scholarly journals Actinoplanes aureus sp. nov., a novel protease-producing actinobacterium isolated from soil

Author(s):  
Xiujun Sun ◽  
Xianxian Luo ◽  
Chuan He ◽  
Zhenzhen Huang ◽  
Junwei Zhao ◽  
...  

Abstract A novel protease-producing actinobacterium, designated strain NEAU-A11T, was isolated from soil collected from Aohan banner, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China, and characterised using a polyphasic approach. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, strain NEAU-A11T was indicated to belong to the genus Actinoplanes and was most closely related to Actinoplanes rectilineatus JCM 3194T (98.9 %). Cell walls contained meso-diaminopimelic acid as the diagnostic diamino acid and the whole-cell sugars were arabinose, xylose and glucose. The phospholipid profile contained diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylinositol and two phosphatidylinositol mannosides. The predominant menaquinones were MK-9(H4), MK-9(H6) and MK-9(H8). The major fatty acids were C18:0, C16:0, C18:1 ω9c, C17:0 and C15:0. Genome sequencing revealed a genome size of 10,742,096 bp, a G + C content of 70.5 % and 9,514 protein-coding genes (CDSs), including 102 genes coding for protease. Genome mining analysis using antiSMASH 5.0 led to the identification of 20 putative gene clusters responsible for the production of diverse secondary metabolites. Phylogenetic analysis using the 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that the strain formed a stable clade with A. rectilineatus JCM 3194T in the genus Actinoplanes. However, whole-genome average nucleotide identity (ANI) value and the levels of digital DNA-DNA (dDDH) hybridization between strain NEAU- A11T and A. rectilineatus JCM 3194T was 81.1 % and 24.6 % (22.2–27.0 %), respectively. The values were well below the criteria for species delineation of 70% for dDDH and 95–96% for ANI, suggesting that the isolate differed genetically from its closely related type strain. In addition, evidences from phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and genotypic studies indicate that strain NEAU-A11T represents a novel species of the genus Actinoplanes, for which the name Actinoplanes aureus sp. nov. is proposed, with NEAU-A11T (= CCTCC AA 2019063T = JCM 33971T) as the type strain.

2011 ◽  
Vol 61 (8) ◽  
pp. 1954-1961 ◽  
Author(s):  
An Coorevits ◽  
Niall A. Logan ◽  
Anna E. Dinsdale ◽  
Gillian Halket ◽  
Patsy Scheldeman ◽  
...  

A polyphasic taxonomic study was performed on 22 thermotolerant, aerobic, endospore-forming bacteria from dairy environments. Seventeen isolates were retrieved from raw milk, one from a filter cloth and four from grass, straw or milking equipment. These latter four isolates (R-6546, R-7499, R-7764 and R-7440) were identified as Bacillus thermoamylovorans based on DNA–DNA hybridizations (values above 70 % with Bacillus thermoamylovorans LMG 18084T) but showed discrepancies in characteristics with the original species description, so an emended description of this species is given. According to 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis and DNA–DNA hybridization experiments, the remaining 18 isolates (R-6488T, R-28193, R-6491, R-6492, R-7336, R-33367, R-6486, R-6770, R-31288, R-28160, R-26358, R-7632, R-26955, R-26950, R-33520, R-6484, R-26954 and R-7165) represented one single species, most closely related to Bacillus thermoamylovorans (93.9 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity), for which the name Bacillus thermolactis is proposed. Cells were Gram-stain-positive, facultatively anaerobic, endospore-forming rods that grew optimally at 40–50 °C. The cell wall peptidoglycan type of strain R-6488T, the proposed type strain, was A1γ based on meso-diaminopimelic acid. Major fatty acids of the strains were C16 : 0 (28.0 %), iso-C16 : 0 (12.1 %) and iso-C15 : 0 (12.0 %). MK-7 was the predominant menaquinone, and major polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol and some unidentified phospholipids. DNA G+C content was 35.0 mol%. Phenotypic properties allowed discrimination from other thermotolerant species of the genus Bacillus and supported the description of the novel species Bacillus thermolactis, with strain R-6488T ( = LMG 25569T  = DSM 23332T) as the proposed type strain.


Author(s):  
Suchart Chanama ◽  
Chanwit Suriyachadkun ◽  
Manee Chanama

A novel actinomycete, strain SMC 257T, was isolated from a soil sample collected from mountain forest, Nan Province, Thailand. Strain SMC 257T formed tightly closed spiral spore chains on aerial mycelia. A polyphasic approach was used for the taxonomic study of this strain. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain SMC 257T belonged to the genus Nonomuraea , and the closest phylogenetically related species were Nonomuraea roseoviolacea subsp. carminata JCM 9946T (98.9 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity), Nonomuraea rhodomycinica TBRC 6557T (98.4 %), and Nonomuraea roseoviolacea subsp. roseoviolacea JCM 3145T (98.3 %). Genome sequencing revealed a genome size of 9.76 Mbp and a G+C content of 72.3 mol%. The genome average nucleotide identity (ANI) and the digital DNA–DNA hybridization (dDDH) values that distinguished this novel strain from its closest related species were species boundary of 95–96 % and 70 %, respectively. The cell wall peptidoglycan contained meso-diaminopimelic acid. The whole-cell sugars were glucose, ribose, madurose and mannose. The major menaquinone was MK-9(H4). The polar lipid profile consisted of phosphatidylethanolamine, hydroxyphosphatidylethanolamine, lysophosphatidylethanolamine, diphosphatidylglycerol, N-phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylinositol and phosphatidylinositol mannosides. The predominant cellular fatty acids were C17 : 0 10-methyl and iso-C16 : 0. Based on comparative analysis of phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and genotypic data, strain SMC 257T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Nonomuraea , for which the name Nonomuraea montanisoli is proposed. The type strain is SMC 257T (=TBRC 13065T=NBRC 114772T).


2011 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 834-838 ◽  
Author(s):  
Misa Otoguro ◽  
Hideki Yamamura ◽  
Tomohiko Tamura ◽  
Rohmatussolihat Irzaldi ◽  
Shanti Ratnakomala ◽  
...  

Two actinomycete strains, ID05-A0653T and ID06-A0464T, were isolated from soils of West Timor and Lombok island, respectively, in Indonesia. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis clearly demonstrated that the isolates belonged to the family Pseudonocardiaceae and were closely related to the genus Actinophytocola. Strains ID05-A0653T and ID06-A0464T exhibited 98.1 and 98.2 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity, respectively, with Actinophytocola oryzae GMKU 367T. The isolates grew well on ISP media and produced white aerial mycelium. Short spore chains were formed directly on the substrate mycelium. The isolates contained meso-diaminopimelic acid, arabinose and galactose as cell-wall components, MK-9(H4) as the sole isoprenoid quinone, iso-C16 : 0 as the major cellular fatty acid and phosphatidylethanolamine as the diagnostic polar lipid. The DNA G+C contents of strains ID05-A0653T and ID06-A0464T were 69.7 and 71.2 mol%, respectively. On the basis of phenotypic characteristics, DNA–DNA relatedness and 16S rRNA gene sequence comparisons, strains ID05-A0653T and ID06-A0464T each represent a novel species of the genus Actinophytocola, for which the names Actinophytocola timorensis sp. nov. (type strain ID05-A0653T  = BTCC B-673T  = NBRC 105524T) and Actinophytocola corallina sp. nov. (type strain ID06-A0464T  = BTCC B-674T  = NBRC 105525T) are proposed.


2004 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 407-411 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda L. Jones ◽  
June M. Brown ◽  
Vachaspati Mishra ◽  
John D. Perry ◽  
Arnold G. Steigerwalt ◽  
...  

The taxonomic relationships of two actinomycetes provisionally assigned to the genus Rhodococcus were determined using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. The generic assignment was confirmed by 16S rRNA gene similarity data, as the organisms, strains MTCC 1534 and W 4937T, were shown to belong to the Rhodococcus rhodochrous subclade. These organisms had phenotypic properties typical of rhodococci; they were aerobic, Gram-positive, weakly acid-fast actinomycetes that showed an elementary branching-rod–coccus growth cycle and contained meso-diaminopimelic acid, arabinose and galactose in whole-organism hydrolysates, N-glycolated muramic acid residues, dehydrogenated menaquinones with eight isoprene units as the predominant isoprenologue and mycolic acids that co-migrated with those extracted from the type strain of R. rhodochrous. The strains had identical phenotypic profiles and belong to the same genomic species, albeit one distinguished from Rhodococcus pyridinivorans, with which they formed a distinct phyletic line. They were also distinguished from representatives of all of the species classified in the R. rhodochrous 16S rRNA gene tree using a set of phenotypic features. The genotypic and phenotypic data show that the strains merit recognition as a novel species of Rhodococcus. The name proposed is Rhodococcus gordoniae sp. nov., with the type strain W 4937T (=DSM 44689T=NCTC 13296T).


2005 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 1027-1031 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jee-Min Lim ◽  
Che Ok Jeon ◽  
Dong-Jin Park ◽  
Hye-Ryoung Kim ◽  
Byoung-Jun Yoon ◽  
...  

A moderately halophilic, Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium (BH030004T) was isolated from a solar saltern in Korea. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain BH030004T belonged to the genus Pontibacillus. Chemotaxonomic data (DNA G+C content, 42 mol%; major isoprenoid quinone, MK-7; cell-wall type, A1γ-type meso-diaminopimelic acid; major fatty acids, iso-C15 : 0 and anteiso-C15 : 0) also supported the affiliation of the isolate to the genus Pontibacillus. Although the 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity between strain BH030004T and Pontibacillus chungwhensis DSM 16287T was relatively high (99·1 %), physiological properties and DNA–DNA hybridization (about 7 % DNA–DNA relatedness) allowed genotypic and phenotypic differentiation of strain BH030004T from the type strain of P. chungwhensis. Therefore, strain BH030004T represents a novel species of the genus Pontibacillus, for which the name Pontibacillus marinus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is BH030004T (=KCTC 3917T=DSM 16465T).


2010 ◽  
Vol 60 (6) ◽  
pp. 1407-1412 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Sánchez-Porro ◽  
M. A. Amoozegar ◽  
A. B. Fernandez ◽  
H. Babavalian fard ◽  
M. Ramezani ◽  
...  

A Gram-staining-positive, moderately halophilic bacterium, designated strain Amb31T, was isolated from water of the hypersaline lake Aran-Bidgol in Iran and characterized taxonomically using a polyphasic approach. Cells were rods, motile and able to produce ellipsoidal endospores at a central position in swollen sporangia. Strain Amb31T was facultatively anaerobic and catalase- and oxidase-positive. The strain grew in a complex medium supplemented with 3–25 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum 7.5–10 %). Optimal growth was at 30–35 °C and pH 7.5. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequence comparisons showed that strain Amb31T belonged to the genus Lentibacillus; it exhibited 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity values of 96.8 and 96.4 % to Lentibacillus salicampi SF-20T and Lentibacillus salinarum AHS-1T, respectively, and values of 95.9–94.7 % to the type strains of other recognized species of Lentibacillus. The cell-wall peptidoglycan of strain Amb31T was based on meso-diaminopimelic acid and MK-7 was the respiratory isoprenoid quinone. The major fatty acids were anteiso-C15 : 0 (44.7 %), iso-C16 : 0 (21.4 %) and anteiso-C17 : 0 (15.9 %) and the polar lipid pattern consisted of phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, five phospholipids and a glycolipid. The DNA G+C content was 44.1 mol%. All these features confirmed the placement of strain Amb31T within the genus Lentibacillus and the strain could be clearly differentiated from strains of the other species of Lentibacillus on the basis of several phenotypic, genotypic and chemotaxonomic features. DNA–DNA relatedness with the type strain of the most closely related strain, L. salicampi DSM 16425T, was 28 %. Therefore, strain Amb31T represents a novel species of the genus Lentibacillus, for which the name Lentibacillus persicus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is Amb31T (=CCM 7683T =CECT 7524T =DSM 22530T =LMG 25304T).


2014 ◽  
Vol 64 (Pt_7) ◽  
pp. 2437-2441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao-Xue Han ◽  
Xiao-Xia Luo ◽  
Li-Li Zhang

Two actinomycete strains, designated TRM 49117T and TRM 49136T, were isolated from a hypersaline habitat in Xinjiang Province, north-west China and were characterized taxonomically by using a polyphasic study. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain TRM 49117T had 93.93 % similarity with the type strain Glycomyces halotolerans TRM 40137T (GenBank accession no. HQ651156) and TRM 49136T had 94.32 % similarity with G. halotolerans TRM 40137T. The 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity between the two new isolates was 93 %. The isolates contained meso-diaminopimelic acid as the diagnostic diamino acid and anteiso-C15 : 0, iso-C16 : 0 and anteiso-C17 : 0 as major cellular fatty acids. The predominant menaquinones of the isolates were MK-9(H4) and MK-9(H6). The whole-cell sugar patterns of these strains contained xylose and ribose, and strain TRM 49136T also contained arabinose. The polar lipid pattern of strain TRM 49117T comprised phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylinositol mannosides, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylinositol and three additional unknown phospholipids. The polar lipid pattern of strain TRM 49136T comprised phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylinositol, glycolipids and two phosphoglycolipids of unknown composition. Genotypic and phenotypic data confirmed that strains TRM 49117T and TRM 49136T represent two novel species, clearly different from related species of the genus Glycomyces , for which the names Glycomyces fuscus sp. nov. (type strain TRM 49117T = CCTCC AA 2013003T = NRRL B-59998T = KACC 17682T) and Glycomyces albus sp. nov. (type strain TRM 49136T = CCTCC AA 2013004T = NRRL B-24927T = KACC 17681T) are proposed.


2005 ◽  
Vol 187 (18) ◽  
pp. 6258-6264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis ◽  
James M. Tiedje

ABSTRACT The ranks higher than the species in the prokaryotic taxonomy are primarily designated based on phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequences, but no definite standards exist for the absolute relatedness (measured by 16S rRNA or other means) between the ranks. Accordingly, it remains unknown how comparable the ranks are between different organisms. To gain insights into this question, we studied the relationship between shared gene content and genetic relatedness for 175 fully sequenced strains, using as a robust measure of relatedness the average amino acid identity (AAI) of the shared genes. Our results reveal that adjacent ranks (e.g., phylum versus class) frequently show extensive overlap in terms of genetic and gene content relatedness of the grouped organisms, and hence, the current system is of limited predictive power in this respect. The overlap between nonadjacent ranks (e.g., phylum versus family) is generally limited and attributable to clear inconsistencies of the taxonomy. In addition to providing means for standardizing taxonomy, our AAI-based approach provides a means to evaluate the robustness of alternative genetic markers for phylogenetic purposes. For instance, the 23S rRNA gene was found to be as good a marker as the 16S rRNA gene, while several of the widely distributed protein-coding genes, such as the RNA polymerase and gyrase subunits, show a strong phylogenetic signal, albeit less strong than the rRNA genes (0.78 > R 2 > 0.69 for the protein-coding genes versus R 2 = 0.84 for the rRNA genes). The AAI approach outlined here could contribute significantly to a genome-based taxonomy for all microbial organisms.


2011 ◽  
Vol 61 (8) ◽  
pp. 1767-1775 ◽  
Author(s):  
Man Cai ◽  
Lu Wang ◽  
Hua Cai ◽  
Yan Li ◽  
Ya-Nan Wang ◽  
...  

Four bacterial strains, SL014B-41A4T, SL014B-20A1T, SL014B-76A1 and SL014B-79A, isolated from a crude oil-contaminated saline soil of Shengli Oilfield, China, were investigated using a polyphasic approach. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain SL014B-41A4T belonged to the genus Salinarimonas in the order Rhizobiales, with the highest sequence similarity with Salinarimonas rosea YIM YD3T (98.3 %). The DNA–DNA relatedness of strain SL014B-41A4T to S. rosea YIM YD3T was 27.03±3.0 %. Strain SL014B-41A4T was Gram-negative staining, facultatively anaerobic and produced deep red pigment in artificial seawater medium. Cells of strain SL014B-41A4T were rod-shaped (0.6–4.0×1.25–25 µm), motile with a single polar flagellum and often formed branches. The strain contained Q-10 as the predominant respiratory ubiquinone and C18 : 1ω7c (57.5 %), C16 : 0 (16.4 %) and 10-methyl C19 : 0 (9.1 %) as the major fatty acids. Strains SL014B-20A1T, SL014B-76A1 and SL014B-79A were actinobacteria and belonged to the genus Tessaracoccus in the family Propionibacteriaceae of the order Actinomycetales with the highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities with Tessaracoccus flavescens SST-39T (96.4 %), Tessaracoccus lubricantis KISS-17SeT (96.2 %) and Tessaracoccus bendigoensis Ben 106T (94.7 %). Strains SL014B-20A1T, SL014B-76A1 and SL014B-79A were Gram-positive staining, facultatively anaerobic, non-endospore-forming, non-motile, acid-fast and oval to rod-shaped (0.48×0.5–1.0 µm). These three novel strains had ll-diaminopimelic acid (DAP) as the diagnostic diamino acid in the cell-wall peptidoglycan, MK-9(H4) as the only menaquinone and anteiso-C15 : 0 (67.11–76.14 %) as the major cellular fatty acid. The G+C contents of the genomic DNA of strain SL014B-41A4T and strains SL014B-20A1T, SL014B-76A1 and SL014B-79A were 67.68 mol% and 65.65–67.17 mol%, respectively. Based on phenotypic and genotypic characteristics, strain SL014B-41A4T represents a novel species of the genus Salinarimonas, for which the name Salinarimonas ramus is proposed, with strain SL014B-41A4T ( = DSM 22962T = CGMCC 1.9161T) as the type strain. Strains SL014B-20A1T, SL014B-76A1 and SL014B-79A represent a novel species of the genus Tessaracoccus, for which the name Tessaracoccus oleiagri is proposed, with strain SL014B-20A1T ( = DSM 22955T = CGMCC 1.9159T) as the type strain.


2011 ◽  
Vol 61 (10) ◽  
pp. 2515-2519 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valme Jurado ◽  
Leonila Laiz ◽  
Alberto Ortiz-Martinez ◽  
Ingrid Groth ◽  
Cesareo Saiz-Jimenez

A Gram-reaction-positive, motile, coccus-shaped actinobacterium, designated strain T2A-S27T, was isolated from a roof tile in Oporto (Portugal) and studied using a polyphasic approach. The 16S rRNA gene sequence of the novel isolate showed high similarity to that of Kineococcus marinus KST3-3T (97.8 % sequence similarity). Strain T2A-S27T showed lower 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities with other members of the genus Kineococcus and members of the family Kineosporiaceae (<94 %). A phylogenetic tree, based on 16S rRNA gene sequences, showed that strain T2A-S27T formed a coherent clade with the type strain of K. marinus and Quadrisphaera granulorum. The isolate was characterized by the presence of meso-diaminopimelic acid in the cell-wall peptidoglycan, MK-9(H2) as the predominant menaquinone and a polar lipid profile consisting of diphosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylglycerol. The fatty acid profile was dominated by anteiso-C15 : 0. The DNA G+C content was 76.9 mol%. The low level of DNA–DNA relatedness to K. marinus (46–47 %) and the results of the chemotaxonomic and physiological studies clearly distinguished strain T2A-S27T from recognized species of the genus Kineococcus. On the basis of its phylogenetic position and phenotypic traits, strain T2A-S27T ( = LMG 24148T  = CECT 7306T  = DSM 23768T) represents a novel species of a new genus in the family Kineosporiaceae, for which the name Pseudokineococcus lusitanus gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The misclassified species K. marinus is transferred to the new genus as Pseudokineococcus marinus comb. nov. The type strain of Pseudokineococcus marinus is KST3-3T ( = KCCM 42250T  = NRRL B-24439T).


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