scholarly journals Genome-based classification of three novel actinobacteria from the Karakum Desert: Jiangella asiatica sp. nov., Jiangella aurantiaca sp. nov. and Jiangella ureilytica sp. nov

2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 1993-2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hayrettin Saygin ◽  
Hilal Ay ◽  
Kiymet Guven ◽  
Nevzat Sahin

Three isolates, 5K138T, 8K307T and KC603T, with typical morphological characteristics of members of the genus Jiangella were obtained during a study searching for novel actinobacteria with biosynthetic potential from the Karakum Desert. A polyphasic approach was adopted to determine taxonomic affiliations of the strains. The strains showed chemotaxonomic properties consistent with their classification as representing members of the genus Jiangella such as ll-diaminopimelic acid in the cell wall peptidoglycan, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylinositol as major polar lipids as well as MK-9(H4) as a major menaquinone. Pairwise sequence comparisons of the 16S rRNA genes showed that the strains were closely related to Jiangella alba DSM 45237T, Jiangella rhizosphaerae NEAU-YY265T and Jiangella mangrovi 3SM4-07T with higher than 99 % sequence identities. However, a combination of phenotypic and phylogenetic approaches as well as genome-based comparative analyses confirmed the taxonomic positions of these strains as representing distinct species within the genus Jiangella . Therefore, strains 5K138T, 8K307T and KC603T should each be classified as representing a novel species within the genus Jiangella , for which the names Jiangella asiatica sp. nov., Jiangella aurantiaca sp. nov. and Jiangella ureilytica sp. nov. are proposed, respectively. The type strains of the proposed novel species are as follows: Jiangella asiatica 5K138T (=JCM 33518T=CGMCC 4.7672T), Jiangella aurantiaca 8K307T (=JCM 33519T=CGMCC 4.7621T) and Jiangella ureilytica KC603T (=JCM 33520T=CGMCC 4.7618T).

2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 2369-2381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dmitriy V. Volokhov ◽  
Dénes Grózner ◽  
Miklós Gyuranecz ◽  
Naola Ferguson-Noel ◽  
Yamei Gao ◽  
...  

In 1983, Mycoplasma sp. strain 1220 was isolated in Hungary from the phallus lymph of a gander with phallus inflammation. Between 1983 and 2017, Mycoplasma sp. 1220 was also identified and isolated from the respiratory tract, liver, ovary, testis, peritoneum and cloaca of diseased geese in several countries. Seventeen studied strains produced acid from glucose and fructose but did not hydrolyse arginine or urea, and all grew under aerobic, microaerophilic and anaerobic conditions at 35 to 37 ˚C in either SP4 or pleuropneumonia-like organism medium supplemented with glucose and serum. Colonies on agar showed a typical fried-egg appearance and transmission electron microscopy revealed a typical mycoplasma cellular morphology. Molecular characterization included analysis of the following genetic loci: 16S rRNA, 23S rRNA, 16S–23S rRNA ITS, rpoB, rpoC, rpoD, uvrA, parC, topA, dnaE, fusA and pyk. The genome was sequenced for type strain 1220T. The 16S rRNA gene sequences of studied strains of Mycoplasma sp. 1220 shared 99.02–99.19 % nucleotide similarity with M. anatis strains but demonstrated ≤95.00–96.70 % nucleotide similarity to the 16S rRNA genes of other species of the genus Mycoplasma . Phylogenetic, average nucleotide and amino acid identity analyses revealed that the novel species was most closely related to Mycoplasma anatis . Based on the genetic data, we propose a novel species of the genus Mycoplasma , for which the name Mycoplasma anserisalpingitidis sp. nov. is proposed with the type strain 1220T (=ATCC BAA-2147T=NCTC 13513T=DSM 23982T). The G+C content is 26.70 mol%, genome size is 959110 bp.


Author(s):  
Shih-Yao Lin ◽  
Chia-Fang Tsai ◽  
Asif Hameed ◽  
Chiu-Chung Young

A polyphasic taxonomic approach was used to characterize a Gram-stain-positive bacterium, designated strain CC-CFT486T, isolated from soil sampled in a maize field in Taiwan. Cells of strain CC-CFT486T were short rods, motile with polar flagella, catalase-positive and oxidase-positive. Optimal growth occurred at 30 °С, pH 8 and 1 % NaCl. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA genes revealed a distinct taxonomic position attained by strain CC-CFT486T associated with Aeromicrobium panacisoli (97.0 % sequence identity), Aeromicrobium lacus (97.0 %), Aeromicrobium erythreum (96.8 %) and Aeromicrobium alkaliterrae (96.8 %), and lower sequence similarity values to other species. Average nucleotide identity (ANI) values were 70.6–77.8 % (n=11) compared within the type strains of the genus Aeromicrobium . Strain CC-CFT486T contained C16 : 0, C17 : 0, C17 : 1  ω8c and C18 : 1  ω9c as the predominant fatty acids. The polar lipid profile consisted of diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylinositol, two unidentified aminophospholipids and three unknown phospholipids. The cell wall peptidoglycan of strains CC-CFT486T contained ll-diaminopimelic acid (ll-DAP) and the major polyamine was spermidine. The DNA G+C content was 70.6 mol% and the predominant quinone was menaquinone 9 (MK-9). Based on its distinct phylogenetic, phenotypic and chemotaxonomic traits together with results of comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence and ANI analyses, strain CC-CFT486T is proposed to represent a novel Aeromicrobium species, for which the name Aeromicrobium terrae sp. nov. (type strain CC-CFT486T=BCRC 81217T=JCM 33499T).


2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_5) ◽  
pp. 1734-1740 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shingo Sato ◽  
Hidenori Kabeya ◽  
Yuta Fujinaga ◽  
Kai Inoue ◽  
Yumi Une ◽  
...  

Four novel strains of members of the genus Bartonella , OY2-1T, BR11-1T, FN15-2T and KS2-1T, were isolated from the blood of wild-captured greater Egyptian jerboa (Jaculus orientalis), plantain squirrel (Callosciurus notatus), fat-tailed gerbil (Pachyuromys duprasi) and golden spiny mouse (Acomys russatus). All the animals were imported to Japan as pets from Egypt, Thailand and the Netherlands. The phenotypic characterization (growth conditions, incubation periods, biochemical properties and cell morphologies), DNA G+C contents (37.4 mol% for strain OY2-1T, 35.5 mol% for strain BR11-1T, 35.7 mol% for strain FN15-2T and 37.2 mol% for strain KS2-1T), and sequence analyses of the 16S rRNA genes indicated that those strains belong to the genus Bartonella . Sequence comparisons of gltA and rpoB genes suggested that all of the strains should be classified as novel species of the genus Bartonella . In phylogenetic trees based on the concatenated sequences of five loci, including the 16S rRNA, ftsZ, gltA and rpoB genes and the ITS region, and on the concatenated deduced amino acid sequences of three housekeeping genes (ftsZ, gltA and rpoB), all strains formed distinct clades and had unique mammalian hosts that could be discriminated from other known species of the genus Bartonella . These data strongly support the hypothesis that strains OY2-1T, BR11-1T, FN15-2T and KS2-1T should be classified as representing novel species of the genus Bartonella . The names Bartonella jaculi sp. nov., Bartonella callosciuri sp. nov., Bartonella pachyuromydis sp. nov. and Bartonella acomydis sp. nov. are proposed for these novel species. Type strains of Bartonella jaculi sp. nov., Bartonella callosciuri sp. nov., Bartonella pachyuromydis sp. nov. and Bartonella acomydis sp. nov. are OY2-1T ( = JCM 17712T = KCTC 23655T), BR11-1T ( = JCM 17709T = KCTC 23909T), FN15-2T ( = JCM 17714T = KCTC 23657T) and KS2-1T ( = JCM 17706T = KCTC 23907T), respectively.


Author(s):  
Yajun Ge ◽  
Gui Zhang ◽  
Jing Yang ◽  
Xin-He Lai ◽  
Dong Jin ◽  
...  

Four unknown strains, characterized as Gram-stain-negative, strictly anaerobic, non-motile and rod-shaped, were isolated from fresh faeces of healthy humans in PR China. Pairwise sequence comparisons of the 16S rRNA genes showed that these isolates were separated into two clusters. Cluster I (strains HF-5141T and HF-106) was most closely related to Bacteroides xylanisolvens XB1AT (98.0–98.3 % similarity) and Bacteroides ovatus ATCC 8483T (97.3–97.5 %), whereas cluster II (strains HF-5287T and HF-5300) exhibited a similarity range of 96.8–97.0 % to Bacteroides finegoldii JCM 13345T, 96.7–96.9 % to Bacteroides faecis MAJ27T and 96.4–96.5 % to Bacteroides xylanisolvens XB1AT. The DNA G+C contents of type strains HF-5141T and HF-5287T were 41.5 and 42.6 mol%, respectively. These strains had anteiso-C15 : 0 as the major cellular fatty acid, MK-9 and MK-11 as the predominant respiratory quinones, and phosphatidylethanolamine, aminophospholipids and phospholipids as major polar lipids, which is typical for members of the genus Bacteroides . However, the average nucleotide identity and digital DNA–DNA hybridization values, accompanied by different phenotypic and biochemical characteristics, distinguished them from their corresponding closest relatives as well as from other recognized members of the genus Bacteroides . Therefore, strains HF-5141T and HF-5287T represent two novel species in the genus Bacteroides , for which the names Bacteroides luhongzhouii sp. nov. and Bacteroides zhangwenhongii sp. nov. are proposed, with HF-5141T (=CGMCC 1.16787T=GDMCC 1.1591T=JCM 33480T) and HF-5287T (=CGMCC 1.16724T=GDMCC 1.1590T=JCM 33481T) as type strains.


Author(s):  
Ming-Sheng Chen ◽  
Bao-Quan Pang ◽  
Shao-Wei Liu ◽  
Fei-Na Li ◽  
Xiao-Rui Yan ◽  
...  

A Gram-stain-positive, aerobic, non-motile, non-endospore-forming and rod-shaped actinobacterium, designated strain CMS6Z-2T, was isolated from a surface-sterilized branch of Kandelia candel collected from the Maowei Sea, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, PR China. Strain CMS6Z-2T grew at 10–37 °C (optimum, 37 °C), pH 6.0–9.0 (optimum, pH 7.0–8.0) and in the presence of 0–10.0 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 0–1.0 %). Strain CMS6Z-2T possessed meso-diaminopimelic acid as the diamino acid of the peptidoglycan and MK-8 (H4) as the predominant menaquinone. The major fatty acids were iso-C15 : 0, C16 : 0 and C18 : 1  ω9c. The polar lipids comprised diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylinositol and two unknown phospholipids. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 74.1 mol%. Comparative analysis of 16S rRNA genes showed that strain CMS6Z-2T should be assigned to the genus Phycicoccus and its closest relative was Phycicoccus endophyticus IP6SC6T with 98.3 % similarity. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequence and phylogenomic analysis based on core proteomes alignment revealed that strain CMS6Z-2T belonged to the genus Phycicoccus and formed a robust cluster with Phycicoccus endophyticus IP6SC6T within the genus Phycicoccus . The average nucleotide identity value and estimated digital DNA–DNA hybridization value between strain CMS6Z-2T and the type strain of Phycicoccus endophyticus were 81.5 and 23.9 %, respectively. On the basis of phylogenetic, phenotypic and chemotaxonomic characteristics, strain CMS6Z-2T represents a novel species of the genus Phycicoccus , for which the name Phycicoccus flavus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is CMS6Z-2T (=KCTC 49240T=CGMCC4.7549T).


2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_6) ◽  
pp. 2203-2206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario Vaneechoutte ◽  
Michèle Janssens ◽  
Véronique Avesani ◽  
Michel Delmée ◽  
Pieter Deschaght

Three Gram-negative strains, NF 1078T, NF 1598 and NF 1715, were isolated from clinical (two) and environmental (one) samples, respectively. Sequence analysis of the 16S rRNA genes revealed similarity of 100 % among the three strains and next highest similarity to the type strain of Acidovorax avenae (98.16 %). The three strains were able to acidify lactose and rhamnose on low peptone phenol red agar and to alkalinize citrate on Simmons’ agar and were negative for nitrate reduction. The DNA G+C content of strain NF 1078T was 67.1 mol%. The level of DNA–DNA relatedness between this strain and the type strains of A. avenae (ATCC 19860T, LMG 2117T) was 29 %. Based on these phylogenetic, phenotypic and genotypic analyses, the three strains could be distinguished clearly from all other recognized Acidovorax species and should be classified as representatives of a novel species of the genus Acidovorax , for which the name Acidovorax wautersii sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is NF 1078T ( = LMG 26971T = CCUG 62584T).


2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (12) ◽  
pp. 6418-6427
Author(s):  
Ahmet Adiguzel ◽  
Hilal Ay ◽  
Mustafa Ozkan Baltaci ◽  
Sumeyya Akbulut ◽  
Seyda Albayrak ◽  
...  

A novel Gram-stain-positive, rod-shaped, endospore-forming, motile, aerobic bacterium, designated as P2T, was isolated from a hot spring water sample collected from Ilica-Erzurum, Turkey. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequence comparisons affiliated strain P2T with the genus Bacillus , and the strain showed the highest sequence identity to Bacillus azotoformans NBRC 15712T (96.7 %). However, the pairwise sequence comparisons of the 16S rRNA genes revealed that strain P2T shared only 94.7 % sequence identity with Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis NCIB 3610T, indicating that strain P2T might not be a member of the genus Bacillus . The digital DNA–DNA hybridization and average nucleotide identity values between strain P2T and B. azotoformans NBRC 15712T were 19.8 and 74.2 %, respectively. The cell-wall peptidoglycan of strain P2T contained meso-diaminopimelic acid. The polar lipid profile consisted of diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, an aminophospholipid, five unidentified phospholipids and two unidentified lipids while the predominant isoprenoid quinone was MK-7. The major fatty acids were iso-C15 : 0 and iso-C16 : 0. The draft genome of strain P2T was composed of 82 contigs and found to be 3.5 Mb with 36.1 mol% G+C content. The results of phylogenomic and phenotypic analyses revealed that strain P2T represents a novel genus in the family Bacillaceae , for which the name Calidifontibacillus erzurumensis gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of Calidifontibacillus erzurumensis is P2T (=CECT 9886T=DSM 107530T=NCCB 100675T). Based on the results of the present study, it is also suggested that Bacillus azotoformans and Bacillus oryziterrae should be transferred to this novel genus as Calidifontibacillus azotoformans comb. nov. and Calidifontibacillus oryziterrae comb. nov., respectively.


2014 ◽  
Vol 64 (Pt_5) ◽  
pp. 1501-1506 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bacem Mnasri ◽  
Tian Yan Liu ◽  
Sabrine Saidi ◽  
Wen Feng Chen ◽  
Wen Xin Chen ◽  
...  

Three microbial strains isolated from common beans, 23C2T (Tunisia), Gr42 (Spain) and IE4868 (Mexico), which have been identified previously as representing a genomic group closely related to Rhizobium gallicum , are further studied here. Their 16S rRNA genes showed 98.5–99 % similarity with Rhizobium loessense CCBAU 7190BT, R. gallicum R602spT, Rhizobium mongolense USDA 1844T and Rhizobium yanglingense CCBAU 71623T. Phylogenetic analysis based on recA, atpD, dnaK and thrC sequences showed that the novel strains were closely related and could be distinguished from the four type strains of the closely related species. Strains 23C2T, Gr42 and IE4868 could be also differentiated from their closest phylogenetic neighbours by their phenotypic and physiological properties and their fatty acid contents. All three strains harboured symbiotic genes specific to biovar gallicum. Levels of DNA–DNA relatedness between strain 23C2T and the type strains of R. loessense , R. mongolense , R. gallicum and R. yanglingense ranged from 58.1 to 61.5 %. The DNA G+C content of the genomic DNA of strain 23C2T was 59.52 %. On the basis of these data, strains 23C2T, Gr42 and IE4868 were considered to represent a novel species of the genus Rhizobium for which the name Rhizobium azibense is proposed. Strain 23C2T ( = CCBAU 101087T = HAMBI3541T) was designated as the type strain.


2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_3) ◽  
pp. 861-866 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hirokazu Shimoshige ◽  
Tomoaki Yamada ◽  
Hiroaki Minegishi ◽  
Akinobu Echigo ◽  
Yasuhiro Shimane ◽  
...  

Two extremely halophilic archaea, strains MGY-184T and MGY-205, were isolated from sea salt produced in Japan and rock salt imported from Bolivia, respectively. Both strains were pleomorphic, non-motile, Gram-negative and required more than 5 % (w/v) NaCl for growth, with optimum at 9–12 %, in the presence of 2 % (w/v) MgCl2 . 6H2O. In the presence of 18 % (w/v) MgCl2 . 6H2O, however, both strains showed growth even at 1.0 % (w/v) NaCl. Both strains possessed two 16S rRNA genes (rrnA and rrnB), and they revealed closest similarity to Halobaculum gomorrense JCM 9908T, the single species with a validly published name of the genus Halobaculum , with similarity of 97.8 %. The rrnA and rrnB genes of both strains were 100 % similar. The rrnA genes were 97.6 % similar to the rrnB genes in both strains. DNA G+C contents of strains MGY-184T and MGY-205 were 67.0 and 67.4 mol%, respectively. Polar lipid analysis revealed that the two strains contained phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylglycerol phosphate methyl ester derived from C20C20 archaeol. The DNA–DNA hybridization value between the two strains was 70 % and both strains showed low levels of DNA–DNA relatedness (48–50 %) with Halobaculum gomorrense JCM 9908T. Physiological and biochemical characteristics allowed differentiation of strains MGY-184T and MGY-205 from Halobaculum gomorrense JCM 9908T. Therefore, strains MGY-184T and MGY-205 represent a novel species of the genus Halobaculum , for which the name Halobaculum magnesiiphilum sp. nov. is proposed; the type strain is MGY-184T ( = JCM 17821T = KCTC 4100T).


2014 ◽  
Vol 64 (Pt_1) ◽  
pp. 206-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Su Yao ◽  
Yang Liu ◽  
Mingjuan Zhang ◽  
Xin Zhang ◽  
Hong Li ◽  
...  

Daqu is a fermentation starter used in the production of Chinese liquors. A thermophilic bacterium, designated strain H-18T, was isolated from a high-temperature Daqu sample collected from the manufacturing process of a sesame-flavoured liquor in Shandong province, China. It was investigated in a taxonomic study using a polyphasic approach. Strain H-18T formed white aerial mycelium and greyish-yellow substrate mycelium, bearing single endospores on aerial and substrate hyphae or on unbranched short sporophores. The cell-wall peptidoglycan contained meso-diaminopimelic acid. The major fatty acids were iso-C15 : 0 and iso-C17 : 0. The predominant menaquinone was MK-7. These chemotaxonomic properties are similar to those of members of the genus Thermoactinomyces . The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 49.1 mol%. 16S rRNA gene sequence comparisons indicated that strain H-18T was most closely related to Thermoactinomyces vulgaris KCTC 9076T (96.42 % similarity), Thermoactinomyces intermedius KCTC 9646T (96.06 %), Laceyella putida KCTC 3666T (96.32 %) and Laceyella sacchari KCTC 9790T (95.55 %). Strain H-18T showed low DNA–DNA relatedness (40.8, 33.4, 20.0 and 14.4 %) with the above strains. Based on morphological and chemotaxonomic characteristics, DNA–DNA hybridization data and physiological properties, strain H-18T represents a novel species of the genus Thermoactinomyces , for which the name Thermoactinomyces daqus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is H-18T ( = DSM 45914T = CICC 10681T).


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