scholarly journals Dictyobacter vulcani sp. nov., belonging to the class Ktedonobacteria, isolated from soil of the Mt Zao volcano

2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 1805-1813 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Zheng ◽  
Chiung-mei Wang ◽  
Yasuteru Sakai ◽  
Keietsu Abe ◽  
Akira Yokota ◽  
...  

An aerobic, Gram-stain-positive, mesophilic Ktedonobacteria strain, W12T, was isolated from soil of the Mt Zao volcano in Miyagi, Japan. Cells were filamentous, non-motile, and grew at 20–37 °C (optimally at 30 °C), at pH 5.0–7.0 (optimally at pH 6.0) and with <2 % (w/v) NaCl on 10-fold diluted Reasoner’s 2A (R2A) medium. Oval-shaped spores were formed on aerial mycelia. Strain W12T hydrolysed microcrystalline cellulose and xylan very weakly, and used d-glucose as its sole carbon source. The major menaquinone was MK-9, and the major cellular fatty acids were C16 : 1 2-OH, iso-C17 : 0, summed feature 9 (10-methyl C16 : 0 and/or iso-C17 : 1ω9c) and anteiso-C17 : 0. Cell-wall sugars were mannose and xylose, and cell-wall amino acids were d-glutamic acid, glycine, l-serine, d-alanine, l-alanine, β-alanine and l-ornithine. Polar lipids were phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, an unidentified glycolipid and an unidentified phospholipid. Strain W12T has a genome of 7.42 Mb with 49.7 mol% G+C content. Nine copies of 16S rRNA genes with a maximum dissimilarity of 1.02 % and 13 biosynthetic gene clusters mainly coding for peptide products were predicted in the genome. Phylogenetic analysis based on both 16S rRNA gene and whole genome sequences indicated that strain W12T represents a novel species in the genus Dictyobacter . The most closely related Dictyobacter type strain was Dictyobacter alpinus Uno16T, with 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity and genomic average nucleotide identity of 98.37 % and 80.00 %, respectively. Herein, we propose the name Dictyobacter vulcani sp. nov. for the type strain W12T (=NBRC 113551T=BCRC 81169T) in the bacterial class Ktedonobacteria .

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.


2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_5) ◽  
pp. 1589-1596 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anahit Penesyan ◽  
Sven Breider ◽  
Peter Schumann ◽  
Brian J. Tindall ◽  
Suhelen Egan ◽  
...  

Two Gram-reaction-negative, rod-shaped, motile bacteria, designated strains U82 and U95T, were isolated from the marine alga Ulva australis collected at Sharks Point, Clovelly, a rocky intertidal zone near Sydney, Australia. Both strains were oxidase- and catalase-positive, formed brown- to black-pigmented colonies and required NaCl for growth. Phylogenetic analysis based on nearly complete 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that these strains belong to the Roseobacter clade within the Alphaproteobacteria . The 16S rRNA genes of both strains were identical across the sequenced 1326 nt, but showed differences in the intergenic spacer region (ITS) between the 16S and the 23S rRNA genes. At the genomic level the DNA G+C contents of strains U82 and U95T were identical (52.6 mol%) and they had a DNA–DNA hybridization value of 83.7 %, suggesting that these strains belong to the same species. The closest described phylogenetic neighbour to strains U82 and U95T was Thalassobius aestuarii DSM 15283T with 95.8 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity. Other close relatives include further species of the genera Thalassobius and Shimia . Strains U82 and U95T were negative for bacteriochlorophyll a production, showed antibacterial activity towards other marine bacteria, were resistant to the antibiotics gentamicin and spectinomycin and were unable to hydrolyse starch or gelatin. The major fatty acids (>1 %) were 18 : 1ω7c, 16 : 0, 18 : 2, 10 : 0 3-OH, 12 : 0, 20 : 1 2-OH and 18 : 0. The polar lipid pattern indicated the presence of phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine, two unidentified aminolipids and four unidentified phospholipids. Both strains produced ubiquinone 10 (Q-10) as the sole respiratory lipoquinone. Based on their phenotypic and phylogenetic characteristics, it is suggested that strains U82 and U95T are members of a novel species within a new genus for which the name Epibacterium ulvae gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of the type species is U95T ( = DSM 24752T = LMG 26464T).


2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (Pt_1) ◽  
pp. 90-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. García-Fraile ◽  
M. Chudíčková ◽  
O. Benada ◽  
J. Pikula ◽  
M. Kolařík

During the study of bacteria associated with bats affected by white-nose syndrome hibernating in caves in the Czech Republic, we isolated two facultatively anaerobic, Gram-stain-negative bacteria, designated strains 12T and 52T. Strains 12T and 52T were motile, rod-like bacteria (0.5–0.6 µm in diameter; 1–1.3 µm long), with optimal growth at 20–35 °C and pH 6–8. On the basis of the almost complete sequence of their 16S rRNA genes they should be classified within the genus Serratia ; the closest relatives to strains 12T and 52T were Serratia quinivorans DSM 4597T (99.5 % similarity in 16S rRNA gene sequences) and Serratia ficaria DSM 4569T (99.5 % similarity in 16S rRNA gene sequences), respectively. DNA–DNA relatedness between strain 12T and S. quinivorans DSM 4597T was only 37.1 % and between strain 52T and S. ficaria DSM 4569T was only 56.2 %. Both values are far below the 70 % threshold value for species delineation. In view of these data, we propose the inclusion of the two isolates in the genus Serratia as representatives of Serratia myotis sp. nov. (type strain 12T = CECT 8594T = DSM 28726T) and Serratia vespertilionis sp. nov. (type strain 52T = CECT 8595T = DSM 28727T).


2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (5) ◽  
pp. 3483-3490 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianyang Li ◽  
Mingming Qi ◽  
Qiliang Lai ◽  
Chunming Dong ◽  
Xiupian Liu ◽  
...  

Two Gram-stain-negative, short rod-shaped and non-flagellated strains, designated 17-4AT and L52-1-41, were isolated from the surface seawater of the Indian Ocean and South China Sea, respectively. The 16S rRNA genes of the two strains shared sequence similarity of 99.45 %. Strain 17-4AT shared the highest 16S rRNA gene similarity of 98.02 % with Pusillimonas caeni EBR-8-1T, followed by Pusillimonas noertemannii BN9T (97.47 %), Pusillimonas soli MJ07T (96.93 %), Parapusillimonas granuli Ch07T (96.68 %), Pusillimonas ginsengisoli DCY25T (96.65 %), Eoetvoesia caeni PB3-7BT (96.63 %), Paracandidimonas caeni 24T (96.34 %), Castellaniella defragrans 54PinT (96.28 %) and Pusillimonas harenae B201T (96.05 %). L52-1-41 shared the highest 16S rRNA gene similarity of 97.74 % with Pusillimonas caeni EBR-8-1T, followed by Pusillimonas noertemannii BN9T (97.47 %), Pusillimonas soli MJ07T (96.65 %), Parapusillimonas granuli Ch07T (96.41 %), Pusillimonas ginsengisoli DCY25T (96.37 %), Eoetvoesia caeni PB3-7BT (96.35 %), Pusillimonas harenae B201T (96.28 %), and Paracandidimonas caeni 24T (96.06 %). The results of phylogenetic analyses indicated that 17-4AT and L52-1-41 formed a stable, distinct and highly supported lineage affiliated to the genus Pusillimonas . The results of the digital DNA–DNA hybridization (dDDH) and average nucleotide identity (ANI) analyses indicated that they represented a single species. They featured similar genomic DNA G+C contents of 53.2–53.4 mol%. Activities of catalase and oxidase were negative for both strains. The fatty acids patterns of 17-4AT and L52-1-41 were most similar, mostly comprised of C16 : 0, C17 : 0cyclo, C18 : 0, C18 : 1ω9c and summed feature 8 (C18 : 1ω7c and/or C18 : 1  ω6c). The major polar lipids of the two strains were phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol and unidentified aminolipids. The respiratory quinone of the two strains was Q-8. Hence, on the basis of the phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and genotypic data presented in this study, we proposed the classification of both strains as representatives of a novel species named Pusillimonas maritima sp. nov., with the type strain 17-4AT (=MCCC 1A12670T=KCTC 62121T=NBRC 113794T), and another strain L52-1-41 (=MCCC 1A05046=KCTC 52313).


2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (12) ◽  
pp. 6257-6265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soon Dong Lee ◽  
In Seop Kim

A marine alphaproteobacterium, designated as strain GH3-10T, was isolated from the rhizosphere mud of a halophyte (Suaeda japonica) collected at the seashore of Gangwha Island, Republic of Korea. The isolate was found to be Gram-stain-negative, strictly aerobic, catalase- and oxidase-positive, non-motile, short rods and produced orange-coloured colonies. The 16S rRNA gene- and whole genome-based phylogenetic analyses exhibited that strain GH3-10T belonged to the genus Aurantiacibacter and was most closely related to Aurantiacibacter atlanticus s21-N3T (98.7 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity) and Aurantiacibacter marinus KCTC 23554T (98.4 %). The major respiratory quinone was ubiquinone-10. The polar lipids consisted of phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, sphingoglycolipid and an unidentified lipid. The major fatty acids were C18 : 1  ω7c, summed feature 3 (C16 : 1  ω7c and/or C16 : 1  ω6c) and C18 : 1  ω7c 10-methyl. The DNA G+C content was 61.3 mol% (by genome). Average nucleotide identity and DNA–DNA relatedness values between the isolate and its phylogenetically closest relatives, together with phenotypic distinctness warranted the taxonomic description of a new species. On the basis of data obtained by a polyphasic approach, strain GH3-10T (=KCTC 62379T=JCM 32444T) represents a novel species of the genus Aurantiacibacter , for which the name Aurantiacibacter rhizosphaerae sp. nov. is proposed. According to phylogenetic coherence based on 16S rRNA genes and core genomes, it is also proposed that Erythrobacter suaedae Lee et al. 2019. and Erythrobacter flavus Yoon et al. 2003 be transferred to Aurantiacibacter suaedae comb. nov. and Qipengyuania flava comb. nov., respectively.


2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (8) ◽  
pp. 4838-4842 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabiana Tonial ◽  
Felipe Guella ◽  
Luciane Maria Pereira Passaglia ◽  
Fernando Hayashi Sant’Anna

Bacteria of the genus Paenibacillus are relevant to humans, animals and plants. The species Paenibacillus massiliensis and Paenibacillus panacisoli are Gram-stain-positive and endospore-forming bacilli isolated from a blood culture of a leukemia patient and from soil of a ginseng field, respectively. Comparative analyses of their 16S rRNA genes revealed that the two Paenibacillus species could be synonyms (99.3% sequence identity). In the present study we performed different genomic analyses in order to evaluate the phylogenetic relationship of these micro-organisms. Paenibacillus massiliensis DSM 16942T and P. panacisoli DSM 21345T presented a difference in their G+C content lower than 1 mol%, overall genome relatedness index values higher than the species circumscription thresholds (average nucleotide identity, 95.57 %; genome-wide ANI, =96.51 %; and orthologous ANI, 96.25 %), and a monophyletic grouping pattern in the phylogenies of the 16S rRNA gene and the proteome core. Considering that these strains present differential biochemical capabilities and that their computed digital DNA–DNA hybridization value is lower than the cut-off for bacterial subspecies circumscription, we suggest that each of them form different subspecies of P. massiliensis , Paenibacillus massiliensis subsp. panacisoli subsp. nov. (type strain DSM 21345T) and Paenibacillus massiliensis subsp. massiliensis subsp. nov. (type strain DSM 16942T).


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.


2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (Pt_6) ◽  
pp. 1819-1824 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sooyeon Park ◽  
Ji-Min Park ◽  
Chul-Hyung Kang ◽  
Song-Gun Kim ◽  
Jung-Hoon Yoon

A Gram-stain-negative, non-motile, aerobic and pleomorphic bacterium, designated BS-W13T, was isolated from a tidal flat on the South Sea, South Korea, and its taxonomic position was investigated using a polyphasic approach. Strain BS-W13T grew optimally at 25 °C, at pH 7.0–8.0 and in the presence of 1.0–2.0 % (w/v) NaCl. Neighbour-joining and maximum-parsimony phylogenetic trees based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain BS-W13T clustered with the type strain of Seohaeicola saemankumensis , showing the highest sequence similarity (95.96 %) to this strain. Strain BS-W13T exhibited 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity values of 95.95, 95.91, 95.72 and 95.68 % to the type strains of Sulfitobacter donghicola , Sulfitobacter porphyrae , Sulfitobacter mediterraneus and Roseobacter litoralis , respectively. Strain BS-W13T contained Q-10 as the predominant ubiquinone and C18 : 1ω7c as the major fatty acid. The polar lipid profile of strain BS-W13T, containing phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, one unidentified aminolipid and one unidentified lipid as major components, was distinguishable from those of some phylogenetically related taxa. The DNA G+C content of strain BS-W13T was 58.1 mol%. The phylogenetic data and differential chemotaxonomic and other phenotypic properties revealed that strain BS-W13T constitutes a novel genus and species within family Rhodobacteraceae of the class Alphaproteobacteria , for which the name Pseudoseohaeicola caenipelagi gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is BS-W13T ( = KCTC 42349T = CECT 8724T).


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).


2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (8) ◽  
pp. 4646-4652 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadezhda V. Agafonova ◽  
Elena N. Kaparullina ◽  
Denis S. Grouzdev ◽  
Nina V. Doronina

Novel aerobic, restricted facultatively methylotrophic bacteria were isolated from buds of English oak (Quercus robur L.; strain DubT) and northern red oak (Quercus rubra L.; strain KrD). The isolates were Gram-negative, asporogenous, motile short rods that multiplied by binary fisson. They utilized methanol, methylamine and a few polycarbon compounds as carbon and energy sources. Optimal growth occurred at 25 °C and pH 7.5. The dominant phospholipids were phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylcholine, diphosphatidylglycerol and phoshatidylglycerol. The major cellular fatty acids of cells were C18 : 1 ω7c, 11-methyl C18 : 1 ω7c and C16 : 0. The major ubiquinone was Q-10. Analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that the strains were closely related to the members of the genus Hansschlegelia : Hansschlegelia zhihuaiae S113T(97.5–98.0 %), Hansschlegelia plantiphila S1T (97.4–97.6 %) and Hansschlegelia beijingensis PG04T(97.0–97.2 %). The 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity between strains DubT and KrD was 99.7 %, and the DNA–DNA hybridization (DDH) result between the strains was 85 %. The ANI and the DDH values between strain DubT and H. zhihuaiae S113T were 80.1 and 21.5  %, respectively. Genome sequencing of the strain DubT revealed a genome size of 3.57 Mbp and a G+C content of 67.0 mol%. Based on the results of the phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and genotypic analyses, it is proposed that the isolates be assigned to the genus Hansschlegelia as Hansschlegelia quercus sp. nov. with the type strain DubT (=VKM B-3284T=CCUG 73648T=JCM 33463T).


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