Rodentibacter haemolyticus sp. nov. isolated from laboratory rodents

Author(s):  
Laurentiu Benga ◽  
Werner Nicklas ◽  
Tobias Lautwein ◽  
Susanne Verbarg ◽  
Christina Gougoula ◽  
...  

Nine strains of a Rodentibacter -related bacterium were isolated over a period of 38 years from a laboratory mouse (Mus musculus), seven laboratory rats (Rattus norvegicus) and a Syrian hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) in Düsseldorf and Heidelberg, Germany. The isolates are genotypically and phenotypically distinct from all previously described Rodentibacter species. Sequence analysis of 16S rRNA and rpoB gene sequences placed the isolates as a novel lineage within the genus Rodentibacter . In addition to the single-gene analysis, the whole genome sequence of the strain 1625/19T revealed distinct genome-to-genome distance values to the other Rodentibacter species. The genomic DNA G+C content of strain 1625/19T was 40.8 mol% within the range of Rodentibacter . At least six phenotypic characteristics separate the new isolates from the other Rodentibacter species, with Rodentibacter heylii being the most closely related. In contrast to the latter, the new strains display β-haemolysis and are β-glucuronidase, d-mannitol and sorbitol positive, but fail to produce lysine decarboxylase and trehalose. The genotypic and phenotypic differences between the novel strains and the other closely related strains of the genus Rodentibacter indicate that they represent a novel species within the genus Rodentibacter , family Pasteurellaceae , for which the name Rodentibacter haemolyticus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain 1625/19T, (=DSM 111151T=CCM 9081T), was isolated in 2019 from the nose of a laboratory mouse (Mus musculus) in Düsseldorf, Germany.

2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (Pt_3) ◽  
pp. 934-942 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandr Nemec ◽  
Lenka Krizova ◽  
Martina Maixnerova ◽  
Ondrej Sedo ◽  
Sylvain Brisse ◽  
...  

This study aimed to define the taxonomic status of a phenetically distinct group of 16 strains that corresponds to Acinetobacter genomic species ‘close to 13TU’, a provisional genomic species of the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus–Acinetobacter baumannii (ACB) complex recognized by Gerner-Smidt and Tjernberg in 1993. These strains have been isolated in different countries since the early 1990s and were mostly recovered from human clinical specimens. They were compared with 45 reference strains representing the known taxa of the ACB complex using taxonomic methods relevant to the genus Acinetobacter . Based on sequence analysis of the concatenated partial sequences (2976 bp) of seven housekeeping genes, the 16 strains formed a tight and well-supported cluster (intracluster sequence identity of ≥98.4 %) that was clearly separated from the other members of the ACB complex (≤94.7 %). The species status of the group was supported by average nucleotide identity values of ≤91.7 % between the whole genome sequence of representative strain NIPH 973T (NCBI accession no. APOO00000000) and those of the other species. In addition, whole-cell matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) MS analyses indicated the distinctness of the group at the protein level. Metabolic and physiological tests revealed several typical features of the group, although they did not allow its reliable differentiation from the other members of the ACB complex. We conclude that the 16 strains represent a distinct novel species, for which we propose the name Acinetobacter seifertii sp. nov. The type strain is NIPH 973T ( = CIP 110471T = CCUG 34785T = CCM 8535T).


2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_3) ◽  
pp. 1149-1154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Varsha Kale ◽  
Snædís H. Björnsdóttir ◽  
Ólafur H. Friðjónsson ◽  
Sólveig K. Pétursdóttir ◽  
Sesselja Ómarsdóttir ◽  
...  

A thermophilic, aerobic, Gram-stain-negative, filamentous bacterium, strain PRI-4131T, was isolated from an intertidal hot spring in Isafjardardjup, NW Iceland. The strain grew chemo-organotrophically on various carbohydrates. The temperature range for growth was 40–65 °C (optimum 55 °C), the pH range was pH 6.5–9.0 (optimum pH 7.0) and the NaCl range was 0–3 % (w/v) (optimum 0.5 %). Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain PRI-4131T represented a distinct lineage within the class Caldilineae of the phylum Chloroflexi. The highest levels of sequence similarity, about 91 %, were with Caldilinea aerophila STL-6-O1T and Caldilinea tarbellica D1-25-10-4T. Fermentative growth was not observed for strain PRI-4131T, which, in addition to other characteristics, distinguished it from the two Caldilinea species. Owing to both phylogenetic and phenotypic differences from the described members of the class Caldilineae , we propose to accommodate strain PRI-4131T in a novel species in a new genus, Litorilinea aerophila gen. nov., sp. nov. The type strain of Litorilinea aerophila is PRI-4131T ( = DSM 25763T  = ATCC BAA-2444T).


2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_9) ◽  
pp. 3280-3286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iris Kuo ◽  
Jimmy Saw ◽  
Durrell D. Kapan ◽  
Stephanie Christensen ◽  
Kenneth Y. Kaneshiro ◽  
...  

Strain IK-1T was isolated from decaying tissues of the shrub Wikstroemia oahuensis collected on O‘ahu, Hawai‘i. Cells were rods that stained Gram-negative. Gliding motility was not observed. The strain was oxidase-negative and catalase-positive. Zeaxanthin was the major carotenoid. Flexirubin-type pigments were not detected. The most abundant fatty acids in whole cells of IK-1T grown on R2A were iso-C15 : 0 and one or both of C16 : 1ω7c and C16 : 1ω6c. Based on comparisons of the nucleotide sequence of the 16S rRNA gene, the closest neighbouring type strains were Flavobacterium rivuli WB 3.3-2T and Flavobacterium subsaxonicum WB 4.1-42T, with which IK-1T shares 93.84 and 93.67 % identity, respectively. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 44.2 mol%. On the basis of distance from its nearest phylogenetic neighbours and phenotypic differences, the species Flavobacterium akiainvivens sp. nov. is proposed to accommodate strain IK-1T ( = ATCC BAA-2412T = CIP 110358T) as the type strain. The description of the genus Flavobacterium is emended to reflect the DNA G+C contents of Flavobacterium akiainvivens IK-1T and other species of the genus Flavobacterium described since the original description of the genus.


2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 2873-2878 ◽  
Author(s):  
María José León ◽  
Cristina Galisteo ◽  
Antonio Ventosa ◽  
Cristina Sánchez-Porro

A comparative taxonomic study of Spiribacter and Halopeptonella species was carried out using a phylogenomic approach based on comparison of the core genome, orthologous average nucleotide identity (OrthoANIu), Genome-to-Genome Distance Calculator (GGDC) and average amino acid identity (AAI). Phylogenomic analysis based on 976 core translated gene sequences obtained from their genomes showed that Spiribacter aquaticus SP30T, S. curvatus UAH-SP71T, S. roseus SSL50T, S. salinus M19-40T and Halopeptonella vilamensis DSM 21056T formed a robust cluster, clearly separated from the remaining species of closely related taxa. AAI between H. vilamensis DSM 21056T and the species of the genus Spiribacter was ≥73.1 %, confirming that all these species belong to the same single genus. On the other hand, S. roseus SSL50T and S. aquaticus SP30T showed percentages of OrthoANIu and digital DNA–DNA hybridization of 98.4 % and 85.3 %, respectively, while these values among those strains and the type strains of the other species of Spiribacter and H. vilamensis DSM 21056T were ≤80.8 and 67.8 %, respectively. Overall, these data show that S. roseus SSL50T and S. aquaticus SP30T constitute a single species and thus that S. aquaticus SP30T should be considered as a later, heterotypic synonym of S. roseus SSL50T based on the rules for priority of names. We propose an emended description of S. roseus , including the features of S. aquaticus . We also propose the reclassification of H. vilamensis as Spiribacter vilamensis comb. nov.


Author(s):  
Pieter-Jan Kerkhof ◽  
Stephen L. W. On ◽  
Kurt Houf

A study on the polyphasic taxonomic classification of an Arcobacter strain, R-73987T, isolated from the rectal mucus of a porcine intestinal tract, was performed. Phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence revealed that the strain could be assigned to the genus Arcobacter and suggested that strain R-73987T belongs to a novel undescribed species. Comparative analysis of the rpoB gene sequence confirmed the findings. Arcobacter faecis LMG 28519T was identified as its closest neighbour in a multigene analysis based on 107 protein- encoding genes. Further, whole-genome sequence comparisons by means of average nucleotide identity and in silico DNA–DNA hybridization between the genome of strain R-73987T and the genomes of validly named Arcobacter species resulted in values below 95–96 and 70  %, respectively. In addition, a phenotypic analysis further corroborated the conclusion that strain R-73987T represents a novel Arcobacter species, for which the name Arcobacter vandammei sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is R-73987T (=LMG 31429T=CCUG 75005T). This appears to be the first Arcobacter species recovered from porcine intestinal mucus.


Author(s):  
Aki Hirabayashi ◽  
Van Thi Thu Ha ◽  
An Van Nguyen ◽  
Son Thai Nguyen ◽  
Keigo Shibayama ◽  
...  

Tigecycline is a last-resort antimicrobial used to treat multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections. One of the common antimicrobial resistance mechanisms is the efflux pump system composed of membrane protein complexes to excrete xenobiotic substrates. Recently, a novel gene cluster, tmexCD1-toprJ1, encoding the resistance–nodulation–cell division (RND) efflux pump was identified on plasmids in Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in China. TMexCD1-TOprJ1 was found to be capable of excreting multiple antimicrobials, including tigecycline, which contributed to the strain's resistance. In this study, we identified K. pneumoniae isolates harbouring the tmexCD1-toprJ1 genes outside of China for the first time. Two tigecycline-resistant K. pneumoniae isolates belonging to ST273 by multilocus sequence typing were collected from different patients in a medical institution in Hanoi, Vietnam, in 2015. Whole-genome sequence analysis revealed that these isolates harboured a 288.0 kb tmexCD1-toprJ1–carrying plasmid with IncFIB and IncHI1B replicons. The tmexCD1-toprJ1 gene cluster was surrounded by several mobile gene elements, including IS26, and the plasmids had high sequence identity with that of K. pneumoniae isolated in China. Our finding suggests that the horizontal spread of tigecycline resistance mediated by tmexCD1-toprJ1–carrying plasmids has occurred in Vietnam and other countries, and raises concern about the further global dissemination.


Author(s):  
Narissara Sirireung ◽  
Thitikorn Duangupama ◽  
Chanwit Suriyachadkun ◽  
Chitti Thawai

A novel acid-tolerant actinobacterium (strain LPG 2T), which formed fragmented substrate mycelia, was isolated from bio-fertiliser of Musa spp. collected from Lampang Province, Thailand. Its morphological and chemotaxonomic properties, e.g., the presence of mycolic acid and MK-8 (H4ω-cycl) in the cells, showed that strain LPG 2T was a member of the genus Nocardia . 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that this strain was closely related to Nocardia otitidiscaviarum NBRC 14405T (98.7 %). The low average nucleotide identity–blast and digital DNA–DNA hybridization values (<78.6 and <24.0 %, respectively), and several phenotypic differences between strain LPG 2T and its related Nocardia type strains, indicated that the strain merits classification as representing a novel species of the genus Nocardia , for which we propose the name Nocardia acididurans sp. nov. The type strain is LPG 2T (=TBRC 11242T=NBRC 114293T).


2014 ◽  
Vol 64 (Pt_2) ◽  
pp. 501-505 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Kennedy ◽  
Lekha Menon Margassery ◽  
Niall D. O’Leary ◽  
Fergal O’Gara ◽  
John Morrissey ◽  
...  

A Gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped, orange-coloured, catalase- and oxidase-positive, non-motile bacterium, designated strain 92VT, was isolated from the marine sponge Amphilectus fucorum, collected from Lough Hyne, County Cork, Ireland. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that strain 92VT clustered with members of the family Flavobacteriaceae , the closest member being Aquimarina latercula NCIMB 1399T, with a gene sequence similarity of 97.5 %. Strain 92VT required seawater for growth with optimal growth occurring at 25 °C, at pH 6–7 and with 3 % (w/v) NaCl. MK-6 was the sole respiratory quinone present and the major fatty acids were iso-C17 : 0 3-OH, iso-C15 : 0, iso-C17 : 1ω9c and iso-C15 : 0 3-OH. The DNA G+C content was 36.1 mol%. Combined phenotypic differences and phylogenetic analysis indicate that strain 92VT represents a novel species of the genus Aquimarina , for which the name Aquimarina amphilecti sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is 92VT ( = NCIMB 14723T = DSM 25232T).


2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_8) ◽  
pp. 2865-2871 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chul-Hyung Kang ◽  
Yong-Taek Jung ◽  
Jung-Hoon Yoon

A Gram-stain-negative, non-spore-forming, strictly aerobic, non-flagellated, non-gliding, rod-shaped bacterial strain, designated SMS-12T, was isolated from marine sand in a firth on the western coast of South Korea. Strain SMS-12T grew optimally at 25 °C, at pH 7.0–7.5 and in the absence of NaCl. Phylogenetic trees based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain SMS-12T fell within the clade comprising species of the genus Mucilaginibacter , forming a coherent cluster with the type strain of Mucilaginibacter lappiensis , with which it exhibited the highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity value of 97.5 %. Levels of sequence similarity to the type strains of the other species of the genus Mucilaginibacter and the other species used in the phylogenetic analysis were 93.3–96.4 % and <91.5 %, respectively. Strain SMS-12T contained MK-7 as the predominant menaquinone, and summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c and/or iso-C15 : 0 2-OH), iso-C15 : 0 and iso-C17 : 0 3-OH as the major fatty acids. The major polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine and one unidentified aminophospholipid; sphingolipids were present. The DNA G+C content was 41.8 mol% and the mean DNA–DNA relatedness with M. lappiensis KACC 14978T was 13 %. Differential phenotypic properties, together with phylogenetic and genetic distinctiveness, revealed that strain SMS-12T is separate from other species of the genus Mucilaginibacter . On the basis of the data presented, strain SMS-12T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Mucilaginibacter , for which the name Mucilaginibacter sabulilitoris sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is SMS-12T ( = KCTC 32111T = CCUG 62214T).


2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (Pt_2) ◽  
pp. 556-561 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wayne L. Nicholson ◽  
Kateryna Zhalnina ◽  
Rafael R. de Oliveira ◽  
Eric W. Triplett

A novel, psychrotolerant facultative anaerobe, strain WN1359T, was isolated from a permafrost borehole sample collected at the right bank of the Kolyma River in Siberia, Russia. Gram-positive-staining, non-motile, rod-shaped cells were observed with sizes of 1–2 µm long and 0.4–0.5 µm wide. Growth occurred in the range of pH 5.8–9.0 with optimal growth at pH 7.8–8.6 (pH optimum 8.2). The novel isolate grew at temperatures from 0–37 °C and optimal growth occurred at 25 °C. The novel isolate does not require NaCl; growth was observed between 0 and 8.8 % (1.5 M) NaCl with optimal growth at 0.5 % (w/v) NaCl. The isolate was a catalase-negative, facultatively anaerobic chemo-organoheterotroph that used sugars but not several single amino acids or dipeptides as substrates. The major metabolic end-product was lactic acid in the ratio of 86 % l-lactate : 14 % d-lactate. Strain WN1359T was sensitive to ampicillin, chloramphenicol, fusidic acid, lincomycin, monocycline, rifampicin, rifamycin SV, spectinomycin, streptomycin, troleandomycin and vancomycin, and resistant to nalidixic acid and aztreonam. The fatty acid content was predominantly unsaturated (70.2 %), branched-chain unsaturated (11.7 %) and saturated (12.5 %). The DNA G+C content was 35.3 mol% by whole genome sequence analysis. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed 98.7 % sequence identity between strain WN1359T and Carnobacterium inhibens . Genome relatedness was computed using both Genome-to-Genome Distance Analysis (GGDA) and Average Nucleotide Identity (ANI), which both strongly supported strain WN1359T belonging to the species C. inhibens . On the basis of these results, the permafrost isolate WN1359T represents a novel subspecies of C. inhibens , for which the name Carnobacterium inhibens subsp. gilichinskyi subsp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is WN1359T ( = ATCC BAA-2557T = DSM 27470T). The subspecies Carnobacterium inhibens subsp. inhibens subsp. nov. is created automatically. An emended description of C. inhibens is also provided.


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