Alterococcus agarolyticus, gen.nov., sp.nov., a halophilic thermophilic bacterium capable of agar degradation

1998 ◽  
Vol 44 (7) ◽  
pp. 637-645 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wung Yang Shieh ◽  
Wen Dar Jean
Keyword(s):  
Organic Acids ◽  
Hot Springs ◽  
Thermophilic Bacteria ◽  
Halophilic Bacteria ◽  
Cellular Fatty Acid ◽  
Thermophilic Bacterium ◽  
Anaerobic Growth ◽  
Moderately Thermophilic ◽  
Degrading Bacteria ◽  
Fermentative Bacteria

Five strains of facultatively anaerobic moderately thermophilic bacteria were isolated from two hot springs in the intertidal zone of Lutao, Taiwan. They produced extracellular agarase on agar medium, yielding reducing sugars and organic acids as the end products under either aerobic or anaerobic conditions. The growth temperature range was approximately 38–58°C with an optimal temperature of about 48°C. The five strains tolerated a relatively narrow pH range from 7.0 to 8.5. They were Gram-negative halophiles growing optimally at 2.0–2.5% NaCl (ca. 0.34–0.43 M). They were capable of anaerobic growth by fermenting glucose and producing various organic acids such as butyrate, propionate, formate, lactate, and acetate. Cells grown in liquid medium were motile monotrichous cocci, normally 0.8–0.9 µm in diameter. They possessed saturated anteiso-15-carbon acid (anteiso-C15:0) as the most abundant cellular fatty acid (46.0–51.3 mo1%) and had G+C contents ranging from 65.5 to 67.0 mo1%. They are the first thermophiles found to degrade agar and also the first halophilic thermophilic bacteria known to be capable of both aerobic and anaerobic fermentative growth. These bacteria are considered to represent a new genus that we named Alterococcus, and Alterococcus agarolyticus is the type species. Key words: Alterococcus agarolyticus, thermophilic bacteria, halophilic bacteria, agar-degrading bacteria, fermentative bacteria.

Bacillus thermotolerans sp. nov., a thermophilic bacterium capable of reducing humus

2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_10) ◽  
pp. 3672-3678 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guiqin Yang ◽  
Xuemei Zhou ◽  
Shungui Zhou ◽  
Dehui Yang ◽  
Yueqiang Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Sequence ◽  
Cellular Fatty Acid ◽  
Thermophilic Bacterium ◽  
Anaerobic Growth ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Biochemical Tests ◽  
Unidentified Phospholipid ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Gram Staining

A novel thermotolerant bacterium, designated SgZ-8T, was isolated from a compost sample. Cells were non-motile, endospore-forming, Gram-staining positive, oxidase-negative and catalase-positive. The isolate was able to grow at 20–65 °C (optimum 50 °C) and pH 6.0–9.0 (optimum 6.5–7.0), and tolerate up to 9.0 % NaCl (w/v) under aerobic conditions. Anaerobic growth occurred with anthraquinone-2,6-disulphonate (AQDS), fumarate and NO3 - as electron acceptors. Phylogenetic analysis based on the16S rRNA and gyrB genes grouped strain SgZ-8T into the genus Bacillus , with the highest similarity to Bacillus badius JCM 12228T (96.2 % for 16S rRNA gene sequence and 83.5 % for gyrB gene sequence) among all recognized species in the genus Bacillus . The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 49.3 mol%. The major isoprenoid quinone was menaquinone 7 (MK-7) and the polar lipids consisted of diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine and an unidentified phospholipid. The major cellular fatty acid was iso-C16 : 0. On the basis of its phenotypic and phylogenetic properties, chemotaxonomic analysis and the results of physiological and biochemical tests, strain SgZ-8T ( = CCTCC AB 2012108T = KACC 16706T) was designated the type strain of a novel species of the genus Bacillus , for which the name Bacillus thermotolerans sp. nov. is proposed.

Denitrification by a novel halophilic fermentative bacterium

1996 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 507-514 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wung Yang Shieh ◽  
Chia Ming Liu
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Heterotrophic Bacteria ◽  
Heterotrophic Bacterium ◽  
Halophilic Bacteria ◽  
Anaerobic Growth ◽  
Anaerobic Conditions ◽  
Early Stationary Phase ◽  
Gram Negative ◽  
Fermentative Bacteria ◽  
Curved Rods

A novel halophilic heterotrophic bacterium, designated strain DN34, was isolated from seawater in Nanwan Bay of Renting National Park, Taiwan. It was Gram negative and facultatively anaerobic. Cells in late exponential to early stationary phase of growth were predominantly straight or curved rods, but Y- or V-shaped forms were also observed; straight and curved rods achieved motility by one to several lateral or subpolar flagella. The G+C content of the DNA was 51.7 mol%. Strain DN34 grew optimally at about 30 °C and pH 8.0. Growth depended on the presence of NaCl with optimal concentration at about 3%. Aerobically, strain DN34 grew much better and tolerated NaCl at a greater range of concentration with sufficient Mg2+and Ca2+than under deficient conditions; Mg2+or Ca2+was indispensable for growth under anaerobic conditions. The strain was capable of anaerobic growth by carrying out denitrifying metabolism using nitrate, nitrite, or nitrous oxide as terminal electron acceptors or, alternatively, by fermenting glucose or mannose as substrates. Halophilic heterotrophic bacteria capable of both denitrification and fermentation have not been reported previously.Key words: denitrification, denitrifying bacteria, halophilic bacteria, fermentative bacteria.

Anoxybacillus sp. AH1, an α-amylase-producing thermophilic bacterium isolated from Dargeçit hot spring

Biologia ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 70 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ömer Acer ◽  
Hemşe Pırınççiğlu ◽  
Fatma Matpan Bekler ◽  
Reyhan Gül-Güven
Keyword(s):  
Hot Springs ◽  
Hot Spring ◽  
Thermophilic Bacteria ◽  
Potato Starch ◽  
Nitrogen Sources ◽  
Soluble Starch ◽  
Thermophilic Bacterium ◽  
Carbon And Nitrogen Sources ◽  
Carbon And Nitrogen ◽  
Optimum Growth Temperature

AbstractThe present study was conducted to isolate α-amylase-producing thermophilic bacteria from Darge¸cit hot springs in Turkey. The morphological, biochemical and physiological characterisation, as well as genetic analysis by 16S rRNA sequences indicated that the isolated strain AH1 was a member of Anoxybacillus genus. The strain was aerobe, Gram-positive and spore-forming rod, exhibiting optimum growth temperature and pH of 60ºC and 7.0-7.5, respectively. Optimization of growth medium and enzyme assay conditions for extracellular α-amylase production by the novel thermophilic Anoxybacillus sp. AH1 were carried out in many different media containing a variety of carbon and nitrogen sources. Among various carbon and nitrogen sources, peptone (2054.1 U/mL) at 1% and maltose (1862.9 U/mL) at 0.5% increased α-amylase activity, compared to controls. Moreover, a high enzyme production was observed with potato starch at 0.5% and 1% (2668.4 U/mL and 3627 U/mL, respectively), as well as with 1% soluble starch (2051.9 U/mL). The enzyme activity was found to be rather high in the presence of CaCl

scholarly journals Tepidisphaera mucosa gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic member of the class Phycisphaerae in the phylum Planctomycetes, and proposal of a new family, Tepidisphaeraceae fam. nov., and a new order, Tepidisphaerales ord. nov.

2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (Pt_2) ◽  
pp. 549-555 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. L. Kovaleva ◽  
A. Yu. Merkel ◽  
A. A. Novikov ◽  
R. V. Baslerov ◽  
S. V. Toshchakov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
16S Rrna ◽  
16S Rrna Gene ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Hot Springs ◽  
Thermophilic Bacteria ◽  
Physiological Data ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Moderately Thermophilic ◽  
Link Type

Three strains of facultatively aerobic, moderately thermophilic bacteria were isolated from terrestrial hot springs in Baikal Lake region and Kamchatka (Russia). Cells of the new isolates were cocci reproducing by binary fission. The temperature range for growth was between 20 and 56 °C and the pH range for growth from pH 4.5 to 8.5, with optimal growth at 47–50 °C and pH 7.0–7.5. The organisms were chemoheterotrophs preferring sugars and polysaccharides as growth substrates. 16S rRNA gene sequences of strains 2842, 2813 and 2918Kr were nearly identical (99.7–100 % similarity) and indicated that the strains belonged to the phylum Planctomycetes . The phylogenetically closest cultivated relatives were Algisphaera agarilytica 06SJR6-2T and Phycisphaera mikurensis FYK2301M01T with 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity values of 82.4 and 80.3 %, respectively. The novel strains differed from them by higher growth temperature, sensitivity to NaCl concentration above 3.0 % and by their cellular fatty acids profile. On the basis of phylogenetic and physiological data, strains 2842T, 2813 and 2918Kr represent a novel genus and species for which we propose the name Tepidisphaera mucosa sp. nov. The type strain is 2842T ( = VKM B-2832T = JCM 19875T). We also propose that Tepidisphaera gen. nov. is the type genus of a novel family, Tepidisphaeraceae fam. nov. and a novel order, Tepidisphaerales ord. nov.

scholarly journals Draft Genome Sequence of Deinococcus sp. Strain S9, Isolated from Microbial Mat Deposits of Hot Springs Located atop the Himalayan Ranges at Manikaran, India

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (28) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chandni Talwar ◽  
Amit Kumar Singh ◽  
Durgesh Narain Singh ◽  
Shekhar Nagar ◽  
Yogendra Singh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genome Sequence ◽  
Hot Springs ◽  
Draft Genome ◽  
Gc Content ◽  
Thermophilic Bacterium ◽  
Himachal Pradesh ◽  
Microbial Mat ◽  
Draft Genome Sequence ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Moderately Thermophilic

Here, we present the draft genome sequence of Deinococcus sp. strain S9, a red-pigmented and moderately thermophilic bacterium isolated from microbial mat deposits around the hot springs at Manikaran, Himachal Pradesh, India. The draft genome (3.34 Mb) contains 101 contigs with an average GC content of 66.4%.

scholarly journals Compostibacillus humi gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Bacillaceae, isolated from sludge compost

2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (Pt_2) ◽  
pp. 346-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhen Yu ◽  
Junlin Wen ◽  
Guiqin Yang ◽  
Jing Liu ◽  
Shungui Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Thermophilic Bacteria ◽  
Cellular Fatty Acid ◽  
Diaminopimelic Acid ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
16S Rrna Gene Sequences ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Moderately Thermophilic ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Gram Staining ◽  
The Family

Two novel Gram-staining-positive, rod-shaped, endospore-forming and moderately thermophilic bacteria, designated strains DX-3T and GIESS002, were isolated from sludge composts from Guangdong Province, China. Analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that the isolates were closely related to each other with extremely high similarity (99.6 %), and were members of the family Bacillaceae . However, these two isolates formed a novel phylogenetic branch within this family. Their closest relatives were the members of the genera Ornithinibacillus , Oceanobacillus and Virgibacillus . Cells of both strains were facultatively anaerobic and catalase- and oxidase-positive. The cell-wall peptidoglycan type was A1γ (meso-diaminopimelic acid direct). The predominant isoprenoid quinone was MK-7. The main polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylethanolamine. The major cellular fatty acid was iso-C15 : 0. The DNA G+C content was 43.2–43.7 mol%. The results of a polyphasic taxonomic study indicated that strains DX-3T and GIESS002 represent a novel species in a new genus in the family Bacillaceae , order Bacillales , for which the name Compostibacillus humi gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is DX-3T ( = KCTC 33104T = CGMCC 1.12360T).

scholarly journals Biotechnological Conversion of Grape Pomace to Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate) by Moderately Thermophilic Bacterium Tepidimonas taiwanensis

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 141
Author(s):  
Xenie Kourilova ◽  
Iva Pernicova ◽  
Michaela Vidlakova ◽  
Roman Krejcirik ◽  
Katerina Mrazova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermophilic Bacteria ◽  
Dry Mass ◽  
Thermophilic Bacterium ◽  
Grape Pomace ◽  
Pha Synthase ◽  
Microbial Culture ◽  
Gene Encoding ◽  
Genome Database ◽  
Moderately Thermophilic ◽  
Pha Production

Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are microbial polyesters that have recently come to the forefront of interest due to their biodegradability and production from renewable sources. A potential increase in competitiveness of PHA production process comes with a combination of the use of thermophilic bacteria with the mutual use of waste substrates. In this work, the thermophilic bacterium Tepidimonas taiwanensis LMG 22826 was identified as a promising PHA producer. The ability to produce PHA in T. taiwanensis was studied both on genotype and phenotype levels. The gene encoding the Class I PHA synthase, a crucial enzyme in PHA synthesis, was detected both by genome database search and by PCR. The microbial culture of T. taiwanensis was capable of efficient utilization of glucose and fructose. When cultivated on glucose as the only carbon source at 50°C, the PHA titers reached up to 3.55 g/L, and PHA content in cell dry mass was 65%. The preference of fructose and glucose opens the possibility to employ T. taiwanensis for PHA production on various food wastes rich in these abundant sugars. In this work, PHA production on grape pomace extracts was successfully tested.

Structure of ribosomes from a thermophilic bacterium

1989 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 1026-1027
Author(s):  
Janet Dickie ◽  
Karen Kyle ◽  
Derrick Flannigan ◽  
George Harauz
Keyword(s):  
Hot Springs ◽  
Thermophilic Bacteria ◽  
Structural Information ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Thermophilic Bacterium ◽  
Single Particles ◽  
Multivariate Statistical ◽  
Ribosomal Subunits ◽  
Dimensional Reconstruction

The most direct and informative probe of ribosome structure is electron microscopy (EM), of negatively stained and antibody-labelled specimens. Ribosomes from Escherichia coli have been the most intensively studied, although those from other prokaryotes and eukaryotes have also been imaged [e.g., 3, 4, 5],The amount of structural information obtained from electron images can be significantly increased using multivariate statistical analysis and classification techniques [e.g., 6]. Noisy electron micrographs of single particles are sorted according to their principal features, and average images formed with an enhanced signal-to-noise ratio and better reproducible resolution. The class averages represent projections from which a three-dimensional reconstruction can be computed.Thermus aguaticus is a species of extremely thermophilic bacteria isolated from environments such as hot springs. This species possesses macromolecular enzyme complexes with a great thermostability which must be reflected somehow instructural differences. In this study, we investigate the structures of ribosomes and ribosomal subunits from this bacterium.

Fontimonas thermophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic bacterium isolated from a freshwater hot spring, and proposal of Solimonadaceae fam. nov. to replace Sinobacteraceae Zhou et al. 2008

2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_1) ◽  
pp. 254-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathaniel A. Losey ◽  
Bradley S. Stevenson ◽  
Susanne Verbarg ◽  
Stephen Rudd ◽  
Edward R. B. Moore ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Hot Springs ◽  
Hot Spring ◽  
Thermophilic Bacterium ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Moderately Thermophilic ◽  
Link Type ◽  
New Family ◽  
Terrestrial Hot Spring

A novel bacterial strain designated HA-01T was isolated from a freshwater terrestrial hot spring located at Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas, USA. Cells were Gram-negative-staining, rod-shaped, aerobic, chemo-organotrophic, oxidase- and catalase-positive, non-spore-forming and motile by means of a single polar flagellum. Growth occurred at 37–60 °C, with an optimum between 45 and 50 °C, and at pH 6.5–8.5, with an optimum between pH 6.5 and 7.0. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that the closest relatives of strain HA-01T were Solimonas aquatica NAA-16T (93.8 %), Solimonas flava CW-KD 4T (94.1 %), Solimonas soli DCY12T (93.1 %), Solimonas variicoloris MN28T (94.0 %), Nevskia ramosa Soe1T (91.2 %) and Hydrocarboniphaga effusa AP103T (91.1 %). Major fatty acids consisted of C16 : 0, iso-C16 : 0, C16 : 1ω5c and summed feature 8 (C18 : 1ω9c, C18 : 1ω7c and C18 : 1ω6c). Polar lipids consisted of diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylethanolamine, and the major isoprenoid quinone was Q-8. The DNA G+C content was 64.4 mol%. Based on phylogenetic, phenotypic and chemotaxonomic evidence, it is proposed that strain HA-01T represents a novel species in a new genus for which the name Fontimonas thermophila gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of the type species is HA-01T ( = DSM 23609T = CCUG 59713T). A new family, Solimonadaceae fam. nov., is also proposed to replace Sinobacteriaceae Zhou et al. 2008.

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