scholarly journals Methylomagnum ishizawai gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic type I methanotroph isolated from rice rhizosphere

2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (Pt_10) ◽  
pp. 3527-3534 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashraf Khalifa ◽  
Chol Gyu Lee ◽  
Takuya Ogiso ◽  
Chihoko Ueno ◽  
Dayéri Dianou ◽  
...  

An aerobic, methane-oxidizing bacterium (strain RS11D-PrT) was isolated from rice rhizosphere. Cells of strain RS11D-PrT were Gram-stain-negative, motile rods with a single polar flagellum and contained an intracytoplasmic membrane system typical of type I methanotrophs. The strain utilized methane and methanol as sole carbon and energy sources. It could grow at 20–37 °C (optimum 31–33 °C), at pH 6.8–7.4 (range 5.5–9.0) and with 0–0.2 % (w/v) NaCl (there was no growth at above 0.5 % NaCl). pmoA and mmoX genes were present. The ribulose monophosphate and/or ribulose bisphosphate pathways were used for carbon assimilation. Results of sequence analysis of 16S rRNA genes showed that strain RS11D-PrT is related closely to the genera Methylococcus, Methylocaldum, Methyloparacoccus and Methylogaea in the family Methylococcaceae. The similarity was low (94.6 %) between strain RS11D-PrT and the most closely related type strain (Methyloparacoccus murrellii R-49797T). The DNA G+C content was 64.1 mol%. Results of phylogenetic analysis of the pmoA gene and chemotaxonomic data regarding the major cellular fatty acids (C16 : 1ω7c, C16 : 0 and C14 : 0) and the major respiratory quinone (MQ-8) also indicated the affiliation of strain RS11D-PrT to the Methylococcus–Methylocaldum–Methyloparacoccus–Methylogaea clade. On the basis of phenotypic, genotypic and phylogenetic characteristics, strain RS11D-PrT is considered to represent a novel genus and species within the family Methylococcaceae, for which the name Methylomagnum ishizawai gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is RS11D-PrT ( = JCM 18894T = NBRC 109438T = DSM 29768T = KCTC 4681T).

2007 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 463-466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly P. Nevin ◽  
Dawn E. Holmes ◽  
Trevor L. Woodard ◽  
Sean F. Covalla ◽  
Derek R. Lovley

Reclassification of the species Trichlorobacter thiogenes as Geobacter thiogenes comb. nov. is proposed on the basis of physiological traits and phylogenetic position. Characteristics additional to those provided in the original description revealed that the type strain (strain K1T=ATCC BAA-34T=JCM 14045T) has the ability to use Fe(III) as an electron acceptor for acetate oxidation and has an electron donor and acceptor profile typical of a Geobacter species, contains abundant c-type cytochromes, and has a temperature optimum of 30 °C and a pH optimum near pH 7.0; traits typical of members of the genus Geobacter. Phylogenetic analysis of nifD, recA, gyrB, rpoB, fusA and 16S rRNA genes further indicated that T. thiogenes falls within the Geobacter cluster of the family Geobacteraceae. Based on extensive phylogenetic evidence and the fact that T. thiogenes has the hallmark physiological characteristics of a Geobacter species, Trichlorobacter thiogenes should be reclassified as a member of the genus Geobacter.


2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_12) ◽  
pp. 4568-4573 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ji Young Kang ◽  
Jeesun Chun ◽  
Ahyoung Choi ◽  
Sung Hyun Moon ◽  
Jang-Cheon Cho ◽  
...  

Two Gram-reaction-negative, rod-shaped, non-motile and red–pink-pigmented bacterial strains, designated GYR3077T and GSR0100T, were isolated from a water sample of the Mangyung estuary enclosed by the Saemangeum Embankment in JEOLlabuk-do, South Korea, and were characterized using a polyphasic approach. 16S rRNA genes of strains GYR3077T and GSR0100T exhibited sequence similarities of 95.9 % to Hymenobacter deserti ZLB-3T and 96.6 % to Hymenobacter soli PB17T, respectively, and indicated that these isolates belonged to the phylum Bacteroidetes . The major cellular fatty acids present in the two isolates were iso-C15 : 0, C16 : 1ω5c, summed feature 4 (iso-C17 : 1 I and/or anteiso-C17 : 1 B) and summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c and/or C16 : 1ω6c). The major respiratory quinone and polyamine patterns were menaquinone-7 and sym-homospermidine, characteristic of the genus Hymenobacter . Flexirubin-type pigments were absent in both strains. The DNA G+C contents of strains GYR3077T and GSR0100T were 60.2 mol% and 61.9 mol%, respectively. The major polar lipid of strains GYR3077T and GSR0100T was phosphatidylethanolamine. Based on the morphological and physiological properties, strains GYR3077T and GSR0100T were considered to represent two novel species of the genus Hymenobacter , for which the names Hymenobacter koreensis sp. nov. (type strain GYR3077T = KACC 16451T = JCM 17924T) and Hymenobacter saemangeumensis sp. nov. (type strain GSR0100T = KACC 16452T = JCM 17923T) are proposed.


Author(s):  
Lina J. Bird ◽  
J. Gijs Kuenen ◽  
Magdalena R. Osburn ◽  
Naotaka Tomioka ◽  
Shun’ichi Ishii ◽  
...  

Three highly alkaliphilic bacterial strains designated as A1T, H1T and B1T were isolated from two highly alkaline springs at The Cedars, a terrestrial serpentinizing site. Cells from all strains were motile, Gram-negative and rod-shaped. Strains A1T, H1T and B1T were mesophilic (optimum, 30 °C), highly alkaliphilic (optimum, pH 11) and facultatively autotrophic. Major cellular fatty acids were saturated and monounsaturated hexadecenoic and octadecanoic acids. The genome size of strains A1T, H1T and B1T was 2 574 013, 2 475 906 and 2 623 236 bp, and the G+C content was 66.0, 66.2 and 66.1 mol%, respectively. Analysis of the 16S rRNA genes showed the highest similarity to the genera Malikia (95.1–96.4 %), Macromonas (93.0–93.6 %) and Hydrogenophaga (93.0–96.6 %) in the family Comamonadaceae . Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene and phylogenomic analysis based on core gene sequences revealed that the isolated strains diverged from the related species, forming a distinct branch. Average amino acid identity values of strains A1T, H1T and B1T against the genomes of related members in this family were below 67 %, which is below the suggested threshold for genera boundaries. Average nucleotide identity by blast values and digital DNA–DNA hybridization among the three strains were below 92.0 and 46.6 % respectively, which are below the suggested thresholds for species boundaries. Based on phylogenetic, genomic and phenotypic characterization, we propose Serpentinimonas gen. nov., Serpentinimonas raichei sp. nov. (type strain A1T=NBRC 111848T=DSM 103917T), Serpentinimonas barnesii sp. nov. (type strain H1T= NBRC 111849T=DSM 103920T) and Serpentinimonas maccroryi sp. nov. (type strain B1T=NBRC 111850T=DSM 103919T) belonging to the family Comamonadaceae . We have designated Serpentinimonas raichei the type species for the genus because it is the dominant species in The Cedars springs.


Author(s):  
Olga I. Nedashkovskaya ◽  
Seung Bum Kim ◽  
Suk Kyun Han ◽  
Cindy Snauwaert ◽  
Marc Vancanneyt ◽  
...  

Three novel heterotrophic, Gram-negative, yellow-pigmented, aerobic, gliding, oxidase- and catalase-positive bacteria were isolated from algae collected in the Gulf of Peter the Great, Sea of Japan. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that the strains studied represented members of the family Flavobacteriaceae and showed 93·5–93·8 % similarity with their closest relative, Psychroserpens burtonensis. The DNA G+C content of the strains was 34–37 mol%. The major respiratory quinone was MK-6. The predominant fatty acids were iso-C15 : 0, anteiso-C15 : 0, iso-C15 : 1, iso-C16 : 0-3OH and iso-C17 : 0-3OH. On the basis of their phenotypic, chemotaxonomic, genotypic and phylogenetic characteristics, the newly described bacteria have been assigned to the new genus Winogradskyella gen. nov., as Winogradskyella thalassocola sp. nov. (type strain, KMM 3907T=KCTC 12221T=LMG 22492T=DSM 15363T), Winogradskyella epiphytica sp. nov. (type strain, KMM 3906T=KCTC 12220T=LMG 22491T=CCUG 47091T) and Winogradskyella eximia sp. nov. (type strain, KMM 3944T (=KCTC 12219T=LMG 22474T).


2007 ◽  
Vol 57 (12) ◽  
pp. 2908-2911 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hang-Yeon Weon ◽  
Seon-Young Lee ◽  
Byung-Yong Kim ◽  
Hyung-Jun Noh ◽  
Peter Schumann ◽  
...  

Two Gram-negative, rod-shaped, thermophilic bacterial strains, HC145T and HC148T, were isolated from a compost sample from a compost facility in Ichon, Korea. Sequencing of the 16S rRNA genes of HC145T and HC148T and comparative analyses of the resulting sequences clearly showed that these strains had a phylogenetic affiliation to the genus Ureibacillus. The level of 16S rRNA similarity between the two novel strains was 98.4 % and the levels of sequence similarity between them and existing Ureibacillus species were 97.8–98.1 (HC145T) and 97.4–98.7 % (HC148T). The DNA–DNA reassociation values between the two strains and the type strains of Ureibacillus species ranged from 38 to 51 %. The polar lipid profiles for both isolates consisted of phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, phospholipids and glycolipids of unknown composition. The major quinones were MK-8, MK-9 and MK-7, the peptidoglycan type was l-Lys←d-Asp and the main cellular fatty acid was iso-C16 : 0. The DNA G+C contents of strains HC145T and HC148T were 42.4 and 38.5 mol%, respectively. On the basis of the data from this polyphasic study, strains HC145T and HC148T represent members of the genus Ureibacillus, for which the names Ureibacillus composti sp. nov. and Ureibacillus thermophilus sp. nov., respectively, are proposed. The type strain of U. composti is HC145T (=KACC 11361T =DSM 17951T) and the type strain of U. thermophilus is HC148T (=KACC 11362T =DSM 17952T).


2010 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 737-748 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael R. de la Haba ◽  
David R. Arahal ◽  
M. Carmen Márquez ◽  
Antonio Ventosa

A phylogenetic study of the family Halomonadaceae was carried out based on complete 16S rRNA and 23S rRNA gene sequences. Several 16S rRNA genes of type strains were resequenced, and 28 new sequences of the 23S rRNA gene were obtained. Currently, the family includes nine genera (Carnimonas, Chromohalobacter, Cobetia, Halomonas, Halotalea, Kushneria, Modicisalibacter, Salinicola and Zymobacter). These genera are phylogenetically coherent except Halomonas, which is polyphyletic. This genus comprises two clearly distinguished clusters: group 1 includes Halomonas elongata (the type species) and the species Halomonas eurihalina, H. caseinilytica, H. halmophila, H. sabkhae, H. almeriensis, H. halophila, H. salina, H. organivorans, H. koreensis, H. maura and H. nitroreducens. Group 2 comprises the species Halomonas aquamarina, H. meridiana, H. axialensis, H. magadiensis, H. hydrothermalis, H. alkaliphila, H. venusta, H. boliviensis, H. neptunia, H. variabilis, H. sulfidaeris, H. subterranea, H. janggokensis, H. gomseomensis, H. arcis and H. subglaciescola. Halomonas salaria forms a cluster with Chromohalobacter salarius and the recently described genus Salinicola, and their taxonomic affiliation requires further study. More than 20 Halomonas species are phylogenetically not within the core constituted by the Halomonas sensu stricto cluster (group 1) or group 2 and, since their positions on the different phylogenetic trees are not stable, they cannot be recognized as additional groups either. In general, there is excellent agreement between the phylogenies based on the two rRNA gene sequences, but the 23S rRNA gene showed higher resolution in the differentiation of species of the family Halomonadaceae.


2007 ◽  
Vol 57 (7) ◽  
pp. 1402-1407 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. C. Gutiérrez ◽  
A. M. Castillo ◽  
M. Kamekura ◽  
Y. Xue ◽  
Y. Ma ◽  
...  

Strain SH-6T was isolated from the sediment of Lake Shangmatala, a saline lake in Inner Mongolia (China). Cells were pleomorphic. The organism was neutrophilic and required at least 2.5 M (15 %) NaCl, but not MgCl2, for growth; optimal growth occurred at 4.3 M (25 %) NaCl. The G+C content of its DNA was 63.1 mol%. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that strain SH-6T is a member of the family Halobacteriaceae, but there was a low level of similarity with other members of this family. Highest sequence similarity (94.6 %) was obtained with the 16S rRNA genes of the type strains of Natronolimnobius innermongolicus and Natronolimnobius baerhuensis. Polar lipid analyses revealed that strain SH-6T contains phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylglyceromethylphosphate, derived from both C20C20 and C20C25 glycerol diethers together with the glycolipid S2-DGD-1. On the basis of the data obtained, the new isolate could not be classified in any recognized genus. Strain SH-6T is thus considered to represent a novel species in a new genus within the family Halobacteriaceae, order Halobacteriales, for which the name Halopiger xanaduensis gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of Halopiger xanaduensis is SH-6T (=CECT 7173T=CGMCC 1.6379T=JCM 14033T).


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 505 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Faheem ◽  
Sadaf Shabbir ◽  
Jun Zhao ◽  
Philip G Kerr ◽  
Nasrin Sultana ◽  
...  

Cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr) and lead (Pb) are heavy metals that have been classified as priority pollutants in aqueous environment while methane-oxidizing bacteria as a biofilter arguably consume up to 90% of the produced methane in the same aqueous environment before it escapes into the atmosphere. However, the underlying kinetics and active methane oxidizers are poorly understood for the hotspot of epipelon that provides a unique micro-ecosystem containing diversified guild of microorganisms including methane oxidizers for potential bioremediation of heavy metals. In the present study, the Pb2+, Cd2+and Cr6+ bioremediation potential of epipelon biofilm was assessed under both high (120,000 ppm) and near-atmospheric (6 ppm) methane concentrations. Epipelon biofilm demonstrated a high methane oxidation activity following microcosm incubation amended with a high concentration of methane, accompanied by the complete removal of 50 mg L−1 Pb2+ and 50 mg L−1 Cd2+ (14 days) and partial (20%) removal of 50 mg L−1 Cr6+ after 20 days. High methane dose stimulated a faster (144 h earlier) heavy metal removal rate compared to near-atmospheric methane concentrations. DNA-based stable isotope probing (DNA-SIP) following 13CH4 microcosm incubation revealed the growth and activity of different phylotypes of methanotrophs during the methane oxidation and heavy metal removal process. High throughput sequencing of 13C-labelled particulate methane monooxygenase gene pmoA and 16S rRNA genes revealed that the prevalent active methane oxidizers were type I affiliated methanotrophs, i.e., Methylobacter. Type II methanotrophs including Methylosinus and Methylocystis were also labeled only under high methane concentrations. These results suggest that epipelon biofilm can serve as an important micro-environment to alleviate both methane emission and the heavy metal contamination in aqueous ecosystems with constant high methane fluxes.


2010 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 580-584 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Yasir ◽  
Zubair Aslam ◽  
Geun Cheol Song ◽  
Che Ok Jeon ◽  
Young Ryun Chung

A Gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped bacterium, designated strain YC7378T was isolated from vermicompost (VC) collected at Masan, Korea, and its taxonomic position was investigated by using a polyphasic approach. Strain YC7378T grew optimally at 30 °C and at pH 6.5–8.5. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain YC7378T belongs to the genus Sphingosinicella in the family Sphingomonadaceae. The most closely related strains are Sphingosinicella soli KSL-125T (95.7 %), Sphingosinicella xenopeptidilytica 3-2W4T (95.6 %) and Sphingosinicella microcystinivorans Y2T (95.5 %). Strain YC7378T contained ubiquinone Q-10 as the major respiratory quinone system and sym-homospermidine as the major polyamine. The major fatty acids of strain YC7378T were C18 : 1 ω7c, C16 : 1 ω7c and/or iso-C15 : 0 2-OH, C14 : 0 2-OH and C16 : 0. The major polar lipids were sphingoglycolipid, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylethanolamine. The total DNA G+C content was 59.4 mol%. The phenotypic, phylogenetic and chemotaxonomic data showed that strain YC7378T represents a novel species of the genus Sphingosinicella, for which the name Sphingosinicella vermicomposti sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is YC7378T (=KCTC 22446T =DSM 21593T).


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.


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