng Gao ◽  
Saleh A. Al-Farraj ◽  
Khaled A. S. Al-Rasheid

The morphology, ontogeny and SSU rRNA gene-based phylogeny of Bistichella cystiformans spec. nov., isolated from the slightly saline soil of a mangrove wetland in Zhanjiang, southern China, were investigated. The novel species was characterized by having five to eight buccal cirri arranged in a row, three to five transverse cirri, four macronuclear nodules aligned, and 17–32 and 20–34 cirri in frontoventral rows V and VI, respectively, both extending to the transverse cirri. The main ontogenetic features of the novel species were as follows: (1) the parental adoral zone of the membranelles is completely inherited by the proter; (2) the frontoventral and transverse cirri are formed in a six-anlagen mode; (3) basically, the frontal-ventral-transverse cirral anlagen II–V generate one transverse cirrus each at their posterior ends, while anlage VI provides no transverse cirrus; (4) both marginal rows and dorsal kineties develop intrakinetally, no dorsal kinety fragment is formed; and (5) the macronuclear nodules fuse into a single mass at the middle stage. Phylogenetic analyses based on the SSU rRNA gene showed that the novel species groups with the clade containing Bistichella variabilis, Parabistichella variabilis, Uroleptoides magnigranulosus and two species of the genus Orthoamphisiella. Given present knowledge, it was considered to be still too early to come to a final conclusion regarding the familial classification of the genus Bistichella; further investigations of key taxa with additional molecular markers are required.



2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_10) ◽  
pp. 3896-3903 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heide-Marie Daniel ◽  
Carlos A. Rosa ◽  
Paula S. São Thiago-Calaça ◽  
Yasmine Antonini ◽  
Esther M. A. F. Bastos ◽  
...  

A novel yeast species was found repeatedly and in high cell densities in underground-nesting stingless bees of the species Melipona quinquefasciata and their provisions in northern Minas Gerais (Brazil). One additional strain was isolated from bee-collected pollen in Cuba. Phylogenetic analyses based on rRNA gene sequences (D1/D2 large subunit gene and internal transcribed spacer) indicated that the novel species belongs to the Starmerella clade and is most closely related to Candida (iter. nom. Starmerella) apicola. Growth reactions on carbon and nitrogen sources were typical of those observed in related species of the Starmerella clade. PCR-fingerprinting with mini- and microsatellite specific primers allowed the distinction of the novel species from Candida apicola, Candida bombi and a yet undescribed species represented by strain CBS 4353. On the basis of phylogenetic relationships, the novel species is assigned to the genus Starmerella despite the failure to observe sexual reproduction after extensive mating tests. We propose the name Starmerella neotropicalis f. a., sp. nov. (Mycobank MB 804285) and designate UFMG PST 09T ( = MUCL 53320T = CBS 12811T) as the type strain.



2010 ◽  
Vol 60 (5) ◽  
pp. 1191-1195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seung-Hee Yoo ◽  
Hang-Yeon Weon ◽  
Soo-Jin Kim ◽  
Yi-Seul Kim ◽  
Byung-Yong Kim ◽  
...  

Two strains of pink-coloured bacteria, 5516T-9T and 5516T-11T, were isolated from an air sample collected in Korea. The taxonomic status of these novel strains was investigated by means of a polyphasic approach. The novel strains were Gram-positive, aerobic, non-spore-forming and coccus-shaped bacteria. The DNA G+C contents of strains 5516T-9T and 5516T-11T were 61.0 and 59.3 mol%, respectively. The major isoprenoid quinone for both strains was MK-8. Strain 5516T-9T contained summed feature 3 (iso-C15 : 0 2-OH and/or C16 : 1 ω7c), C16 : 0 and iso-C17 : 1 ω9c, and strain 5516T-11T contained summed feature 3, iso-C17 : 1 ω9c, C17 : 1 ω8c and C15 : 1 ω6c as the major fatty acids (>10 %). The polar lipid patterns of both strains were similar, comprising one phospholipid and one aminophospholipid as the major components. Phylogenetic analyses using 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that both novel strains were affiliated to the genus Deinococcus. Strain 5516T-9T exhibited the highest sequence similarity with Deinococcus marmoris DSM 12784T (96.8 %) and strain 5516T-11T showed the highest sequence similarity with Deinococcus saxicola DSM 15974T (94.5 %). The sequence similarity between strains 5516T-9T and 5516T-11T was 94.7 %. On the basis of the data presented, it is evident that both strains represent separate novel species of the genus Deinococcus for which the names Deinococcus aerolatus sp. nov. (type strain 5516T-9T=KACC 12745T=JCM 15442T) and Deinococcus aerophilus sp. nov. (type strain 5516T-11T=KACC 12746T=JCM 15443T) are proposed.



2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_1) ◽  
pp. 47-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chanwit Suriyachadkun ◽  
Wipaporn Ngaemthao ◽  
Suwanee Chunhametha ◽  
Tomohiko Tamura ◽  
Jean-Jacques Sanglier

A Gram-staining-positive, filamentous bacterium, which developed large globose sporangia at the ends of long sporangiophores on aerial mycelium, was isolated from dry soil collected in a deciduous forest in Thailand. The cell-wall peptidoglycan of the novel bacterium, which was designated strain A-T 1846T, contained meso-diaminopimelic acid and the whole-cell sugars comprised rhamnose, ribose, mannose, glucose and galactose. The predominant menaquinone was MK-9(H4). Mycolic acids were not detected. The identified phospholipids were phosphatidylmethylethanolamine, phosphatidylethanolamine, hydroxyphosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylglycerol and diphosphatidylglycerol. The predominant cellular fatty acids were iso-C16 : 0, iso-C16 : 0 2-OH and C16 : 0 10-methyl. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 72 mol%. The phenotypic and chemotaxonomic characteristics of the novel strain resembled those of established members of the genus Kutzneria . Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences also indicated that this strain belonged to the genus Kutzneria but as a representative of a putative novel species. In hybridization experiments, the DNA–DNA relatedness values recorded between the novel strain and established members of the genus Kutzneria all fell well below 70 %. Based on the phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and genotypic evidence and the results of the DNA–DNA hybridizations, strain A-T 1846T represents a novel species in the genus Kutzneria , for which the name Kutzneria buriramensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is A-T 1846T ( = BCC 29373T  = NBRC 107931T). An emended description of the genus Kutzneria is provided.



Author(s):  
Jiali Li ◽  
Mingkai Pan ◽  
Xianjiao Zhang ◽  
Yang Zhou ◽  
Guang-Da Feng ◽  
...  

Three aerobic, Gram-stain-negative, non-motile and rod-shaped bacteria, designated strains RXD178T, RXD172-2 and RLT1W51T, were isolated from two forest soil samples of Nanling National Nature Reserve in Guangdong Province, PR China. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences and 92 core genes showed that they belonged to the genus Collimonas , and were most closely related to four validly published species with similarities ranging from 99.4 to 98.2 %. The genomic DNA G+C contents of strains RXD178T, RXD172-2 and RLT1W51T were 57.1, 59.5 and 59.4 mol%, respectively. The genome-derived average nucleotide identity (ANI) and digital DNA–DNA hybridization (dDDH) values between the novel strains and closely related type species were below 37.90 and 89.34 %, respectively. Meanwhile, the ANI and dDDH values between strains RXD172-2 and RLT1W51T were 98.27 and 83.50 %, respectively. The three novel strains contained C16 : 0, C17 : 0 cyclo and summed feature 3 (C16 : 1 ω6c and/or C16 : 1 ω7c) as the major fatty acids, and summed feature 8 (C18 : 1 ω6c and/or C18 : 1 ω7c) comprised a relative higher proportion in strain RXD178T than in other strains. Both strains RXD172-2 and RLT1W51T had phosphatidylglycerol (PG), phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), diphosphatidylglycerol (DPG) and an unidentified aminophospholipid (APL) as the main polar lipids while only PE and APL were detected in strain RXD178T. Ubiquinone 8 was the predominant quinone. Based on the phenotypic, chemotaxonomic, phylogenetic and genomic analyses, strain RXD178T should be considered as representing one novel species within the genus Collimonas and strains RXD172-2 and RLT1W51T as another one, for which the names Collimonas silvisoli sp. nov. and Collimonas humicola sp. nov. are proposed, with RXD178T (=GDMCC 1.1925T=KACC 21987T) and RLT1W51T (=GDMCC 1.1923T=KACC 21985T) as the type strains, respectively.



Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 518 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-35
Author(s):  
KALLOL DAS ◽  
LEONID N. TEN ◽  
JAE-HO BAN ◽  
SEUNG-YEOL LEE ◽  
HEE-YOUNG JUNG

Fungal strains, designated KNU-NL4 and KNU-OL2, belonging to the family Didymellaceae were isolated from a soil sample collected in Miryang, Korea. Phylogenetic analyses based on a concatenated dataset of DNA sequences of ITS regions and partial sequences of ACT, CAL, TEF1-α, and β-TUB genes showed that the isolates reside in a clade together with Boeremia species but occupy the distinct phylogenetic position. Morphologically, the novel strains produce bigger conidiomata (average size 169.8 μm) than the closely related B. rhapontica (126.59 μm) and smaller than the other close neighbor B. coffeae (187.5 μm). Both novel strains also differed from them by smaller colony size and colony color on OA and MEA. The detailed descriptions, illustrations, and discussions regarding the morphological and phylogenetic analyses of the closely related species are provided to support the novelty of the isolated species. The results of phylogenetic analysis and morphological observations indicate that strains KNU-NL4 and KNU-OL2 represent a novel species in the genus Boeremia, for which the name Boeremia parva sp. nov. is proposed.



2011 ◽  
Vol 61 (8) ◽  
pp. 2000-2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan Xu ◽  
Jie Huang ◽  
Xiaozhong Hu ◽  
Khaled A. S. Al-Rasheid ◽  
Weibo Song ◽  
...  

The morphology, morphogenesis and molecular phylogeny of the marine ciliated protozoan Anteholosticha marimonilata spec. nov., isolated from mollusc-farming waters of the Yellow Sea, Qingdao, PR China, were investigated using microscopic observations of live and protargol-impregnated specimens and by small subunit rRNA gene sequence analysis. The novel species could be distinguished by the following features: an elongated elliptical body, in vivo size 80–160 µm × 30–50 µm; an adoral zone consisting of about 36 membranelles; three frontal, one parabuccal, one buccal, two frontoterminal and usually two pretransverse ventral cirri; 10–13 transverse cirri; a midventral complex composed of 12–17 pairs of cirri only, terminating in posterior 1/5; four or five dorsal kineties; two types of colourless cortical granules; four to nine moniliform macronuclear nodules and one to three micronuclei, and a contractile vacuole positioned at mid-body. Hitherto, the ontogenesis of the genus Anteholosticha has been regarded as rather diverse, which was confirmed by the morphogenetic processes of this novel species. The most noteworthy feature of A. marimonilata was that the proter retained almost the entire parental adoral zone except for a few proximal membranelles that were renewed in situ. The SSU rRNA gene sequence information clearly discriminated this isolate from its congeners. Molecular phylogenetic analyses demonstrated, with high statistical support, that A. marimonilata branched as a sister lineage to the Nothoholosticha–Pseudokeronopsis clade and hence belongs to the core part of the order Urostylida.



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