Degradation of pyridine by Nocardioides sp. strain OS4 isolated from the oxic zone of a spent shale column

1997 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sung-Keun Rhee ◽  
Sung-Taik Lee ◽  
Ki-Young Lee ◽  
Jae-Chun Chung
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Bacterial Strain ◽  
Growth Yield ◽  
Diaminopimelic Acid ◽  
Coryneform Bacterium ◽  
Basic Fraction ◽  
Maximum Absorbance ◽  
G Cell ◽  
Oxic Zone ◽  
Pyridine Degradation

A pyridine-degrading bacterial strain was isolated from the oxic zone of a spent shale column. The microorganism was an aerobic and pleomorphic coryneform bacterium with LL-diaminopimelic acid in the cell wall. On the basis of its phylogenetic and chemotaxonomic characteristics, the strain was identified as Nocardioides sp. strain OS4. The pyridine was completely degraded and the growth yield was 0.30 g cell/g pyridine. Strain OS4 metabolized pyridine in an inducible manner and released a pigment that has maximum absorbance at 400 nm during the pyridine degradation. This strain also degraded some compounds of the basic fraction of retort water and various other aromatic compounds.Key words: pyridine, biodegradation, Nocardioides sp., retort water.

scholarly journals Actinomadura geliboluensis sp. nov., isolated from soil

2012 ◽  
Vol 62 (Pt_8) ◽  
pp. 2011-2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anil Sazak ◽  
Mustafa Camas ◽  
Cathrin Spröer ◽  
Hans-Peter Klenk ◽  
Nevzat Sahin
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Diaminopimelic Acid ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Phenotypic Data ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Acid Type ◽  
Gene Sequence Analysis ◽  
Taxonomic Approach

A novel actinobacterium, strain A8036T, isolated from soil, was investigated by using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. The organism formed extensively branched substrate hyphae that generated spiral chains of spores with irregular surfaces. The cell wall contained meso-diaminopimelic acid (type III) and cell-wall sugars were glucose, madurose, mannose and ribose. The predominant menaquinones were MK-9(H6) and MK-9(H4). The phospholipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylinositol and phosphatidylinositol mannosides. The major cellular fatty acids were iso-C16 : 0, C17 : 1 cis9, C16 : 0, C15 : 0 and 10-methyl C17 : 0. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, the closest phylogenetic neighbours of strain A8036T were Actinomadura meyerae DSM 44715T (99.23 % similarity), Actinomadura bangladeshensis DSM 45347T (98.9 %) and Actinomadura chokoriensis DSM 45346T (98.3 %). However, DNA–DNA relatedness and phenotypic data demonstrated that strain A8036T could be clearly distinguished from the type strains of all closely related Actinomadura species. Strain A8036T is therefore considered to represent a novel species of the genus Actinomadura , for which the name Actinomadura geliboluensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is A8036T ( = DSM 45508T = KCTC 19868T).

Biochemical characterization of a cortexless mutant of a variant of Bacillus cereus

1976 ◽  
Vol 22 (7) ◽  
pp. 1007-1012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne M. Pearce
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Fatty Acid Composition ◽  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Bacillus Cereus ◽  
Biochemical Characterization ◽  
Diaminopimelic Acid ◽  
Peptidoglycan Synthesis ◽  
Biochemical Lesion ◽  
Do So

Previous studies on this cortexless mutant of Bacillus cereus var. alesti indicated that the forespore membrane was the site of the biochemical lesion. This hypothesis is supported by the results presented here: fatty acid composition of sporulating cells of the mutant is altered, while in vegetative cells it is comparable to the parent; soluble precursors of peptidoglycan synthesis are accumulated in the mutant, at the time of cortex formation; homogenates of the mutant prepared at the time of cortex formation are unable to incorporate tritiated diaminopimelic acid into peptidoglycan, while homogenates of cells forming germ cell wall do so to an extent comparable to that of the parent; lipid-linked intermediates are formed by the mutant as in the parent. Apparently the mutant is unable either to transfer disaccharide penta-peptide units from the carrier lipid to the growing peptidoglycan acceptor, or to transport lipid-linked intermediates across the forespore membrane.

scholarly journals The extraction of cell walls of Pseudomonas aeruginosa with aqueous phenol. The insoluble residue and material from the aqueous layers

1967 ◽  
Vol 105 (2) ◽  
pp. 759-765 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Clarke ◽  
G. W. Gray ◽  
D. A. Reaveley
Keyword(s):  
Pseudomonas Aeruginosa ◽  
Cell Wall ◽  
Cell Walls ◽  
Lipid A ◽  
Diaminopimelic Acid ◽  
Insoluble Residue ◽  
Muramic Acid ◽  
Gram Negative ◽  
Gram Negative Organisms ◽  
Residue Fraction

1. The insoluble residue and material present in the aqueous layers resulting from treatment of cell walls of Pseudomonas aeruginosa with aqueous phenol were examined. 2. The products (fractions AqI and AqII) isolated from the aqueous layers from the first and second extractions respectively account for approx. 25% and 12% of the cell wall and consist of both lipopolysaccharide and muropeptide. 3. The lipid part of the lipopolysaccharide is qualitatively similar to the corresponding material (lipid A) from other Gram-negative organisms, as is the polysaccharide part. 4. The insoluble residue (fraction R) contains sacculi, which also occur in fraction AqII. On hydrolysis, the sacculi yield glucosamine, muramic acid, alanine, glutamic acid and 2,6-diaminopimelic acid, together with small amounts of lysine, and they are therefore similar to the murein sacculi of other Gram-negative organisms. Fraction R also contains substantial amounts of protein, which differs from that obtained from the phenol layer. 5. The possible association or aggregation of lipopolysaccharide, murein and murein sacculi is discussed.

scholarly journals Nukacin ISK-1, a Bacteriostatic Lantibiotic

2009 ◽  
Vol 53 (8) ◽  
pp. 3595-3598 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sikder M. Asaduzzaman ◽  
Jun-ichi Nagao ◽  
Hiroshi Iida ◽  
Takeshi Zendo ◽  
Jiro Nakayama ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Membrane Potential ◽  
Bacterial Strain ◽  
Mode Of Action ◽  
Membrane Depolarization ◽  
Wall Width ◽  
Cytoplasmic Content ◽  
Remarkable Reduction

ABSTRACT We determined the mode of action of nukacin ISK-1. It did not cause membrane potential dissipation or the efflux of ATP or K+ ions from the cells of a sensitive bacterial strain; however, it blocked the membrane depolarization activity of nisin. Nukacin ISK-1-treated cells had single arrangements of cells without the formation of a complete septum. A remarkable reduction in cell wall width was also observed, but cytoplasmic content was unaffected. We concluded that nukacin ISK-1 is bacteriostatic.

scholarly journals Thermasporomyces composti gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic actinomycete isolated from compost

2011 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuhei Yabe ◽  
Yoshifumi Aiba ◽  
Yasuteru Sakai ◽  
Masaru Hazaka ◽  
Akira Yokota
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
16S Rrna ◽  
16S Rrna Gene ◽  
Gene Sequence ◽  
Diaminopimelic Acid ◽  
16S Rrna Gene Sequence ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Optimum Growth ◽  
Rrna Gene Sequence ◽  
The Family

A thermophilic, Gram-positive bacterium that formed a branched vegetative mycelium was isolated from compost. The strain, designated I3T, grew at temperatures between 35 and 62 °C, with optimum growth at 50–55 °C. No growth was observed below 29 °C or above 65 °C. The pH range for growth was 5.7–10.0, the pH for optimum growth was 7.0 and no growth was observed below pH 5.6 or above pH 10.8. The DNA G+C content of strain I3T was 69.2 mol%. The major fatty acids found were C15 : 0 iso (14.2 %), C15 : 0 anteiso (12.1 %), C17 : 0 iso (16.3 %) and C17 : 0 anteiso (21.7 %). The major menaquinones were MK-9(H4), MK-10(H4) and MK-11(H4). The cell wall contained glutamic acid, glycine, alanine and ll-diaminopimelic acid in a molar ratio of 1.0 : 3.9 : 0.6 : 0.5. The polar lipids consisted of ninhydrin-positive phosphoglycolipids, phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol and an unknown glycolipid. The cell-wall sugars were rhamnose and arabinose. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis assigned this actinomycete to the family Nocardioidaceae, but its 16S rRNA gene sequence shared no more than 95.5 % similarity with those of other members of the family. The chemotaxonomic and phenotypic characteristics of strain I3T differed in some respects from those of members of the genus Actinopolymorpha, the most closely related genus. Therefore, strain I3T represents a novel species in a new genus of the family Nocardioidaceae, for which the name Thermasporomyces composti gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of the type species is I3T (=JCM 16421T=DSM 22891T).

Association of a small coryneform bacterium with the ratoon stunting disease of sugar-cane

1973 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 869 ◽  
Author(s):  
DS Teakle ◽  
PM Smith ◽  
DRL Steindl
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Electron Microscope ◽  
Sugar Cane ◽  
Cytoplasmic Membrane ◽  
Causal Agent ◽  
Free Sugar ◽  
Coryneform Bacterium ◽  
Ratoon Stunting Disease ◽  
Negative Stain ◽  
Thin Cell Wall

When fibrovascular sap extracts of sugar-cane plants affected by the ratoon stunting disease (RSD) were centrifuged and the resuspended pellets negatively stained and examined in an electron microscope, cells of a small bacterium were always observed. The bacterium could be distinguished readily from other bacteria present by its small size (usually 1.0–2.5 µm long by 0.15–0.32 µm wide), the coryneform (club-shaped) morphology of some cells, and its permeability to negative stain revealing a thin cell wall surrounding a cytoplasmic membrane and coiled mesosomes. Since the small bacterium was never observed in fibrovascular extracts of RSD-free sugar-cane plants, it is a possible causal agent of RSD.

Amycolatopsis dongchuanensis sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from soil

2012 ◽  
Vol 62 (Pt_11) ◽  
pp. 2650-2656 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guo-Xing Nie ◽  
Hong Ming ◽  
Shuai Li ◽  
En-Min Zhou ◽  
Juan Cheng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Diaminopimelic Acid ◽  
Western China ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Biochemical Tests ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Link Type

A novel actinomycete strain, designated YIM 75904T, was isolated from a soil sample that had been collected from a dry and hot river valley in Dongchuan county, Yunnan province, south-western China. The taxonomic position of the novel strain was investigated by a polyphasic approach. In phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences, strain YIM 75904T formed a distinct clade within the genus Amycolatopsis and appeared to be closely related to Amycolatopsis sacchari K24T (99.3 % sequence similarity). Strain YIM 75904T had a type-IV cell wall, with no detectable mycolic acids, and had MK-9(H4) as its predominant menaquonine. Its cell wall contained meso-diaminopimelic acid, galactose, glucose and arabinose, and its major cellular fatty acids were iso-C16 : 0, iso-C15 : 0, anteiso-C17 : 0 and anteiso-C15 : 0. The genomic DNA G+C content of the novel strain was 68.5 mol%. Based on the results of physiological and biochemical tests and DNA–DNA hybridizations, strain YIM 75904T represents a novel species of the genus Amycolatopsis for which the name Amycolatopsis dongchuanensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is YIM 75904T ( = CCTCC AA 2011016T  = JCM 18054T).

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