scholarly journals Deltaproteobacterium Strain KaireiS1, a Mesophilic, Hydrogen-Oxidizing and Sulfate-Reducing Bacterium From an Inactive Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Chimney

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Adam ◽  
Yuchen Han ◽  
Katja Laufer-Meiser ◽  
Rebecca Bährle ◽  
Ulrich Schwarz-Schampera ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydrothermal Vent ◽  
Hydrogen Uptake ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Sulfate Reducing ◽  
Microbial Sulfate Reduction ◽  
Activity Measurements ◽  
Key Enzyme ◽  
Uptake Activity ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
Bacterium Strain

A novel deltaproteobacterial, mesophilic, hydrogen-oxidizing, and sulfate-reducing bacterium (strain KaireiS1) was highly enriched from an inactive chimney located in the active zone of the Kairei hydrothermal vent field (Central Indian Ridge) in the Indian Ocean. Based on 16S rRNA gene analyses, strain KaireiS1 is the currently only cultured representative of a cluster of uncultured Deltaproteobacteria, positioned within the Desulfobulbaceae family, between the Desulfobulbus genus and the “Cable Bacteria.” A facultative autotrophic lifestyle of KaireiS1 is indicated by its growth in the absence of organic compounds, measurements of CO2-fixation rates, and activity measurements of carbon monoxide dehydrogenase, the key enzyme of the reductive Acetyl-CoA pathway. Apart from hydrogen, strain KaireiS1 can also use propionate, lactate, and pentadecane as electron donors. However, the highest cell numbers were reached when grown autotrophically with molecular hydrogen. Hydrogen uptake activity was found in membrane and soluble fractions of cell-free extracts and reached up to 2,981±129 nmol H2*min−1*mg−1 of partially purified protein. Commonly, autotrophic sulfate-reducing bacteria from the Deltaproteobacteria class, thriving in hydrothermal vent habitats are described as thermophiles. Given its physiological characteristics and specific isolation source, strain KaireiS1 demonstrates a previously unnoticed potential for microbial sulfate reduction by autotrophs taking place at moderate temperatures in hydrothermal vent fields.

Thermodesulfatator indicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic chemolithoautotrophic sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from the Central Indian Ridge

2004 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 227-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Moussard ◽  
S. L'Haridon ◽  
B. J. Tindall ◽  
A. Banta ◽  
P. Schumann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Central Indian Ridge ◽  
Sulfate Reducing ◽  
The Family ◽  
Fermentative Growth ◽  
Bacterium Strain ◽  
Indian Ridge ◽  
Ph Range

A thermophilic, marine, anaerobic, chemolithoautotrophic, sulfate-reducing bacterium, strain CIR29812T, was isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent site at the Kairei vent field on the Central Indian Ridge. Cells were Gram-negative motile rods that did not form spores. The temperature range for growth was 55–80 °C, with an optimum at 70 °C. The NaCl concentration range for growth was 10–35 g l−1, with an optimum at 25 g l−1. The pH range for growth was 6–6·7, with an optimum at approximately pH 6·25. H2 and CO2 were the only electron donor and carbon source found to support growth of the strain. However, several organic compounds were stimulatory for growth. Sulfate was used as electron acceptor, whereas elemental sulfur, thiosulfate, sulfite, cystine, nitrate and fumarate were not. No fermentative growth was observed with malate, pyruvate or lactate. The phenotypic characteristics of strain CIR29812T were similar to those of Thermodesulfobacterium hydrogeniphilum, a recently described thermophilic, chemolithoautotrophic sulfate-reducer. However, phylogenetic analyses of the 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that the new isolate was distantly related to members of the family Thermodesulfobacteriaceae (similarity values of less than 90 %). The chemotaxonomic data (fatty acids and polar lipids composition) also indicated that strain CIR29812T could be distinguished from Thermodesulfobacterium commune, the type species of the type genus of the family Thermodesulfobacteriaceae. Finally, the G+C content of the genomic DNA of strain CIR29812T (46·0 mol%) was not in the range of values obtained for members of this family. On the basis of phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and genomic features, it is proposed that strain CIR29812T represents a novel species of a new genus, Thermodesulfatator, of which Thermodesulfatator indicus is the type species. The type strain is CIR29812T (=DSM 15286T=JCM 11887T).

scholarly journals Desulfatibacillum alkenivorans sp. nov., a novel n-alkene-degrading, sulfate-reducing bacterium, and emended description of the genus Desulfatibacillum

2004 ◽  
Vol 54 (5) ◽  
pp. 1639-1642 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristiana Cravo-Laureau ◽  
Robert Matheron ◽  
Catherine Joulian ◽  
Jean-Luc Cayol ◽  
Agnès Hirschler-Réa
Keyword(s):  
Dna Hybridization ◽  
Gene Sequence ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Sequence Analyses ◽  
Sulfate Reducing ◽  
Dissimilatory Sulfite Reductase ◽  
The Family ◽  
Emended Description ◽  
Bacterium Strain ◽  
Curved Rod

An alkene-degrading, sulfate-reducing bacterium, strain PF2803T, was isolated from oil-polluted sediments (Fos Harbour, France). The cells were found to be Gram-negative, non-sporulating, non-motile and to have a slightly curved rod shape. Optimum growth occurred at 1 % (w/v) NaCl, pH 6·8 and 28–30 °C. Strain PF2803T oxidized alkenes (from C8 to C23). The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 57·8 mol% (HPLC). On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence analyses, strain PF2803T belongs to the family ‘Desulfobacteraceae’ in the class ‘Deltaproteobacteria’, with Desulfatibacillum aliphaticivorans as its closest relative (99·6 % identity). Comparative sequence analyses of the dissimilatory sulfite reductase (dsrAB) gene supported the affiliation of strain PF2803T to the genus Desulfatibacillum. DNA–DNA hybridization with its closest taxon demonstrated 48·4 % similarity. On the basis of the results of physiological and genetic analyses, strain PF2803T is identified as a novel species of the genus Desulfatibacillum, for which the name Desulfatibacillum alkenivorans sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is PF2803T (=DSM 16219T=ATCC BAA-924T).

scholarly journals Desulfotomaculum carboxydivorans sp. nov., a novel sulfate-reducing bacterium capable of growth at 100 % CO

2005 ◽  
Vol 55 (5) ◽  
pp. 2159-2165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofiya N. Parshina ◽  
Jan Sipma ◽  
Yutaka Nakashimada ◽  
Anne Meint Henstra ◽  
Hauke Smidt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gas Phase ◽  
Paper Mill ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Moderately Thermophilic ◽  
Sulfate Reducing ◽  
Nacl Concentration ◽  
Bacterium Strain ◽  
Ph Range ◽  
Desulfotomaculum Nigrificans ◽  
Paper Mill Wastewater

A moderately thermophilic, anaerobic, chemolithoheterotrophic, sulfate-reducing bacterium, strain CO-1-SRBT, was isolated from sludge from an anaerobic bioreactor treating paper mill wastewater. Cells were Gram-positive, motile, spore-forming rods. The temperature range for growth was 30–68 °C, with an optimum at 55 °C. The NaCl concentration range for growth was 0–17 g l−1; there was no change in growth rate until the NaCl concentration reached 8 g l−1. The pH range for growth was 6·0–8·0, with an optimum of 6·8–7·2. The bacterium could grow with 100 % CO in the gas phase. With sulfate, CO was converted to H2 and CO2 and part of the H2 was used for sulfate reduction; without sulfate, CO was completely converted to H2 and CO2. With sulfate, strain CO-1-SRBT utilized H2/CO2, pyruvate, glucose, fructose, maltose, lactate, serine, alanine, ethanol and glycerol. The strain fermented pyruvate, lactate, glucose and fructose. Yeast extract was necessary for growth. Sulfate, thiosulfate and sulfite were used as electron acceptors, whereas elemental sulfur and nitrate were not. A phylogenetic analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences placed strain CO-1-SRBT in the genus Desulfotomaculum, closely resembling Desulfotomaculum nigrificans DSM 574T and Desulfotomaculum sp. RHT-3 (99 and 100 % similarity, respectively). However, the latter strains were completely inhibited above 20 and 50 % CO in the gas phase, respectively, and were unable to ferment CO, lactate or glucose in the absence of sulfate. DNA–DNA hybridization of strain CO-1-SRBT with D. nigrificans and Desulfotomaculum sp. RHT-3 showed 53 and 60 % relatedness, respectively. On the basis of phylogenetic and physiological features, it is suggested that strain CO-1-SRBT represents a novel species within the genus Desulfotomaculum, for which the name Desulfotomaculum carboxydivorans is proposed. This is the first description of a sulfate-reducing micro-organism that is capable of growth under an atmosphere of pure CO with and without sulfate. The type strain is CO-1-SRBT (=DSM 14880T=VKM B-2319T).

scholarly journals Thermodesulfatator atlanticus sp. nov., a thermophilic, chemolithoautotrophic, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal vent

2010 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karine Alain ◽  
Anne Postec ◽  
Elodie Grinsard ◽  
Françoise Lesongeur ◽  
Daniel Prieur ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
16S Rrna ◽  
16S Rrna Gene ◽  
Hydrothermal Vent ◽  
Type Strain ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Carbon Sources ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Strictly Anaerobic ◽  
Sulfate Reducing ◽  
Mid Atlantic Ridge

A novel, strictly anaerobic, thermophilic, sulfate-reducing bacterium, designated strain AT1325T, was isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent at the Rainbow site on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. This strain was subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic analysis. Cells were Gram-negative motile rods (approximately 2.4×0.6 μm) with a single polar flagellum. Strain AT1325T grew at 55–75 °C (optimum, 65–70 °C), at pH 5.5–8.0 (optimum, 6.5–7.5) and in the presence of 1.5–4.5 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 2.5 %). Cells grew chemolithoautotrophically with H2 as an energy source and as an electron acceptor. Alternatively, the novel isolate was able to use methylamine, peptone or yeast extract as carbon sources. The dominant fatty acids (>5 % of the total) were C16 : 0, C18 : 1 ω7c, C18 : 0 and C19 : 0 cyclo ω8c. The G+C content of the genomic DNA of strain AT1325T was 45.6 mol%. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences placed strain AT1325T within the family Thermodesulfobacteriaceae, in the bacterial domain. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis indicated that strain AT1325T belonged to the genus Thermodesulfatator, sharing 97.8 % similarity with the type strain of Thermodesulfatator indicus, the unique representative species of this genus. On the basis of the data presented, it is suggested that strain AT1325T represents a novel species of the genus Thermodesulfatator, for which the name Thermodesulfatator atlanticus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is AT1325T (=DSM 21156T=JCM 15391T).

scholarly journals Desulfovibrio gilichinskyi sp. nov., a cold-adapted sulfate-reducing bacterium from a Yamal Peninsula cryopeg

2019 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 1081-1086 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yana Ryzhmanova ◽  
Tatyana Abashina ◽  
Daria Petrova ◽  
Viktoria Shcherbakova
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Yamal Peninsula ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Sulfate Reducing ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Subzero Temperatures ◽  
Visible Growth ◽  
Bacterium Strain ◽  
Gene Similarity

A psychrotolerant non-spore-forming sulfate-reducing bacterium, strain K3ST, was isolated from a Yamal Peninsula cryopeg within permafrost. Strain K3ST grew at subzero temperatures and required Na+ for growth. The new bacterium was able to use lactate, formate, pyruvate, fumarate, alanine, ethanol and molecular hydrogen as electron donors in the presence of sulfate, and used sulfate, sulfite, thiosulfate and elemental sulfur as electron acceptors in the presence of lactate. Fe(III)-citrate and Fe(III)-EDTA were reduced without visible growth. Major polar lipids were рhosphatidylserine, рhosphatidylethanolamine, phospholipids, cardiolipin and aminolipid; major cellular fatty acids were C16 : 1ω7, C16 : 0 and C18 : 1ω7; and the predominant isoprenoid quinone was MK-6 (H2). The genomic DNA G+C content was found to be 42.33 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the closest relative of the new isolate was Desulfovibrio ferrireducens strain 61T with 97.1 % 16S rRNA gene similarity. In addition, the ANI value between strain K3ST and D. ferrireducens 61T was 82.1 %. On the basis of the genomic and polyphasic taxonomy data of strain K3ST, we conclude that the strain is a representative of a novel species Desulfovibrio gilichinskyi sp. nov. (=VKM B-2877T=DSM 100341T).

scholarly journals Belliella marina sp. nov., isolated from seawater

2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (Pt_12) ◽  
pp. 4353-4357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Song ◽  
Hongcan Liu ◽  
Jian Wang ◽  
Ying Huang ◽  
Xin Dai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Major Polar Lipid ◽  
Strictly Aerobic ◽  
16S Rrna Gene Sequences ◽  
Phenotypic Characteristics ◽  
Optimum Ph ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
Bacterium Strain

A Gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped bacterium, strain SW112T, was isolated from a seawater sample collected from the Indian Ocean. The strain was strictly aerobic and catalase- and oxidase-positive. Strain SW112T grew at 4–42 °C (optimum 30 °C), at pH 5.5–9.5 (optimum pH 7.5) and in the presence of 0–9.0 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum 2.0–3.0 %). The predominant cellular fatty acids were iso-C15 : 0 (29.7 %), iso-C17 : 03-OH (14.3 %) and summed feature 3 (comprising C16 : 1ω7c and/or C16 : 1ω6c, 15.1 %). The major menaquinone was menaquinone-7 and the major polar lipid was phosphatidylethanolamine. The genomic DNA G+C content of strain SW112T was 39 mol%. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain SW112T was related to members of the genus Belliella, showing the highest similarity with Belliella aquatica TS-T86Tand Belliella baltica DSM 15883T (96.5 % and 96.4 % sequence similarity, respectively). On the basis of phylogenetic inference and phenotypic characteristics, it is proposed that strain SW112T represents a novel species of the genus Belliella, for which the name Belliella marina sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is SW112T ( = CGMCC 1.15180T = KCTC 33694T).

scholarly journals Desulfopila inferna sp. nov., a sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from the subsurface of a tidal sand-flat

2010 ◽  
Vol 60 (7) ◽  
pp. 1626-1630 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antje Gittel ◽  
Michael Seidel ◽  
Jan Kuever ◽  
Alexander S. Galushko ◽  
Heribert Cypionka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cellular Fatty Acid ◽  
Fatty Acid Analysis ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Sand Flat ◽  
Sulfate Reducing ◽  
Branched Chain Fatty Acids ◽  
Gene Sequence Analysis ◽  
Bacterium Strain ◽  
Tidal Sand ◽  
Branched Chain

A Gram-negative, rod-shaped, sulfate-reducing bacterium (strain JS_SRB250LacT) was isolated from a tidal sand-flat in the German Wadden Sea. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that strain JS_SRB250LacT belonged to the Desulfobulbaceae (Deltaproteobacteria), with Desulfopila aestuarii MSL86T being the closest recognized relative (94.2 % similarity). Higher similarity (96.6 %) was shared with ‘Desulfobacterium corrodens’ IS4, but this name has not been validly published. The affiliation of strain JS_SRB250LacT to the genus Desulfopila was further supported by analysis of aprBA gene sequences and shared physiological characteristics, in particular the broad range of organic electron donors used for sulfate reduction. Compared with Desulfopila aestuarii MSL86T, strain JS_SRB250LacT additionally utilized butyrate and succinate and grew chemolithoautotrophically with hydrogen as an electron donor. CO dehydrogenase activity was demonstrated, indicating that the reductive acetyl-CoA pathway (Wood–Ljungdahl pathway) was used for CO2 fixation. Results of cellular fatty acid analysis allowed chemotaxonomic differentiation of strain JS_SRB250LacT from Desulfopila aestuarii MSL86T by the presence of C17 : 0 cyclo and the absence of hydroxy and unsaturated branched-chain fatty acids. Based on phylogenetic, physiological and chemotaxonomic characteristics, strain JS_SRB250LacT represents a novel species of the genus Desulfopila, for which the name Desulfopila inferna sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is JS_SRB250LacT (=DSM 19738T =NBRC 103921T).

scholarly journals Novel Chemoautotrophic Endosymbiosis between a Member of the Epsilonproteobacteria and the Hydrothermal-Vent Gastropod Alviniconcha aff. hessleri (Gastropoda: Provannidae) from the Indian Ocean

2005 ◽  
Vol 71 (9) ◽  
pp. 5440-5450 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yohey Suzuki ◽  
Takenori Sasaki ◽  
Masae Suzuki ◽  
Yuichi Nogi ◽  
Tetsuya Miwa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Hydrothermal Vent ◽  
Fatty Acid Biosynthesis ◽  
Carbon Isotopic Composition ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Bisphosphate Carboxylase ◽  
Carbon Isotopic ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
Chemoautotrophic Bacteria

ABSTRACT The hydrothermal-vent gastropod Alviniconcha aff. hessleri from the Kairei hydrothermal field on the Central Indian Ridge houses bacterium-like cells internally in its greatly enlarged gill. A single 16S rRNA gene sequence was obtained from the DNA extract of the gill, and phylogenetic analysis placed the source organism within a lineage of the epsilon subdivision of the Proteobacteria. Fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis with an oligonucleotide probe targeting the specific epsilonproteobacterial subgroup showed the bacterium densely colonizing the gill filaments. Carbon isotopic homogeneity among the gastropod tissue parts, regardless of the abundance of the endosymbiont cells, suggests that the carbon isotopic composition of the endosymbiont biomass is approximately the same as that of the gastropod. Compound-specific carbon isotopic analysis revealed that fatty acids from the gastropod tissues are all 13C enriched relative to the gastropod biomass and that the monounsaturated C16 fatty acid that originates from the endosymbiont is as 13C enriched relative to the gastropod biomass as that of the epsilonproteobacterial cultures grown under chemoautotrophic conditions. This fractionation pattern is most likely due to chemoautotrophy based on the reductive tricarboxylic-acid (rTCA) cycle and subsequent fatty acid biosynthesis from 13C-enriched acetyl coenzyme A. Enzymatic characterization revealed evident activity of several key enzymes of the rTCA cycle, as well as the absence of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase activity in the gill tissue. The results from anatomic, molecular phylogenetic, bulk and compound-specific carbon isotopic, and enzymatic analyses all support the inference that a novel nutritional strategy relying on chemoautotrophy in the epsilonproteobacterial endosymbiont is utilized by the hydrothermal-vent gastropod from the Indian Ocean. The discrepancies between the data of the present study and those of previous ones for Alviniconcha gastropods from the Pacific Ocean imply that at least two lineages of chemoautotrophic bacteria, phylogenetically distinct at the subdivision level, occur as the primary endosymbiont in one host animal type.

scholarly journals Degradation of Phenol via Phenylphosphate and Carboxylation to 4-Hydroxybenzoate by a Newly Isolated Strain of the Sulfate-Reducing Bacterium Desulfobacterium anilini

2009 ◽  
Vol 75 (13) ◽  
pp. 4248-4253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Young-Beom Ahn ◽  
Jong-Chan Chae ◽  
Gerben J. Zylstra ◽  
Max M. Häggblom
Keyword(s):  
Anaerobic Degradation ◽  
Enrichment Culture ◽  
Phenol Degradation ◽  
Reaction Pathways ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Dna Homology ◽  
Sulfate Reducing ◽  
Degrading Bacterium ◽  
Bacterium Strain ◽  
The 16S Rrna Gene

ABSTRACT A sulfate-reducing phenol-degrading bacterium, strain AK1, was isolated from a 2-bromophenol-utilizing sulfidogenic estuarine sediment enrichment culture. On the basis of phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene and DNA homology, strain AK1 is most closely related to Desulfobacterium anilini strain Ani1 (= DSM 4660T). In addition to phenol, this organism degrades a variety of other aromatic compounds, including benzoate, 2-hydroxybenzoate, 4-hydroxybenzoate, 4-hydroxyphenylacetate, 2-aminobenzoate, 2-fluorophenol, and 2-fluorobenzoate, but it does not degrade aniline, 3-hydroxybenzoate, 4-cyanophenol, 2,4-dihydroxybenzoate, monohalogenated phenols, or monohalogenated benzoates. Growth with sulfate as an electron acceptor occurred with acetate and pyruvate but not with citrate, propionate, butyrate, lactate, glucose, or succinate. Strain AK1 is able to use sulfate, sulfite, and thiosulfate as electron acceptors. A putative phenylphosphate synthase gene responsible for anaerobic phenol degradation was identified in strain AK1. In phenol-grown cultures inducible expression of the ppsA gene was verified by reverse transcriptase PCR, and 4-hydroxybenzoate was detected as an intermediate. These results suggest that the pathway for anaerobic degradation of phenol in D. anilini strain AK1 proceeds via phosphorylation of phenol to phenylphosphate, followed by carboxylation to 4-hydroxybenzoate. The details concerning such reaction pathways in sulfidogenic bacteria have not been characterized previously.

Desulfothermus okinawensis sp. nov., a thermophilic and heterotrophic sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal field

2007 ◽  
Vol 57 (10) ◽  
pp. 2360-2364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takuro Nunoura ◽  
Hanako Oida ◽  
Masayuki Miyazaki ◽  
Yohey Suzuki ◽  
Ken Takai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Deep Sea ◽  
Gene Sequence ◽  
Okinawa Trough ◽  
Hydrothermal Field ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Sulfate Reducing ◽  
Gene Sequence Analysis ◽  
Optimum Ph ◽  
Bacterium Strain ◽  
The 16S Rrna Gene

A novel thermophilic and heterotrophic sulfate-reducing bacterium, strain TFISO9T, was isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal field at the Yonaguni Knoll IV in the Southern Okinawa Trough. The cells were motile rods 2.5–5.0 μm in length and 0.6–0.9 μm in width. Strain TFISO9T was an obligate heterotroph and reduced sulfate. It grew between 35 and 60 °C (optimum 50 °C), at pH 5.4–7.9 (optimum pH 5.9–6.4) and with 1.5–4.5 % NaCl (optimum 2.5 %). The fatty acid composition was C16 : 0 (61.5 %) and 12Me16 : 0 (38.5 %). The DNA G+C content was 34.9 mol%. The 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis indicated that strain TFISO9T belonged to the genus Desulfothermus. Based on physiological and phylogenetic characteristics, strain TFISO9T represents a novel species for which the name Desulfothermus okinawensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is TFISO9T (=JCM 13304T=DSM 17375T).

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