scholarly journals Pusillimonas thiosulfatoxidans sp. nov., a thiosulfate oxidizer isolated from activated sludge

2019 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 1041-1046 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyeon-Woo Koh ◽  
Myeong-Sub Song ◽  
Kyoung-Tag Do ◽  
Hongik Kim ◽  
Soo-Je Park

A Gram-stain-negative, motile bacterium, designated strain YE3T, was isolated from activated sludge obtained from a municipal wastewater treatment plant in Daejeon Metropolitan City, Republic of Korea. The cells were oxidase- and catalase-positive, and grew under aerobic conditions at 10–40 °C (optimum, 30 °C), with 1.0–8.0 % (w/v) NaCl (1.0 %) and at pH 5.5–9.0 (pH 7.0). Phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence indicated that strain YE3T was most closely related to Pusillimonas harenae KACC 14927T (98.2 % sequence similarity) and Pusillimonas ginsengisoli KCTC 22046T (98.0 %). DNA–DNA relatedness values for strain YE3T and P. harenae KACC 14927T, P. ginsengisoli KCTC 22046T and P. soli KCTC 22455T were 28.7±2.27 %, 21.3±1.16 %, and 14.0±0.67 %, respectively. The genomic G+C content of the type strain YE3T was 59.3 mol%, as determined by whole-genome sequencing. The dominant fatty acids were C16 : 0 (39.2 %) and C17 : 0cyclo (37.5 %). The major polar lipids of strain YE3T were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylethanolamine. Two aminophospholipids and four unidentified lipids were also detected. Furthermore, strain YE3T was able to oxidize thiosulfate under heterotrophic conditions. Based on the phenotypic, genotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic analyses, strain YE3T represents a novel species of the genus Pusillimonas , for which the name Pusillimonas thiosulfatoxidans sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is YE3T (=KCTC 62737T=NBRC 113113T).

Author(s):  
Fenfa Li ◽  
Qingyi Xie ◽  
Shuangqing Zhou ◽  
Fandong Kong ◽  
Yun Xu ◽  
...  

Strain HNM0947T, representing a novel actinobacterium, was isolated from the coral Galaxea astreata collected from the coast of Wenchang, Hainan, China. The strain was found to have morphological and chemotaxonomic characteristics consistent with the genus Nocardiopsis . The organism formed abundant fragmented substrate mycelia and aerial mycelia which differentiated into non-motile, rod-shaped spores. Whole-cell hydrolysates contained meso-diaminopimelic acid and no diagnostic sugars. The major menaquinones were MK-10(H8), MK-10(H6) and MK-10(H4). The major phospholipids were phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylinositol and phosphatidylinositol mannosides. The major fatty acids were iso-C16:0, anteiso-C17:0, C18:0, C18:0 10-methyl (TBSA) and anteiso-C15:0. The G+C content was 71.3 mol%. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain HNM0947T belonged to the genus Nocardiopsis and shared highest sequence similarity to Nocardiopsis salina YIM 90010T (98.8%), Nocardiopsis xinjiangensis YIM 90004T(98.5%) and Nocardiopsis kunsanensis DSM 44524T (98.3%). The strain HNM0947T was distinguished from its closest type strain by low average nucleotide identity (90.8%) and dDDH values (60.4%) respectively. Based on genotypic, chemotaxonomic and phenotypic characteristics, it was concluded that strain HNM0947T represents a novel species of the genus Nocardiopsis whose name was proposed as Nocardiopsis coralli sp. nov. The type strain was HNM0947T (=CCTCC AA 2020015 T=KCTC 49525 T).


Author(s):  
Juan Zhou ◽  
Yuyuan Huang ◽  
Jing Yang ◽  
Xin-He Lai ◽  
Dong Jin ◽  
...  

Four aerobic, Gram-stain-positive, rod-shaped bacteria (HY60T, HY54, HY82T and HY89) were isolated from bat faeces of Hipposideros and Rousettus species collected in PR China. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that the four novel strains formed two separate but adjacent subclades close to Microbacterium agarici CGMCC 1.12260T (97.6–97.7 % similarity), Microbacterium humi JCM 18706T (97.3–97.5 %) and Microbacterium lindanitolerans JCM 30493T (97.3–97.4 %). The 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity was 98.3 % between strains HY60T and HY82T, and identical within strain pairs HY60T/HY54 and HY82T/HY89. The DNA G+C contents of strains HY60T and HY82T were 61.9 and 63.3 mol%, respectively. The digital DNA–DNA hybridization and average nucleotide identity values between each novel strain and their closest relatives were all below the 70 % and 95–96 % thresholds for species delimitation, respectively. All four novel strains contained anteiso-C15 : 0, anteiso-C17 : 0, iso-C16 : 0 and iso-C15 : 0 as the main fatty acids, MK-11 and MK-12 as the major respiratory quinones, and diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol and one unidentified glycolipid as the predominant polar lipids. The cell-wall peptidoglycan was of B type and contained alanine, glutamate, glycine and ornithine. The acyl type of the muramic acid was glycolyl. The whole-cell sugars were rhamnose and ribose. Based on the foregoing polyphasic analyses, it was concluded that the four uncharacterized strains represented two novel species of the genus Microbacterium , for which the names Microbacterium chengjingii sp. nov. [type strain HY60T (=CGMCC 1.17468T=GDMCC 1.1951T=KACC 22102T)] and Microbacterium fandaimingii sp. nov. [type strain HY82T (=CGMCC 1.17469T=GDMCC 1.1949T=KACC 22101T)] are proposed, respectively.


2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_6) ◽  
pp. 2344-2350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Paula Chung ◽  
Igor Tiago ◽  
M. Fernanda Nobre ◽  
António Veríssimo ◽  
Paula V. Morais

A bacterial strain, A2-57T, recovered from a water sample collected in a uranium mine was taxonomically studied in detail. This strain was a Gram-reaction-negative, rod-shaped bacterium that grew optimally at 25 °C and at pH 6.0–7.0 and had a DNA G+C content of 55.0 mol%. Ubiquinone 8 (UQ-8) was the predominant respiratory quinone and the major fatty acids were C16 : 0, C17 : 0 cyclo, summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω6c and/or ω7c and/or C15 : 0 iso 2-OH) and C18 : 1ω7c. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain A2-57T belonged to the family Oxalobacteraceae and formed a distinct branch with Glaciimonas immobilis Cr9-30T. Strain A2-57T shared approximately 97.3 % 16S rRNA sequence similarity with G. immobilis Cr9-30T and also showed high sequence similarity with members of the genera Herbaspirillum (96.3–97.0 %) and Collimonas (96.2–97.0 %). Although phylogenetically closely related to the type strain of G. immobilis , the low level of DNA–DNA hybridization between the two strains (21.6 %) and several physiological and biochemical properties indicated that the novel strain could be clearly distinguished from G. immobilis LMG 25547T. Therefore, it is concluded that strain A2-57T represents a novel species of the genus Glaciimonas , for which the name Glaciimonas singularis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is A2-57T ( = CIP 110539T = LMG 27070T).


2014 ◽  
Vol 64 (Pt_10) ◽  
pp. 3395-3401 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krisle da Silva ◽  
Sofie E. De Meyer ◽  
Luc F. M. Rouws ◽  
Eliane N. C. Farias ◽  
Marco A. O. dos Santos ◽  
...  

Root-nodule bacteria were isolated from Inga laurina (Sw.) Willd. growing in the Cerrado Amazon region, State of Roraima, Brazil. The 16S rRNA gene sequences of six strains (BR 10250T, BR 10248, BR 10249, BR 10251, BR 10252 and BR 10253) showed low similarities with currently described species of the genus Bradyrhizobium . Phylogenetic analyses of sequences of five housekeeping genes (dnaK, glnII, gyrB, recA and rpoB) revealed Bradyrhizobium iriomotense EK05T to be the closest type strain (97.4 % sequence similarity or less). Chemotaxonomic data, including fatty acid profiles [with the major components C16 : 0 and summed feature 8 (C18 : 1ω6c/C18 : 1ω7c)], the slow growth rate and carbon compound utilization patterns supported the assignment of our strains to the genus Bradyrhizobium . Results from DNA–DNA hybridizations and physiological traits differentiated our strains from the closest related species of the genus Bradyrhizobium with validly published names. Sequences of symbiosis-related genes for nodulation (nodC) and nitrogen fixation (nifH) grouped together with those of B. iriomotense EK05T and Bradyrhizobium sp. strains BR 6610 (used as a commercial inoculant for Inga marginata in Brazil) and TUXTLAS-10 (previously observed in Central America). Based on these data, the six strains represent a novel species, for which the name Bradyrhizobium ingae sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is BR 10250T ( = HAMBI 3600T).


2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_10) ◽  
pp. 3915-3919 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xing-Xing Qiu ◽  
Mei-Lin Zhao ◽  
Dong Han ◽  
Wen-Jiao Zhang ◽  
Mike L. Dyall-Smith ◽  
...  

Members of the haloarchaeal genera Halosarcina and Halogeometricum (family Halobacteriaceae ) are closely related to each other and show 96.6–98 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity. This is higher than the accepted threshold value (95 %) to separate two genera, and a taxonomic study using a polyphasic approach of all four members of the two genera was conducted to clarify their relationships. Polar lipid profiles indicated that Halogeometricum rufum RO1-4T, Halosarcina pallida BZ256T and Halosarcina limi RO1-6T are related more to each other than to Halogeometricum borinquense CGMCC 1.6168T. Phylogenetic analyses using the sequences of three different genes (16S rRNA gene, rpoB′ and EF-2) strongly supported the monophyly of these four species, showing that they formed a distinct clade, separate from the related genera Halopelagius , Halobellus , Haloquadratum , Haloferax and Halogranum . The results indicate that the four species should be assigned to the same genus, and it is proposed that Halosarcina pallida and Halosarcina limi be transferred to the genus Halogeometricum as Halogeometricum pallidum comb. nov. (type strain, BZ256T = KCTC 4017T = JCM 14848T) and Halogeometricum limi comb. nov. (type strain, RO1-6T = CGMCC 1.8711T = JCM 16054T).


2014 ◽  
Vol 64 (Pt_10) ◽  
pp. 3520-3525 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying-Qian Kang ◽  
Hong Ming ◽  
Tohru Gonoi ◽  
Yuru Chen ◽  
Yu Cao ◽  
...  

A second novel clinical actinobacterial strain, designated IFM 10348T, was isolated from the sputum of the same Japanese patient with bacterial pneumonia from whom the type strain of Gordonia araii had been isolated. The strains differed in phylogenetic position and drug-resistance profiles. The taxonomic position of strain IFM 10348T was clarified by phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic studies. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences clearly demonstrated that strain IFM 10348T occupied a distinct clade within the genus Gordonia and was related closely to Gordonia malaquae DSM 45064T and Gordonia hirsuta DSM 44140T (97.3 and 97.1 % similarities, respectively). Strain IFM 10348T was also clearly differentiated from G. malaquae DSM 45064T and G. hirsuta DSM 44140T based on gyrB and secA1 gene sequence similarity values. Strain IFM 10348T had MK-9(H2) as the predominant menaquonine, contained meso-diaminopimelic acid, arabinose, galactose and glucosamine as cell-wall components, and contained C18 : 1ω9c, summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c and/or C16 : 1ω6c) and C16 : 0 as the major cellular fatty acids. Mycolic acids were present. The DNA G+C content of strain IFM 10348T was 68.0 mol%. DNA–DNA relatedness data coupled with the combination of genotypic and phenotypic data indicated that strain IFM 10348T represents a novel species of the genus Gordonia , for which the name Gordonia iterans sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is IFM 10348T ( = CCTCC M2011245T = NCCB 100436T).


2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_5) ◽  
pp. 1658-1664 ◽  
Author(s):  
Decai Jin ◽  
Ping Wang ◽  
Zhihui Bai ◽  
Bo Jin ◽  
Zhisheng Yu ◽  
...  

A Gram-negative, strictly aerobic, non-motile and non-spore-forming rod that produced white, viscous colonies, designated QHT, was isolated from bulking sludge collected from a municipal wastewater treatment plant in Beijing, China. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain QHT belonged to the genus Terrimonas and shared 96.3 % sequence similarity with Terrimonas lutea DYT, 94.1 % with Terrimonas ferruginea ATCC 13524T and 93.8 % with Terrimonas aquatica RIB1-6T. Strain QHT contained iso-C15 : 0, summed feature 3 (comprising one or more of C16 : 1ω7c, C16 : 1ω6c and iso-C15 : 0 2-OH) and iso-C15 : 1 G as the predominant fatty acids. The predominant polar lipid of strain QHT and members of the genus Terrimonas was phosphatidylethanolamine. The major isoprenoid quinone of strain QHT was MK-7 and the DNA G+C content was 41.0 mol%. DNA–DNA relatedness between strain QHT and T. lutea BCRC 17944T, T. ferruginea BCRC 17943T and T. aquatica BCRC 17941T was 32, 23 and 22 %, respectively. On the basis of phylogenetic inference, differential phenotypic data and low DNA–DNA relatedness with members of the genus Terrimonas , strain QHT represents a novel species, for which the name Terrimonas pekingensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is QHT ( = CICC 10452T  = NCCB 100397T). The descriptions of the genus Terrimonas and T. ferruginea , T. lutea and T. aquatica are also emended.


2014 ◽  
Vol 64 (Pt_5) ◽  
pp. 1520-1525 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sooyeon Park ◽  
Ji-Min Park ◽  
Sung-Min Won ◽  
Kyung Sook Bae ◽  
Jung-Hoon Yoon

A Gram-stain-negative, non-flagellated, non-gliding, aerobic, rod-shaped bacterium, designated WD-2-2T, was isolated from a tidal flat of Wando, an island of South Korea, and subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic analysis. Strain WD-2-2T grew optimally at 30 °C, at pH 7.0–8.0 and in the presence of 2.0 % (w/v) NaCl. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain WD-2-2T belonged to the genus Winogradskyella , clustering coherently with the type strain of Winogradskyella litorisediminis . Strain WD-2-2T exhibited 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity of 97.4 % to W. litorisediminis DPS-8T and 94.5–96.6 % to the type strains of the other species of the genus Winogradskyella . Strain WD-2-2T contained MK-6 as the predominant menaquinone and iso-C15 : 1 G, iso-C17 : 0 3-OH and iso-C15 : 0 as the major fatty acids. The major polar lipids detected in strain WD-2-2T were phosphatidylethanolamine, one unidentified lipid and one unidentified aminolipid. The DNA G+C content was 36.4 mol%, and DNA–DNA relatedness with W. litorisediminis DPS-8T was 13 %. Differential phenotypic properties, together with its phylogenetic and genetic distinctiveness, revealed that strain WD-2-2T is separate from recognized species of the genus Winogradskyella . On the basis of the data presented, strain WD-2-2T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Winogradskyella , for which the name Winogradskyella wandonensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is WD-2-2T ( = KCTC 32579T = CECT 8445T).


Author(s):  
Martin W. Hahn ◽  
Alexandra Pitt ◽  
Ulrike Koll ◽  
Johanna Schmidt ◽  
Julia A. Maresca ◽  
...  

The aerobic primarily chemoorganotrophic actinobacterial strain MWH-Mo1T was isolated from a freshwater lake and is characterized by small cell lengths of less than 1 µm, small cell volumes of 0.05–0.06 µm3 (ultramicrobacterium), a small genome size of 1.75 Mbp and, at least for an actinobacterium, a low DNA G+C content of 54.6 mol%. Phylogenetic analyses based on concatenated amino acid sequences of 116 housekeeping genes suggested the type strain of Aurantimicrobium minutum affiliated with the family Microbacteriaceae as its closest described relative. Strain MWH-Mo1T shares with the type strain of that species a 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity of 99.6 % but the genomes of the two strains share an average nucleotide identity of only 79.3 %. Strain MWH-Mo1T is in many genomic, phenotypic and chemotaxonomic characteristics quite similar to the type strain of A. minutum . Previous intensive investigations revealed two unusual traits of strain MWH-Mo1T. Although the strain is not known to be phototrophic, the metabolism is adjusted to the diurnal light cycle by up- and down-regulation of genes in light and darkness. This results in faster growth in the presence of light. Additionally, a cell size-independent protection against predation by bacterivorous flagellates, most likely mediated by a proteinaceous cell surface structure, was demonstrated. For the previously intensively investigated aerobic chemoorganotrophic actinobacterial strain MWH-Mo1T (=CCUG 56426T=DSM 107758T), the establishment of the new species Aurantimicrobium photophilum sp. nov. is proposed.


2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 2096-2102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qian-Qian Cha ◽  
Xue-Bing Ren ◽  
Yuan-Yuan Sun ◽  
Xiao-Yan He ◽  
Hai-Nan Su ◽  
...  

A Gram-stain-negative, facultatively anaerobic, flagellated and rod-shaped bacterium, designated strain SM1901T, was isolated from a brown algal sample collected from Kings Bay, Svalbard, Arctic. Strain SM1901T grew at −4‒30 °C and with 0–7.0 % (w/v) NaCl. It reduced nitrate to nitrite and hydrolysed DNA and Tween 80. Results of phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain SM1901T was affiliated with the genus Shewanella , showing the highest sequence similarity to the type strain of Shewanella litoralis (97.5%), followed by those of Shewanella vesiculosa , Shewanella livingstonensis and Shewanella saliphila (97.3 % for all three). The major cellular fatty acids were summed feature 3 (C16 : 1 ω7с and/or C16 : 1 ω6с), C16 : 0, C18 : 0, iso-C15 : 0 and C17 : 1 ω8с and the major polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylglycerol. The respiratory quinones were ubiquinones Q-7, Q-8, menaquinones MK-7(H) and MK-8. The genome of strain SM1901T was 4648537 nucleotides long and encoded a variety of cold adaptation related genes, providing clues for better understanding the ecological adaptation mechanisms of polar bacteria. The genomic DNA G+C content of strain SM1901T was 40.5 mol%. Based on the polyphasic evidence presented in this paper, strain SM1901T was considered to represent a novel species, constituting a novel psychrotolerant lineage out of the known SF clade encompassed by polar Shewanella species, within the genus Shewanella , for which the name Shewanella polaris sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is SM1901T (=KCTC 72047T=MCCC 1K03585T).


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