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Kuzyk SB, Messner K, Plouffe J, Ma X, Wiens K, Yurkov V. Diverse aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs synthesize bacteriochlorophyll in oligotrophic rather than copiotrophic conditions, suggesting ecological niche. Environ Microbiol 2023; 25:2653-2665. [PMID: 37604501 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.16482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2023] [Accepted: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 08/23/2023]
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While investigating aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs (AAP) from Lake Winnipeg's bacterial community, over 500 isolates were obtained. Relatives of 20 different species were examined simultaneously, identifying conditions for optimal growth or pigment production to determine features that may unify this group of phototrophs. All were distributed among assorted α-Proteobacterial families including Erythrobacteraceae, Sphingomonadaceae, Sphingosinicellaceae, Acetobacteraceae, Methylobacteriaceae, and Rhodobacteraceae. Major phenotypic characteristics matched phylogenetic association, including pigmentation, morphology, metal transformations, tolerances, lipid configurations, and enzyme activities, which distinctly separated each taxonomic family. While varying pH and temperature had a limited independent impact on pigment production, bacteriochlorophyll synthesis was distinctly promoted under low nutrient conditions, whereas copiotrophy repressed its production but enhanced carotenoid yield. New AAP diversity was also reported by revealing strains related to non-phototrophic Rubellimicrobium and Sphingorhabdus, as well as spread throughout Roseomonas, Sphingomonas, and Methylobacterium/Methylorubrum, which previously only had a few known photosynthetic members. This study exemplified the overwhelming diversity of AAP in a single aquatic environment, confirming cultivation continues to be of importance in microbial ecology to discover functionality in both new and previously reported cohorts of bacteria as specific laboratory conditions were required to promote aerobic bacteriochlorophyll production.
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- Steven B Kuzyk
- Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Skeba S, Snyder M, Maltman C. Metallophore Activity toward the Rare Earth Elements by Bacteria Isolated from Acid Mine Drainage Due to Coal Mining. Microorganisms 2023; 11:2672. [PMID: 38004684 PMCID: PMC10673398 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11112672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2023] [Revised: 10/26/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
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The field of microbe-metal interactions has been gaining significant attention. While the direct impact of metal oxyanions on bacteria has been investigated, significantly less attention has been placed on the ability of certain microbes to 'collect' such metal ions via secreted proteins. Many bacteria possess low-weight molecules called siderophores, which collect Fe from the environment to be brought back to the cell. However, some appear to have additional roles, including binding other metals, termed 'metallophores'. Microbes can remove/sequester these from their surroundings, but the breadth of those that can be removed is still unknown. Using the Chromeazurol S assay, we identified eight isolates, most belonging to the genus Pseudomonas, possessing siderophore activity, mainly from sites impacted by coal mine drainage, also possessing a metallophore activity toward the rare earth elements that does not appear to be related to ionic radii or previously reported EC50 concentrations for E. coli. We found the strength of metallophore activity towards these elements was as follows: Pr > Sc > Eu > Tm > Tb > Er > Yb > Ce > Lu > Sm > Ho > La > Nd > Dy > Gd > Y. This is the first study to investigate such activity and indicates bacteria may provide a means of removal/recovery of these critical elements.
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- Department of Biology, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA 16057, USA
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Maltman C, Kuzyk SB, Kyndt JA, Lengyel G, Yurkov V. Shewanella metallivivens sp. nov., a deep-sea hydrothermal vent tube worm endobiont capable of dissimilatory anaerobic metalloid oxyanion reduction. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73. [PMID: 37477965 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.005980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/22/2023] Open
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A polyphasic taxonomic study was carried out on a Gram-stain-negative and rod-shaped strain, ER-Te-42B-LightT, isolated from the tissue of a tube worm, Riftia pachyptila, collected near a deep-sea hydrothermal vent of the Juan de Fuca Ridge in the Pacific Ocean. This bacterium was capable of performing anaerobic respiration using tellurite, tellurate, selenite and orthovanadate as terminal electron acceptors. While facultatively anaerobic, it could aerobically resist tellurite, selenite and orthovanadate up to 2000, 7000 and 10000 µg ml-1, respectively, reducing each oxide to elemental forms. Nearly complete 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity related the strain to Shewanella, with 98.8 and 98.7 % similarity to Shewanella basaltis and Shewanella algicola, respectively. The dominant fatty acids were C16 : 0 and C16 : 1. The major polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylglycerol and MK-7 was the predominant quinone. DNA G+C content was 42.5 mol%. Computation of average nucleotide identity and digital DNA-DNA hybridization values with the closest phylogenetic neighbours of ER-Te-42B-LightT revealed genetic divergence at the species level, which was further substantiated by differences in several physiological characteristics. Based on the obtained results, this bacterium was assigned to the genus Shewanella as a new species with the name Shewanella metallivivens sp. nov., type strain ER-Te-42B-LightT (=VKM B-3580T=DSM 113370T).
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- Chris Maltman
- Department of Biology, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- College of Science and Technology, Bellevue University, Bellevue, NE, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Zhang Y, Hua J, Ying JJ, Dong H, Li H, Xamxidin M, Han BN, Sun C, Xu L. Erythrobacter aurantius sp. nov., isolated from intertidal seawater in Taizhou. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72. [PMID: 36748603 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.005616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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A Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, chemoheterotrophic and rod-shaped strain, designated as C5T, was isolated from intertidal surface seawater in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, PR China and characterized using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. Strain C5T could produce carotenoids and bacteriochlorophyll a. Growth was observed at 20-45 °C, at pH 6.0-9.0 and with 0-8.0 % (w/v) NaCl. The 16S rRNA gene sequence identity analysis revealed that strain C5T was the most closely related to Qipengyuania nanhaisediminis CGMCC 1.7715T (98.8%) and Erythrobacter litoralis DSM 8509T (98.7%). The phylogenetic reconstruction based on core genes demonstrated that strain C5T was clustered into the members of the genus Erythrobacter. The average nucleotide identity and digital DNA-DNA hybridization values between strain C5T and Erythrobacter type strains were lower than 76 and 25 %, respectively. The predominant and minor respiratory quinones were identified as ubiquinone-10 and ubiquinone-9. The major fatty acids were summed feature 8 (C18 : 1 ω7c and/or C18 : 1 ω6c) and iso-C18 : 0. Polar lipids included phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, a glycosphingolipid and an unidentified aminolipid. Based on the genetic, chemotaxonomic and phenotypic data, strain C5T is concluded to represent a novel species in the genus Erythrobacter, for which the name Erythrobacter aurantius sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is C5T (=MCCC 1K05108T=KCTC 92307T).
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- Yu Zhang
- College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, People's Republic of China
- Zhejiang Sci-Tech University Shaoxing Academy of Biomedicine Co., Ltd, Shaoxing 312369, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, People's Republic of China
- Zhejiang Sci-Tech University Shaoxing Academy of Biomedicine Co., Ltd, Shaoxing 312369, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, People's Republic of China
- Zhejiang Sci-Tech University Shaoxing Academy of Biomedicine Co., Ltd, Shaoxing 312369, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem Dynamics, Ministry of Natural Resources & Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou 310012, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, People's Republic of China
- Zhejiang Sci-Tech University Shaoxing Academy of Biomedicine Co., Ltd, Shaoxing 312369, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem Dynamics, Ministry of Natural Resources & Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou 310012, People's Republic of China
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Kuzyk SB, Jafri M, Humphrey E, Maltman C, Kyndt JA, Yurkov V. Prosthecate aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs Photocaulis sulfatitolerans gen. nov. sp. nov. and Photocaulis rubescens sp. nov. isolated from alpine meromictic lakes in British Columbia, Canada. Arch Microbiol 2022; 204:444. [PMID: 35776224 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-022-03007-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2022] [Revised: 05/17/2022] [Accepted: 05/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Seven Gram-negative flagellated and subsequent prosthecate bacteria were isolated from meromictic Mahoney Lake and Blue Lake in British Columbia, Canada. Each became pink-red after 1-2 weeks of incubation, containing bacteriochlorophyll a incorporated into light harvesting and reaction center pigment-protein complexes. They did not grow anaerobically under illuminated conditions, supporting their identification as obligate aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs (AAP). All isolates preferred high salinity and BL14T tolerated up to 6.5% NaCl or 16.0% Na2SO4. In addition to phenotypic differences, analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences found both strains BL14T and ML37T were related to Alkalicaulis satelles, G-192T by 98.41 and 98.84%, respectively, and distantly associated to members of the non-phototrophic genus Glycocaulis profundi, ZYF765T (95.59 and 95.36%, respectively) within the newly recognized Maricaulales order of α-Proteobacteria. BL14T and ML37T contained photosynthetic operons of 46,143 and 46,315 bp, where genes of BL14T were uniquely split into two distal operons. Furthermore, A. satelles was not originally published as an AAP, but was also found in this work to contain a similar 45,131 bp fragment. The distinct morphological features, physiological traits and genomic analysis including average nucleotide identity and digital DNA:DNA hybridization of circularized genomes supported the proposal of new genus and species Photocaulis sulfatitolerans gen. nov. sp. nov., type strain BL14T and Photocaulis rubescens sp. nov. type strain ML37T.
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- Steven B Kuzyk
- Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA, USA
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- College of Science and Technology, Bellevue University, Bellevue, NE, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
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Kim SJ, Kim M, Lee KE, Cha IT, Park SJ. Complete genome sequence of marine photoheterotophic bacterium Erythrobacter sp. JK5. Mar Genomics 2022; 63:100950. [DOI: 10.1016/j.margen.2022.100950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2022] [Revised: 03/22/2022] [Accepted: 03/22/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Li X, Guo R, Zou X, Yao Y, Lu L. The First Cbk-Like Phage Infecting Erythrobacter, Representing a Novel Siphoviral Genus. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:861793. [PMID: 35620087 PMCID: PMC9127768 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.861793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2022] [Accepted: 03/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Erythrobacter is an important and widespread bacterial genus in the ocean. However, our knowledge about their phages is still rare. Here, a novel lytic phage vB_EliS-L02, infecting Erythrobacter litoralis DSM 8509, was isolated and purified from Sanggou Bay seawater, China. Morphological observation revealed that the phage belonged to Cbk-like siphovirus, with a long prolate head and a long tail. The host range test showed that phage vB_EliS-L02 could only infect a few strains of Erythrobacter, demonstrating its potential narrow-host range. The genome size of vB_EliS-L02 was 150,063 bp with a G+C content of 59.43%, encoding 231 putative open reading frames (ORFs), but only 47 were predicted to be functional domains. Fourteen auxiliary metabolic genes were identified, including phoH that may confer vB_EliS-L02 the advantage of regulating phosphate uptake and metabolism under a phosphate-limiting condition. Genomic and phylogenetic analyses indicated that vB_EliS-L02 was most closely related to the genus Lacusarxvirus with low similarity (shared genes < 30%, and average nucleotide sequence identity < 70%), distantly from other reported phages, and could be grouped into a novel viral genus cluster, in this study as Eliscbkvirus. Meanwhile, the genus Eliscbkvirus and Lacusarxvirus stand out from other siphoviral genera and could represent a novel subfamily within Siphoviridae, named Dolichocephalovirinae-II. Being a representative of an understudied viral group with manifold adaptations to the host, phage vB_EliS-L02 could improve our understanding of the virus–host interactions and provide reference information for viral metagenomic analysis in the ocean.
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- Xuejing Li
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Institute of Marine Microbes and Ecospheres, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University (Xiang'an), Xiamen, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, College of Marine Life Sciences, Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- Qingdao Central Hospital, Qingdao, China
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- Weihai Changqing Ocean Science Technology Co., Ltd., Weihai, China
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- Weihai Changqing Ocean Science Technology Co., Ltd., Weihai, China
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Roseococcus pinisoli sp. nov., lacking pufL and pufM bacteriochlorophyll a: synthesizing genes. Arch Microbiol 2022; 204:293. [PMID: 35507236 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-022-02920-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2022] [Revised: 04/13/2022] [Accepted: 04/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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A Gram-stain-negative, cocci-to-oval-shaped bacterial strain, designated XZZS9T, was isolated from the rhizosphere soil of Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica and characterized taxonomically using a polyphasic approach. Growth occurred at 20-35 °C (optimum, 28 °C), pH 6.0-11.0 (optimum, pH 7.0), and in 0-1% NaCl (optimum, 0%). Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing indicated that strain XZZS9T was related to members of the genus Roseococcus, with the highest sequence identity to Roseococcus microcysteis NIBR12T (96.9%). The major cellular fatty acids (> 5% of the total) were C18:1 ω7c and C19:0 cyclo ω8c. The major isoprenoid quinone was Q-9 and the polar lipid profile contained diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, an unidentified glycophospholipid, and an unidentified phospholipid. Genome sequencing revealed that had a genome size of 4.79 Mbp with a G + C content of 69.5%. Comparative genomic analyses clearly separated strain XZZS9T from the known species of the genus Roseococcus based on average nucleotide identity (ANI) and digital DNA-DNA hybridization (dDDH) values below the thresholds for species delineation. Genome annotations did not find pufL and pufM genes in strain XZZS9T, suggesting a possible lack of photosynthetic reaction. Based on genotypic and phenotypic characteristics, strain XZZS9T represents a novel species of the genus Roseococcus, for which we propose the name Roseococcus pinisoli sp. nov. The type strain is XZZS9T (= KCTC 82435T = JCM 34402T = GDMCC 1.2158T).
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Yoon J, Lee EY, Nam SJ. Erythrobacter rubeus sp. nov., a carotenoid-producing alphaproteobacterium isolated from coastal seawater. Arch Microbiol 2022; 204:125. [PMID: 34997854 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-021-02736-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2021] [Revised: 12/02/2021] [Accepted: 12/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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A study based on a polyphasic taxonomic approach was carried out to identify and classify a novel marine alphaproteobacterium, designated as KMU-140T, isolated from coastal seawater collected at Jeju Island, Republic of Korea. Cells of strain KMU-140T were spherical, Gram-stain-negative, reddish-orange colored, strictly aerobic, catalase- and oxidase-positive, non-motile, and chemoorganoheterotrophic. The novel isolate was able to grow at NaCl concentrations of 0-5%, pH 6.0-9.5, and 10-45 °C. A phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence showed that strain KMU-140T belongs to the family Erythrobacteraceae and was most closely related to Erythrobacter longus OCh101T (98.7%). Strain KMU-140T contained ubiquinone-10 (Q-10) as the only respiratory quinone and C18:1 ω7c, iso-C18:0, and C16:0 as the main (> 10%) cellular fatty acids. Strain KMU-140T produced carotenoid compounds that rendered the cell biomass a reddish-orange color. The assembled draft genome size of strain KMU-140T was 3.04 Mbp with G + C content of 60.6 mol%. The average nucleotide identity (ANI), digital DNA-DNA hybridization (dDDH), and average amino acid identity (AAI) values of KMU-140T and the species of the genus Erythrobacter were found to be 76.6-78.4%, 14.0-18.7%, and 69.6-77.8%, respectively. Phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, an unidentified phospholipid, and two unidentified lipids were identified as major polar lipids. On the basis of the polyphasic taxonomic features presented, the strain is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Erythrobacter for which the name Erythrobacter rubeus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of E. rubeus sp. nov. is KMU-140T (= KCCM 90479T = NBRC 115159T).
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- Jaewoo Yoon
- College of Pharmacy, Keimyung University, 1095 Dalgubeoldaero, Dalseo-gu, Daegu, 42601, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience, Ewha Womans University, 11-1 Daehyun-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03760, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience, Ewha Womans University, 11-1 Daehyun-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03760, Republic of Korea.
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Saini MK, Yoshida S, Sebastian A, Hara E, Tamaki H, Soulier NT, Albert I, Hanada S, Tank M, Bryant DA. Elioraea tepida, sp. nov., a Moderately Thermophilic Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacterium Isolated from the Mat Community of an Alkaline Siliceous Hot Spring in Yellowstone National Park, WY, USA. Microorganisms 2021; 10:80. [PMID: 35056529 PMCID: PMC8781829 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10010080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2021] [Revised: 12/24/2021] [Accepted: 12/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Strain MS-P2T was isolated from microbial mats associated with Mushroom Spring, an alkaline siliceous hot spring in Yellowstone National Park, WY, USA. The isolate grows chemoheterotrophically by oxygen-dependent respiration, and light stimulates photoheterotrophic growth under strictly oxic conditions. Strain MS-P2T synthesizes bacteriochlorophyll a and the carotenoid spirilloxanthin. However, photoautotrophic growth did not occur under oxic or anoxic conditions, suggesting that this strain should be classified as an aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacterium. Strain MS-P2T cells are motile, curved rods about 0.5 to 1.0 μm wide and 1.0 to 1.5 μm long. The optimum growth temperature is 45-50 °C, and the optimum pH for growth is circum-neutral (pH 7.0-7.5). Sequence analysis of the 16S rRNA gene revealed that strain MS-P2T is closely related to Elioraea species, members of the class Alphaproteobacteria, with a sequence identity of 96.58 to 98%. The genome of strain MS-P2T is a single circular DNA molecule of 3,367,643 bp with a mol% guanine-plus-cytosine content of 70.6%. Based on phylogenetic, physiological, biochemical, and genomic characteristics, we propose this bacteriochlorophyll a-containing isolate is a new species belonging to the genus Elioraea, with the suggested name Elioraeatepida. The type-strain is strain MS-P2T (= JCM33060T = ATCC TSD-174T).
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- Mohit Kumar Saini
- Department of Biological Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan; (M.K.S.); (S.Y.); (S.H.)
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan; (M.K.S.); (S.Y.); (S.H.)
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- The Huck Institutes for the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA; (A.S.); (I.A.)
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- Bioproduction Research Institute—National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1, Higashi, Tsukuba 305-8566, Japan; (E.H.); (H.T.)
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- Bioproduction Research Institute—National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1, Higashi, Tsukuba 305-8566, Japan; (E.H.); (H.T.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA;
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- The Huck Institutes for the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA; (A.S.); (I.A.)
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA;
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan; (M.K.S.); (S.Y.); (S.H.)
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan; (M.K.S.); (S.Y.); (S.H.)
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA;
- DSMZ-German Culture Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, GmbH Inhoffenstraße 7B, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA;
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Kim W, Kim M, Park W. Roseococcus microcysteis sp. nov., isolated from a Microcystis aeruginosa culture sample. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71. [PMID: 34914575 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.005185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Strain NIBR12T (=KACC 22094T=HAMBI 3739T), a novel Gram-stain-negative, obligate aerobic, non-spore-forming, non-motile and coccobacillus-shaped bacterium, was isolated from a cyanobacterial sample culture (Microcysitis aeruginosa NIBRCYC000000452). The newly identified bacterial strain grew optimally in modified Reasoner's 2A medium under the following conditions: 0 % (w/v) NaCl, pH 7.5 and 35 °C. Phylogenetic analysis using the 16S rRNA gene sequence confirmed that strain NIBR12T belongs to the genus Roseococcus, with its closest neighbours being Roseococcus suduntuyensis SHETT (98.8%), Roseococcus thiosulfatophilus RB-3T (97.7%), "Sediminicoccus rosea" R-30T (95.7 %) and Rubritepida flocculans H-8T (95.0 %). Genomic comparison of strain NIBR12T with type species in the genus Roseococcus was conducted using digital DNA-DNA hybridization, average nucleotide identity and average amino acid identity analyses, resulting in values of ≤53.7, ≤93.7 and ≤96.1 %, respectively. The genomic DNA G+C content of strain NIBR12T was 70.9 mol%. The major fatty acids of strain NIBR12T were summed feature 8 (C18 : 1 ω7c and/or C18:1 ω6c) and summed feature 3 (C16 : 1 ω6c/C16 : 1 ω7c). Q-9 was its major respiratory quinone. Moreover, the major polar lipids of strain NIBR12T were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylcholine. Based on our chemotaxonomic, genotypic and phenotype analyses, strain NIBR12T is identified as represeting a novel species of the genus Roseococcus, for which the name Roseococcus microcysteis sp. nov. is proposed.
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- Wonjae Kim
- Laboratory of Molecular Environmental Microbiology, Department of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Laboratory of Molecular Environmental Microbiology, Department of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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Kim D, Yoo Y, Khim JS, Yang D, Pathiraja D, Park B, Choi IG, Kim JJ. Altererythrobacter lutimaris sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from a tidal flat and reclassification of Altererythrobacter deserti, Altererythrobacter estronivorus and Altererythrobacter muriae as Tsuneonella deserti comb. nov., Croceicoccus estronivorus comb. nov. and Alteripontixanthobacter muriae comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71. [PMID: 34874248 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.005134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A yellow-coloured bacterium, designated strain JGD-16T, was isolated from a tidal flat in Janggu-do, Garorim Bay, Taean-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do, Republic of Korea. Cells were Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, non-flagellated and short ovoid to coccoid-shaped. Growth was observed at 10-37 °C (optimum, 30 °C), pH 6.0-9.0 (pH 8.0) and with 1-5% (w/v) NaCl (2%). Results of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis indicated that strain JGD-16T was closely related to Altererythrobacter xiamenensis LY02T (97.1 %), Altererythrobacter aurantiacus O30T (96.3 %), Altererythrobacter ishigakiensis JPCCMB0017T (95.8 %), Altererythrobacter epoxidivorans JCS350T (95.7 %) and Altererythrobacter insulae BPTF-M16T (95.3%). Phylogenomic analysis using the maximum-likelihood algorithm showed that strain JGD-16T formed a clade with the genus Altererythrobacter. The genomic DNA G+C content was 57.8 mol%. The predominant respiratory quinone was ubiquinone-10. The major polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine, a sphingoglycolipid, an unidentified glycolipid and an unidentified lipid. The major fatty acids were C18:1 ω7c (31.5 %) and C18:3 ω6c (19.6 %). On the basis of its phylogenomic, physiological and chemotaxonomical characteristics, strain JGD-16T represents a novel species within the genus Altererythrobacter, for which the name Altererythrobacter lutimaris JGD-16Tsp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is JGD-16T (=KCTC 72632T=KACC 21405T=JCM 33750T). We also propose the reclassification of Altererythrobacter deserti as Tsuneonella deserti comb. nov., Altererythrobacter estronivorus as Croceicoccus estronivorus comb. nov. and Altererythrobacter muriae as Alteripontixanthobacter muriae comb. nov.
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- Dongjun Kim
- Division of Environmental Science & Ecological Engineering, College of Life Science & Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science & Ecological Engineering, College of Life Science & Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- School of Earth and Environmental Science and Research Institute of Oceanography, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science & Ecological Engineering, College of Life Science & Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Sabulicella rubraurantiaca gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Acetobacteraceae, isolated from desert soil. Arch Microbiol 2021; 204:1. [PMID: 34870748 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-021-02604-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2021] [Revised: 11/20/2021] [Accepted: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Strain SYSU D01096T was isolated from a sandy soil sample collected from Gurbantunggut Desert in Xinjiang, PR China. Phylogenetic analysis of the nearly full-length 16S rRNA gene sequence revealed that strain SYSU D01096T belonged to the family Acetobacteraceae and was closest to Rubritepida flocculans DSM 14296T (96.0% similarity). Cells of strain SYSU D01096T were observed to be non-motile, short rod-shaped and Gram-staining negative. The colonies were observed to be translucent, reddish orange, circular, convex and smooth. Growth occurred at 15-37 °C (optimum, 28-30 °C), pH 4.0-8.0 (optimum, pH 7.0) and 0-0.5% NaCl (w/v; optimum, 0%) on Reasoner's 2A medium. The predominant ubiquinone was identified as ubiquinone 9 and the major fatty acids were Summed Feature 8 (C18:1 ω7c and/or C18:1 ω6c) and C16:0. The polar lipids consisted of diphosphatidylglycerol (DPG), phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), phosphatidylcholine (PC), phosphatidylglycerol (PG), one unidentified phospholipid (PL), three unidentified aminolipids (AL1-3) and one unidentified aminophospholipid (APL). The genomic DNA G + C content was 69.1%. Phylogenetic tree based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated strain SYSU D01096T represented an individual lineage in the family Acetobacteraceae, which was supported by 30 core gene-based phylogenomic tree. Based on the multi-analysis including physiological, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic comparison, strain SYSU D01096T was proposed to represent a novel species of a novel genus, named Sabulicella rubraurantiaca gen. nov., sp. nov., within the family Acetobacteraceae. The type strain is SYSU D01096T (= CGMCC 1.8619T = KCTC 82268T = MCCC 1K04998T).
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Actirhodobacter atriluteus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the surface water of the Yellow Sea. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2021; 114:1059-1068. [PMID: 33847861 DOI: 10.1007/s10482-021-01576-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2021] [Accepted: 04/02/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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A Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, orange-pigmented bacterial strain, designated HHU K3-1 T, was isolated from the surface water of the Yellow Sea. The strain was observed to grow on 2216E agar medium, and growth occurred at pH 6.0-8.0 (optimum 7.0), 28-37 °C (optimum 28 °C), and in the presence of 0.5-5% (w/v) NaCl (optimum 1-3%). The major fatty acids (> 10%) were summed feature 3 (C16:1ω6c/C16:1ω7c), C17:1ω6c and summed feature 8 (C18:1ω6c/C18:1ω7c). Strain HHU K3-1 T was found to contain ubiquinone-10 as the predominant quinone and the major polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol (DPG), phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), phosphatidylglycerol (PG) and sphingoglycolipid (SGL). The 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis indicated that strain HHU K3-1 T shared highest similarities with Pelagerythrobacter marensis KCTC 22370 T (97.7%) and Qipengyuania oceanensis MCCC 1A09965T (96.9%). However, a phylogenetic tree based on 288 orthologous clusters (OCs) indicated that HHU K3-1 T was close related to Parapontixanthobacter aurantiacus MCCC 1A09962T. The pairwise AAI and evolutionary distance between HHU K3-1 T and Parapontixanthobacter aurantiacus MCCC 1A09962T are 67.1% and 0.43, respectively, which meet the recently proposed standard to differentiate genera in the family Erythrobacteraceae. On the basis of the result obtained by the polyphasic taxonomic study, strain HHU K3-1 T can be considered to represent a novel genus in the family Erythrobacteraceae, for which the name Actirhodobacter atriluteus gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is HHU K3-1 T (= MCCC 1K04225T = KCTC 72834 T = CGMCC 1.17395 T).
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Carotenoids produced by the deep-sea bacterium Erythrobacter citreus LAMA 915: detection and proposal of their biosynthetic pathway. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2021; 66:441-456. [PMID: 33723710 DOI: 10.1007/s12223-021-00858-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2020] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Technologies based on synthetic biology to produce bacterial natural carotenoids depend on information regarding their biosynthesis. Although the biosynthetic pathway of common carotenoids is known, there are carotenoids whose pathways are not completely described. This work aimed to mine the genome of the deep-sea bacterium Erythrobacter citreus LAMA 915, an uncommon bacterium that forms yellow colonies under cultivation. This work further explores the potential application of the carotenoids found and low-cost substrates for bacterial growth. A combined approach of genome mining and untargeted metabolomics analysis was applied. The carotenoid erythroxanthin sulfate was detected in E. citreus LAMA 915 cell extract. A proposal for carotenoid biosynthesis by this bacterium is provided, involving the genes crtBIYZWG. These are responsible for the biosynthesis of carotenoids from the zeaxanthin pathway and their 2,2'-hydroxylated derivatives. E. citreus LAMA 915 extracts showed antioxidant and sun protection effects. Based on the high content of proteases and lipases, it was possible to rationally select substrates for bacterial growth, with residual oil from fish processing the best low-cost substrate selected. This work advances in the understanding of carotenoid biosynthesis and provides a genetic basis that can be further explored as a biotechnological route for carotenoid production.
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Ruiz-Lopez S, Foster L, Boothman C, Cole N, Morris K, Lloyd JR. Identification of a Stable Hydrogen-Driven Microbiome in a Highly Radioactive Storage Facility on the Sellafield Site. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:587556. [PMID: 33329459 PMCID: PMC7732693 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.587556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The use of nuclear power has been a significant part of the United Kingdom’s energy portfolio with the Sellafield site being used for power production and more recently reprocessing and decommissioning of spent nuclear fuel activities. Before being reprocessed, spent nuclear fuel is stored in water ponds with significant levels of background radioactivity and in high alkalinity (to minimize fuel corrosion). Despite these challenging conditions, the presence of microbial communities has been detected. To gain further insight into the microbial communities present in extreme environments, an indoor, hyper-alkaline, oligotrophic, and radioactive spent fuel storage pond (INP) located on the Sellafield site was analyzed. Water samples were collected from sample points within the INP complex, and also the purge water feeding tank (FT) that supplies water to the pond, and were screened for the presence of the 16S and 18S rRNA genes to inform sequencing requirements over a period of 30 months. Only 16S rRNA genes were successfully amplified for sequencing, suggesting that the microbial communities in the INP were dominated by prokaryotes. Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR) analysis targeting 16S rRNA genes suggested that bacterial cells in the order of 104–106 mL–1 were present in the samples, with loadings rising with time. Next generation Illumina MiSeq sequencing was performed to identify the dominant microorganisms at eight sampling times. The 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis suggested that 70% and 91% from of the OTUs samples, from the FT and INP respectively, belonged to the phylum Proteobacteria, mainly from the alpha and beta subclasses. The remaining OTUs were assigned primarily to the phyla Acidobacteria, Bacteroidetes, and, Cyanobacteria. Overall the most abundant genera identified were Hydrogenophaga, Curvibacter, Porphyrobacter, Rhodoferax, Polaromonas, Sediminibacterium, Roseococcus, and Sphingomonas. The presence of organisms most closely related to Hydrogenophaga species in the INP areas, suggests the metabolism of hydrogen as an energy source, most likely linked to hydrolysis of water caused by the stored fuel. Isolation of axenic cultures using a range of minimal and rich media was also attempted, but only relatively minor components (from the phylum Bacteroidetes) of the pond water communities were obtained, emphasizing the importance of DNA-based, not culture-dependent techniques, for assessing the microbiome of nuclear facilities.
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- Sharon Ruiz-Lopez
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester (UoM), Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester (UoM), Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester (UoM), Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Sellafield Ltd., Warrington, United Kingdom
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester (UoM), Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester (UoM), Manchester, United Kingdom
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Wang R, Zhang Z, Sun J, Jiao N. Differences in bioavailability of canonical and non-canonical D-amino acids for marine microbes. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 733:139216. [PMID: 32454292 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2020] [Revised: 04/22/2020] [Accepted: 05/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Dissolved organic matter (DOM) accounts for >95% of total marine organic matter, and >95% of marine DOM is refractory to biodegradation. The recalcitrancy of DOM determines its residence time and thus is of great concern regarding to carbon sequestration in the ocean. However, the recalcitrancy of DOM not only varies among different compounds but also within different conformations of a same molecule such as L-amino acids (L-AAs) and D-amino acids (D-AAs). While the former is labile, the latter is refractory and used as a proxy for estimation of bacterial refractory DOM in the ocean. However, some D-AAs are also reported to be bioavailable. To clarify the controversy, we examined the bioavailability of two types of D-AAs: canonical D-AAs, which mainly present as bacterial cell wall components, and non-canonical D-AAs (NCDAAs), which are secreted by various bacteria as signaling molecules in bacterial physiology. Bioassay experiments were conducted with nine marine bacterial strains and a natural microbial community. D-AAs were poorly utilized by the strains as sole carbon or nitrogen sources compared with L-AAs, in addition, NCDAAs were barely used compared with canonical D-AAs. In comparison, the microbial community consumed all three canonical D-AAs (D-alanine, D-aspartic acid and D-glutamic acid) as efficiently as their corresponding L-AAs when supplied separately; however, L-AAs were preferentially used over D-AAs when both forms were provided simultaneously. Remarkably, two NCDAAs, D-methionine and D-leucine, were poorly utilized regardless of the presence of the L-enantiomers. It was found for the first time that NCDAAs are relatively more refractory than canonical D-AAs to microbial utilization. This novel recognition of difference in recalcitrancy between NCDAAs and canonical D-AAs lays the foundation for a better understanding of carbon cycling and more accurate estimation of carbon storage in the ocean.
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- Rui Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, People's Republic of China; Institute of Marine Microbes and Ecospheres, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, People's Republic of China; Institute of Marine Microbes and Ecospheres, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, People's Republic of China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, People's Republic of China; Institute of Marine Microbes and Ecospheres, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, People's Republic of China; Institute of Marine Microbes and Ecospheres, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, People's Republic of China.
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Xu L, Sun C, Fang C, Oren A, Xu XW. Genomic-based taxonomic classification of the family Erythrobacteraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4470-4495. [PMID: 32726199 PMCID: PMC7660246 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 290] [Impact Index Per Article: 72.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2020] [Accepted: 06/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The family Erythrobacteraceae, belonging to the order Sphingomonadales, class Alphaproteobacteria, is globally distributed in various environments. Currently, this family consist of seven genera: Altererythrobacter, Croceibacterium, Croceicoccus, Erythrobacter, Erythromicrobium, Porphyrobacter and Qipengyuania. As more species are identified, the taxonomic status of the family Erythrobacteraceae should be revised at the genomic level because of its polyphyletic nature evident from 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. Phylogenomic reconstruction based on 288 single-copy orthologous clusters led to the identification of three separate clades. Pairwise comparisons of average nucleotide identity, average amino acid identity (AAI), percentage of conserved protein and evolutionary distance indicated that AAI and evolutionary distance had the highest correlation. Thresholds for genera boundaries were proposed as 70 % and 0.4 for AAI and evolutionary distance, respectively. Based on the phylo-genomic and genomic similarity analysis, the three clades were classified into 16 genera, including 11 novel ones, for which the names Alteraurantiacibacter, Altericroceibacterium, Alteriqipengyuania, Alteripontixanthobacter, Aurantiacibacter, Paraurantiacibacter, Parerythrobacter, Parapontixanthobacter, Pelagerythrobacter, Tsuneonella and Pontixanthobacter are proposed. We reclassified all species of Erythromicrobium and Porphyrobacter as species of Erythrobacter. This study is the first genomic-based study of the family Erythrobacteraceae, and will contribute to further insights into the evolution of this family.
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- Lin Xu
- Key Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem Dynamics, Ministry of Natural Resources & Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou 310012, PR China
- College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem Dynamics, Ministry of Natural Resources & Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou 310012, PR China
- College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem Dynamics, Ministry of Natural Resources & Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou 310012, PR China
- College of Oceanography, Hohai University, Nanjing 210000, PR China
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- The Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem Dynamics, Ministry of Natural Resources & Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou 310012, PR China
- School of Oceanography, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, PR China
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Hördt A, López MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Göker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. [PMID: 32373076 PMCID: PMC7179689 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 259] [Impact Index Per Article: 64.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2019] [Accepted: 03/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The class Alphaproteobacteria is comprised of a diverse assemblage of Gram-negative bacteria that includes organisms of varying morphologies, physiologies and habitat preferences many of which are of clinical and ecological importance. Alphaproteobacteria classification has proved to be difficult, not least when taxonomic decisions rested heavily on a limited number of phenotypic features and interpretation of poorly resolved 16S rRNA gene trees. Despite progress in recent years regarding the classification of bacteria assigned to the class, there remains a need to further clarify taxonomic relationships. Here, draft genome sequences of a collection of genomes of more than 1000 Alphaproteobacteria and outgroup type strains were used to infer phylogenetic trees from genome-scale data using the principles drawn from phylogenetic systematics. The majority of taxa were found to be monophyletic but several orders, families and genera, including taxa recognized as problematic long ago but also quite recent taxa, as well as a few species were shown to be in need of revision. According proposals are made for the recognition of new orders, families and genera, as well as the transfer of a variety of species to other genera and of a variety of genera to other families. In addition, emended descriptions are given for many species mainly involving information on DNA G+C content and (approximate) genome size, both of which are confirmed as valuable taxonomic markers. Similarly, analysis of the gene content was shown to provide valuable taxonomic insights in the class. Significant incongruities between 16S rRNA gene and whole genome trees were not found in the class. The incongruities that became obvious when comparing the results of the present study with existing classifications appeared to be caused mainly by insufficiently resolved 16S rRNA gene trees or incomplete taxon sampling. Another probable cause of misclassifications in the past is the partially low overall fit of phenotypic characters to the sequence-based tree. Even though a significant degree of phylogenetic conservation was detected in all characters investigated, the overall fit to the tree varied considerably.
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- Anton Hördt
- Department of Bioinformatics, Leibniz Institute DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Brunswick, Germany
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Leibniz Institute DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Brunswick, Germany
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Leibniz Institute DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Brunswick, Germany
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Leibniz Institute DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Brunswick, Germany
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Leibniz Institute DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Brunswick, Germany
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia
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- Department of Microorganisms, Leibniz Institute DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Brunswick, Germany
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- Department of Microorganisms, Leibniz Institute DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Brunswick, Germany
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- Department of Energy, Joint Genome Institute, Berkeley, CA, United States
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- Department of Energy, Joint Genome Institute, Berkeley, CA, United States
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Leibniz Institute DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Brunswick, Germany
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Park S, Chen S, Yoon JH. Erythrobacter insulae sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1470-1477. [DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.003824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A Gram-staining-negative, aerobic, non-motile and coccoid, ovoid or rod-shaped bacterial strain, designated as JBTF-M21T, was isolated from a tidal flat sediment on the Yellow Sea, Republic of Korea. The neighbour-joining phylogenetic tree based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that JBTF-M21T fell within the clade comprising the type strains of species of the genus
Erythrobacter
. JBTF-M21T exhibited 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities of 97.0–98.4 % to the type strains of
Erythrobacter longus
,
Erythrobacter aquimaris
,
Erythrobacter nanhaisediminis
,
Erythrobacter vulgaris
,
Erythrobacter seohaensis
,
Erythrobacter litoralis
and
Erythrobacter citreus
and 93.7–96.6 % to the type strains of the other species of the genus
Erythrobacter
. The ANI and dDDH values between JBTF-M21T and the type strains of
E. longus
,
E. nanhaisediminis
,
E. seohaensis
and
E. litoralis
were 70.83–72.93 % and 18.0–18.8 %, respectively. Mean DNA–DNA relatedness values between JBTF-M21T and the type strains of
E. aquimaris
,
E. vulgaris
and
E. citreus
were 12–24 %. The DNA G+C content of JBTF-M21T was 57.0 mol%. JBTF-M21T contained Q-10 as the predominant ubiquinone and C18 : 1ω7c and C17 : 1ω6c as the major fatty acids. The major polar lipids ofJBTF-M21T were phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol and sphingoglycolipid. Distinguishing phenotypic properties, together with the phylogenetic and genetic distinctiveness, revealed that JBTF-M21T is separated from species of the genus
Erythrobacter
with validly published names. On the basis of the data presented, strain JBTF-M21T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus
Erythrobacter
, for which the name Erythrobacter insulae sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is JBTF-M21T (=KACC 19864T=NBRC 113584T).
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- Sooyeon Park
- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Jangan-gu, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Jangan-gu, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Jangan-gu, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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Osman EO, Suggett DJ, Voolstra CR, Pettay DT, Clark DR, Pogoreutz C, Sampayo EM, Warner ME, Smith DJ. Coral microbiome composition along the northern Red Sea suggests high plasticity of bacterial and specificity of endosymbiotic dinoflagellate communities. MICROBIOME 2020; 8:8. [PMID: 32008576 PMCID: PMC6996193 DOI: 10.1186/s40168-019-0776-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2019] [Accepted: 12/12/2019] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND The capacity of reef-building corals to tolerate (or adapt to) heat stress is a key factor determining their resilience to future climate change. Changes in coral microbiome composition (particularly for microalgal endosymbionts and bacteria) is a potential mechanism that may assist corals to thrive in warm waters. The northern Red Sea experiences extreme temperatures anomalies, yet corals in this area rarely bleach suggesting possible refugia to climate change. However, the coral microbiome composition, and how it relates to the capacity to thrive in warm waters in this region, is entirely unknown. RESULTS We investigated microbiomes for six coral species (Porites nodifera, Favia favus, Pocillopora damicornis, Seriatopora hystrix, Xenia umbellata, and Sarcophyton trocheliophorum) from five sites in the northern Red Sea spanning 4° of latitude and summer mean temperature ranges from 26.6 °C to 29.3 °C. A total of 19 distinct dinoflagellate endosymbionts were identified as belonging to three genera in the family Symbiodiniaceae (Symbiodinium, Cladocopium, and Durusdinium). Of these, 86% belonged to the genus Cladocopium, with notably five novel types (19%). The endosymbiont community showed a high degree of host-specificity despite the latitudinal gradient. In contrast, the diversity and composition of bacterial communities of the surface mucus layer (SML)-a compartment particularly sensitive to environmental change-varied significantly between sites, however for any given coral was species-specific. CONCLUSION The conserved endosymbiotic community suggests high physiological plasticity to support holobiont productivity across the different latitudinal regimes. Further, the presence of five novel algal endosymbionts suggests selection of certain genotypes (or genetic adaptation) within the semi-isolated Red Sea. In contrast, the dynamic composition of bacteria associated with the SML across sites may contribute to holobiont function and broaden the ecological niche. In doing so, SML bacterial communities may aid holobiont local acclimatization (or adaptation) by readily responding to changes in the host environment. Our study provides novel insight about the selective and endemic nature of coral microbiomes along the northern Red Sea refugia.
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- Eslam O Osman
- Coral Reef Research Unit, School of Life Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, UK.
- Marine Biology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo, 11448, Egypt.
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- Coral Reef Research Unit, School of Life Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, UK
- Climate Change Cluster, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, 2007, Australia
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- Red Sea Research Center, Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78457, Konstanz, Germany
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- School of Marine Science and Policy, College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, University of Delaware, Lewes, DE, 19958, USA
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- Coral Reef Research Unit, School of Life Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, UK
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- Red Sea Research Center, Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78457, Konstanz, Germany
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, 4072, QLD, Australia
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- School of Marine Science and Policy, College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, University of Delaware, Lewes, DE, 19958, USA
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- Coral Reef Research Unit, School of Life Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, UK
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Extreme Environments and High-Level Bacterial Tellurite Resistance. Microorganisms 2019; 7:microorganisms7120601. [PMID: 31766694 PMCID: PMC6955997 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms7120601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2019] [Revised: 11/19/2019] [Accepted: 11/20/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Bacteria have long been known to possess resistance to the highly toxic oxyanion tellurite, most commonly though reduction to elemental tellurium. However, the majority of research has focused on the impact of this compound on microbes, namely E. coli, which have a very low level of resistance. Very little has been done regarding bacteria on the other end of the spectrum, with three to four orders of magnitude greater resistance than E. coli. With more focus on ecologically-friendly methods of pollutant removal, the use of bacteria for tellurite remediation, and possibly recovery, further highlights the importance of better understanding the effect on microbes, and approaches for resistance/reduction. The goal of this review is to compile current research on bacterial tellurite resistance, with a focus on high-level resistance by bacteria inhabiting extreme environments.
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Park S, Won SM, Yoon JH. Erythrobacter marisflavi sp. nov., isolated from isolated from estuary water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2696-2702. [DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.003510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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- Sooyeon Park
- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Jangan-gu, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Jangan-gu, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Jangan-gu, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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Liu YH, Fang BZ, Dong ZY, Li L, Mohamad OAA, Zhang YG, Egamberdieva D, Xiao M, Li WJ. Croceibacterium gen. nov., with description of Croceibacterium ferulae sp. nov., an endophytic bacterium isolated from Ferula sinkiangensis K. M. Shen and reclassification of Porphyrobacter mercurialis as Croceibacterium mercuriale comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2547-2554. [PMID: 31215860 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.003540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A novel endophytic bacterium, designated strain SX2RGS8T, was isolated from the surface-sterilized roots of an endangered medicinal plant (Ferula sinkiangensis K. M. Shen) collected from Xinjiang, north-western PR China. The taxonomic position of the candidate was investigated using a polyphasic approach. Strain SX2RGS8T was found to be aerobic, Gram-stain-negative, oxidase-negative, catalase-positive and axiolitic-shaped. Strain SX2RGS8T grew at 4-45 °C (optimum, 28 °C), pH 4.0-10.0 (pH 7.0) and in the presence of 0-5 % (w/v) NaCl. The polar lipids detected for strain SX2RGS8T were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylinositol, unidentified phosphoglycolipids, an unidentified phospholipid and unidentified lipids. The major respiratory quinone of strain SX2RGS8T was ubiquinone 10 and the major fatty acid was summed feature 8 (C18 : 1ω7c and/or C18 : 1ω6c). The DNA G+C content was determined to be 66.5 mol%. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that the isolate belonged to the family Erythrobacteraceae and showed 99.2 % (Porphyrobacter mercurialis), 95.5 % (Porphyrobacter donghaensisi) and 95.4 % (Porphyrobacter colymbi) similarities to its closest relatives. The isolate contained carotenoids, but no bacteriochlorophyll a. On the basis of phenotypic, genotypic and phylogenetic data, strain SX2RGS8T represents a novel species of a novel genus in the family Erythrobacteraceae, for which the name Croceibacterium ferulae gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is SX2RGS8T (=CGMCC 1.16402T=KCTC 62090T). In addition, Porphyrobacter mercurialis Coil et al. 2016 is proposed to be transferred to this new genus as Croceibacterium mercuriale comb. nov.
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- Yong-Hong Liu
- Key Laboratory of Biogeography and Bioresource in Arid Land, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ürűmqi 830011, PR China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Biogeography and Bioresource in Arid Land, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ürűmqi 830011, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Biogeography and Bioresource in Arid Land, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ürűmqi 830011, PR China.,Environmental Science Department, Institute for Post Graduate Environmental Studies, Arish University, North-Sinai, 45511, Egypt
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- Key Laboratory of Biogeography and Bioresource in Arid Land, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ürűmqi 830011, PR China
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- Department of Biotechnology and Microbiology, Faculty of Biology and Soil Science, National University of Uzbekistan, Tashkent 100174, Uzbekistan
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China.,Key Laboratory of Biogeography and Bioresource in Arid Land, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ürűmqi 830011, PR China
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Yoon J, Ryu J. Altererythrobacter rubellus sp. nov., a marine alphaproteobacterium isolated from seawater. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2019; 366:5519857. [DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnz131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2019] [Accepted: 06/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Jaewoo Yoon
- College of Pharmacy, Keimyung University, 1095 Dalgubeoldaero, Dalseo-Gu, Daegu 42601, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Convergence, Chosun University, 309 Pilmundaero, Dong-Gu, Gwangju 61452, Republic of Korea
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Setiyono E, Heriyanto, Pringgenies D, Shioi Y, Kanesaki Y, Awai K, Brotosudarmo THP. Sulfur-Containing Carotenoids from A Marine Coral Symbiont Erythrobacter flavus Strain KJ5. Mar Drugs 2019; 17:E349. [PMID: 31212714 PMCID: PMC6627997 DOI: 10.3390/md17060349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2019] [Revised: 05/21/2019] [Accepted: 05/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Erythrobacter flavus strain KJ5 (formerly called Erythrobacter sp. strain KJ5) is a yellowish marine bacterium that was isolated from a hard coral Acropora nasuta in the Karimunjawa Islands, Indonesia. The complete genome sequence of the bacterium has been reported recently. In this study, we examined the carotenoid composition of this bacterium using high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with ESI-MS/MS. We found that the bacterium produced sulfur-containing carotenoids, i.e., caloxanthin sulfate and nostoxanthin sulfate, as the most abundant carotenoids. A new carotenoid zeaxanthin sulfate was detected based on its ESI-MS/MS spectrum. The unique presence of sulfated carotenoids found among the currently known species of the Erythrobacter genus were discussed.
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- Edi Setiyono
- Ma Chung Research Center for Photosynthetic Pigments (MRCPP) and Department of Chemistry, Universitas Ma Chung, Villa Puncak Tidar N01, Malang 465151, Indonesia; (E.S.); (H.); (Y.S.)
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- Ma Chung Research Center for Photosynthetic Pigments (MRCPP) and Department of Chemistry, Universitas Ma Chung, Villa Puncak Tidar N01, Malang 465151, Indonesia; (E.S.); (H.); (Y.S.)
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- Department of Coastal Resource Management, Universitas Diponegoro, Jl. Prof. Soedarto Tembalang, Semarang 50275, Indonesia;
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- Ma Chung Research Center for Photosynthetic Pigments (MRCPP) and Department of Chemistry, Universitas Ma Chung, Villa Puncak Tidar N01, Malang 465151, Indonesia; (E.S.); (H.); (Y.S.)
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- Research Institute of Green Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan;
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- Department of Biological Science, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan;
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- Ma Chung Research Center for Photosynthetic Pigments (MRCPP) and Department of Chemistry, Universitas Ma Chung, Villa Puncak Tidar N01, Malang 465151, Indonesia; (E.S.); (H.); (Y.S.)
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Fiebig A, Varesio LM, Alejandro Navarreto X, Crosson S. Regulation of the Erythrobacter litoralis DSM 8509 general stress response by visible light. Mol Microbiol 2019; 112:442-460. [PMID: 31125464 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/20/2019] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Extracytoplasmic function (ECF) sigma factors are environmentally responsive transcriptional regulators. In Alphaproteobacteria, σEcfG activates general stress response (GSR) transcription and protects cells from multiple stressors. A phosphorylation-dependent protein partner switching mechanism, involving HWE/HisKA_2-family histidine kinases, underlies σEcfG activation. The identity of these sensor kinases and the signals that regulate them remain largely uncharacterized. We have developed the aerobic anoxygenic photoheterotroph (AAP), Erythrobacter litoralis DSM 8509, as a comparative genetic model to investigate GSR. Using this system, we sought to define the role of visible light and a photosensory HWE kinase, LovK, in regulation of GSR transcription. We identified three HWE kinase genes that collectively control GSR: gsrK and lovK are activators, while gsrP is a repressor. In wild-type cells, GSR transcription is activated in the dark and nearly off in the light, and the opposing activities of gsrK and gsrP are sufficient to modulate GSR transcription in response to illumination. In the absence of gsrK and gsrP, lovK alone is sufficient to activate GSR transcription. lovK is a more robust activator in the dark, and light-dependent regulation by LovK requires that its N-terminal LOV domain be photochemically active. Our studies establish a role for visible light and an ensemble of HWE kinases in light-dependent regulation of GSR transcription in E. litoralis.
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- Aretha Fiebig
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- The Committee on Microbiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA.,The Committee on Microbiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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Khan SA, Jeong SE, Jung HS, Quan ZX, Jeon CO. Roseicella frigidaeris gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from an air-conditioning system. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1384-1389. [PMID: 30816841 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.003322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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A Gram-stain-negative, facultatively aerobic bacterial strain, designated DB1506T, of the family Acetobacteraceae, was isolated from an air-conditioning system in the Republic of Korea. Colonies were pink- to rosy-coloured and cells were non-motile cocci with catalase- and oxidase-positive activities. Growth of strain DB1506T was observed at 20-37 °C (optimum, 30 °C), pH 5.5-8.5 (pH 7.0) and in the presence of 0-0.5 % (w/v) NaCl (0 %). Strain DB1506T contained summed feature 8 (comprising C18 : 1ω7c and/or C18 : 1ω6c) and C18 : 1 2-OH as major fatty acids and ubiquinone-10 as the sole isoprenoid quinone. Phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, unidentified phospholipids, unidentified aminolipids and unidentified polar lipids were detected as major polar lipids. The G+C content of the genomic DNA calculated from the whole genome sequence was 72.5 mol%. Strain DB1506T was most closely related to Paracraurococcus ruber NS89T, Dankookia rubra WS-10T and Siccirubricoccus deserti SYSU D8009T with 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities of 96.01, 95.88 and 95.44 %, respectively, but strain DB1506T formed a clearly distinct phylogenic lineage from them within the family Acetobacteraceae. On the basis of phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and molecular properties, strain DB1506T represents a novel species of a new genus within the family Acetobacteraceae, for which the name Roseicella frigidaeris gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is DB1506T (=KACC 19791T=JCM 32945T).
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- Shehzad Abid Khan
- 1Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea
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- 1Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea
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- 1Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea
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- 2School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, PR China
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- 1Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea
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Fang C, Wu YH, Sun C, Wang H, Cheng H, Meng FX, Wang CS, Xu XW. Erythrobacter zhengii sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from deep-sea sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:241-248. [DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.003136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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- Chen Fang
- 1Key Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem and Biogeochemistry, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou 310012, PR China
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- 1Key Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem and Biogeochemistry, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou 310012, PR China
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- 1Key Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem and Biogeochemistry, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou 310012, PR China
- 2College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, PR China
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- 3Collaborative Innovation Center of Yangtze River Delta Region Green Pharmaceuticals & College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, 18 Chao Wang Road, Hangzhou 310014, PR China
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- 1Key Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem and Biogeochemistry, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou 310012, PR China
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- 1Key Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem and Biogeochemistry, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou 310012, PR China
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- 1Key Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem and Biogeochemistry, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou 310012, PR China
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- 1Key Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem and Biogeochemistry, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou 310012, PR China
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Chen X, Liu J, Xu Y, Wang Y, Yan X. Erythrobacter nanhaiensis sp. nov., A Novel Member of the Genus Erythrobacter Isolated from the South China Sea. Curr Microbiol 2018; 76:57-62. [PMID: 30343327 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-018-1584-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2017] [Accepted: 10/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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A Gram-negative, motile, rod-shaped, aerobic bacterial strain with tufty polar flagella, JLT1363T, was isolated from the South China Sea. The bacteria formed yellow colonies on rich organic medium. The major cellular fatty acids present in JLT1363T were C18:1 ω7c and/or C18:1 ω6c (36.06%), C17:1 ω6c (17.04%), C14:0 2-OH (9.85%), and C16:0 (8.09%). The genome size was ~3.12 Mbps with a G+C content of 64.9%. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain JLT1363T fell within the genus Erythrobacter. The 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity between strain JLT1363T and the type strains of Erythrobacter species ranged from 95.0% (with Erythromicrobium ramosum) to 98.7% (with Erythrobacter lutimaris). The Average Nucleotide Identity (ANI) value between genome sequences of strain JLT1363T and Erythrobacter lutimaris KCTC 42109T was 82.2%. Strain JLT1363T lacked bacteriochlorophyll a, and the major polar lipids were sphingoglycolipids, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine, and phosphatidylglycerol. Phylogenetic and phenotypic properties indicated that strain JLT1363T represents a novel species of the genus Erythrobacter, for which the name Erythrobacter nanhaiensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is JLT1363T (=CGMCC 1.7293T = LMG 24872T).
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- Xiao Chen
- Institute of Marine Science and Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Marine Science and Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, People's Republic of China. .,State Key Laboratory for Marine Environmental Science, Institute of Marine Microbes and Ecospheres, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, People's Republic of China.
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- Institute of Marine Science and Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, People's Republic of China.,State Key Laboratory for Marine Environmental Science, Institute of Marine Microbes and Ecospheres, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Marine Environmental Science, Institute of Marine Microbes and Ecospheres, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory of Microbial Engineering at the Institute of Biology, Henan Academy of Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450008, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, People's Republic of China
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Lee JZ, Everroad RC, Karaoz U, Detweiler AM, Pett-Ridge J, Weber PK, Prufert-Bebout L, Bebout BM. Metagenomics reveals niche partitioning within the phototrophic zone of a microbial mat. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0202792. [PMID: 30204767 PMCID: PMC6133358 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0202792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2018] [Accepted: 08/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Hypersaline photosynthetic microbial mats are stratified microbial communities known for their taxonomic and metabolic diversity and strong light-driven day-night environmental gradients. In this study of the upper photosynthetic zone of hypersaline microbial mats of Elkhorn Slough, California (USA), we show how metagenome sequencing can be used to meaningfully assess microbial ecology and genetic partitioning in these complex microbial systems. Mapping of metagenome reads to the dominant Cyanobacteria observed in the system, Coleofasciculus (Microcoleus) chthonoplastes, was used to examine strain variants within these metagenomes. Highly conserved gene subsystems indicated a core genome for the species, and a number of variant genes and subsystems suggested strain level differentiation, especially for nutrient utilization and stress response. Metagenome sequence coverage binning was used to assess ecosystem partitioning of remaining microbes to both reconstruct the model organisms in silico and identify their ecosystem functions as well as to identify novel clades and propose their role in the biogeochemical cycling of mats. Functional gene annotation of these bins (primarily of Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, and Cyanobacteria) recapitulated the known biogeochemical functions in microbial mats using a genetic basis, and revealed significant diversity in the Bacteroidetes, presumably in heterotrophic cycling. This analysis also revealed evidence of putative phototrophs within the Gemmatimonadetes and Gammaproteobacteria residing in microbial mats. This study shows that metagenomic analysis can produce insights into the systems biology of microbial ecosystems from a genetic perspective and to suggest further studies of novel microbes.
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- Jackson Z. Lee
- Exobiology Branch, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States of America
- Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, Petaluma, CA, United States of America
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- Exobiology Branch, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States of America
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- Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States of America
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- Exobiology Branch, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States of America
- Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, Petaluma, CA, United States of America
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- Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States of America
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- Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States of America
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- Exobiology Branch, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States of America
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- Exobiology Branch, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States of America
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Maltman C, Yurkov V. Bioremediation potential of bacteria able to reduce high levels of selenium and tellurium oxyanions. Arch Microbiol 2018; 200:1411-1417. [DOI: 10.1007/s00203-018-1555-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2018] [Revised: 07/11/2018] [Accepted: 07/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Kumar S, Stecher G, Li M, Knyaz C, Tamura K. MEGA X: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis across Computing Platforms. Mol Biol Evol 2018; 35:1547-1549. [PMID: 29722887 DOI: 10.1007/0-387-30745-1_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023] Open
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The Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis (Mega) software implements many analytical methods and tools for phylogenomics and phylomedicine. Here, we report a transformation of Mega to enable cross-platform use on Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems. Mega X does not require virtualization or emulation software and provides a uniform user experience across platforms. Mega X has additionally been upgraded to use multiple computing cores for many molecular evolutionary analyses. Mega X is available in two interfaces (graphical and command line) and can be downloaded from www.megasoftware.net free of charge.
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- Sudhir Kumar
- Institute for Genomics and Evolutionary Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
- Department of Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
- Center for Excellence in Genome Medicine and Research, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Institute for Genomics and Evolutionary Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Institute for Genomics and Evolutionary Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Institute for Genomics and Evolutionary Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Research Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Japan
- Department of Biological Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Japan
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Yu Z, Cao Y, Zhou G, Yin J, Qiu J. Mangrovicoccus ximenensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from mangrove forest sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2172-2177. [PMID: 29767617 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.002796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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A Gram-strain-negative, coccoid bacterium, lacking bacteriochlorophyll, designated strain T1lg56T, was isolated from a sediment sample collected from Ximen island mangrove forest, Zhejiang province, China. Cells were halotolerant, and catalase- and oxidase-positive. Growth was observed at 18-42 °C (optimum, 35 °C), at pH 6.0-9.5 (optimum, pH 6.5) and in the presence of 0-15 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 2-5 %). The major cellular fatty acids were C18 : 1ω7c and C16 : 0. The polar lipid profile of strain T1lg56T consisted of phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylmonomethylethanolamine, two unidentified phospholipids and five unidentified lipids. Ubiquinone-10 was the predominant respiratory quinone. The assimilation of the substrates in the API 20NE kit was positive in strain T1lg56T. The DNA G+C content of strain T1lg56T was 67.2 mol%. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis indicated that strain T1lg56T was a member of family Rhodobacteraceae and was closely related to Poseidonocella pacifica KMM 9010T, with 95.7 % similarity to the type strain. Phylogenetic analysis showed that strain T1lg56T formed a separate evolutionary branch, and was parallel to other related genera of Rhodobacteraceae. Its phylogenetic distinctiveness and distinguishing phenotypic characteristics supported that strain T1lg56T represents a novel genus of the family Rhodobacteraceae, for which the name Mangrovicoccus ximenensis gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is T1lg56T (=CCTCC AB 2016238T=KCTC 52623T).
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- Zhiliang Yu
- College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, PR China
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- College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, PR China
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- College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, PR China
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- College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, PR China
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- College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, PR China
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Biochemical and genetic characterization of a novel metallo-β-lactamase from marine bacterium Erythrobacter litoralis HTCC 2594. Sci Rep 2018; 8:803. [PMID: 29339760 PMCID: PMC5770381 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-19279-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2017] [Accepted: 12/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Metallo-β-lactamases (MBLs) are a group of enzymes that can inactivate most commonly used β-lactam-based antibiotics. Among MBLs, New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) constitutes an urgent threat to public health as evidenced by its success in rapidly disseminating worldwide since its first discovery. Here we report the biochemical and genetic characteristics of a novel MBL, ElBla2, from the marine bacterium Erythrobacter litoralis HTCC 2594. This enzyme has a higher amino acid sequence similarity to NDM-1 (56%) than any previously reported MBL. Enzymatic assays and secondary structure alignment also confirmed the high similarity between these two enzymes. Whole genome comparison of four Erythrobacter species showed that genes located upstream and downstream of elbla2 were highly conserved, which may indicate that elbla2 was lost during evolution. Furthermore, we predicted two prophages, 13 genomic islands and 25 open reading frames related to insertion sequences in the genome of E. litoralis HTCC 2594. However, unlike NDM-1, the chromosome encoded ElBla2 did not locate in or near these mobile genetic elements, indicating that it cannot transfer between strains. Finally, following our phylogenetic analysis, we suggest a reclassification of E. litoralis HTCC 2594 as a novel species: Erythrobacter sp. HTCC 2594.
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Watts MP, Gan HM, Peng LY, Lê Cao KA, Moreau JW. In Situ Stimulation of Thiocyanate Biodegradation through Phosphate Amendment in Gold Mine Tailings Water. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2017; 51:13353-13362. [PMID: 29064247 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b04152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Thiocyanate (SCN-) is a contaminant requiring remediation in gold mine tailings and wastewaters globally. Seepage of SCN--contaminated waters into aquifers can occur from unlined or structurally compromised mine tailings storage facilities. A wide variety of microorganisms are known to be capable of biodegrading SCN-; however, little is known regarding the potential of native microbes for in situ SCN- biodegradation, a remediation option that is less costly than engineered approaches. Here we experimentally characterize the principal biogeochemical barrier to SCN- biodegradation for an autotrophic microbial consortium enriched from mine tailings, to arrive at an environmentally realistic assessment of in situ SCN- biodegradation potential. Upon amendment with phosphate, the consortium completely degraded up to ∼10 mM SCN- to ammonium and sulfate, with some evidence of nitrification of the ammonium to nitrate. Although similarly enriched in known SCN--degrading strains of thiobacilli, this consortium differed in its source (mine tailings) and metabolism (autotrophy) from those of previous studies. Our results provide a proof of concept that phosphate limitation may be the principal barrier to in situ SCN- biodegradation in mine tailing waters and also yield new insights into the microbial ecology of in situ SCN- bioremediation involving autotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria.
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- Mathew P Watts
- School of Earth Sciences, The University of Melbourne , Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University , Geelong, Victoria, Australia
- School of Science, Monash University Malaysia , Bandar Sunway, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
- Genomics Facility, Tropical Medicine and Biology Platform, Monash University Malaysia , Bandar Sunway, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
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- School of Science, Monash University Malaysia , Bandar Sunway, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
- Genomics Facility, Tropical Medicine and Biology Platform, Monash University Malaysia , Bandar Sunway, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Melbourne Integrative Genomics and the School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne , Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Earth Sciences, The University of Melbourne , Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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Habib N, Khan IU, Hussain F, Zhou EM, Xiao M, Ahmed I, Zhi XY, Li WJ. Caldovatus sediminis gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic bacterium isolated from a hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4716-4721. [PMID: 28954642 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.002363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2024] Open
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A Gram-stain-negative, ovoid-shaped, aerobic, non-motile, catalase- and oxidase-positive, and moderately thermophilic bacterial strain, designated strain YIM 72346T, was isolated from a sediment sample collected from a hot spring in Tengchong county, Yunnan province, south-west China. Growth occurred at 37-50 °C (optimum, 45 °C), at pH 6.0-9.0 (optimum, pH 6.5-7.0) and in the presence of 0.5-1.0 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 0.5 %). The major cellular fatty acids were C18 : 1ω7c, C16 : 0, C19 : 0cyclo ω8c,and C18 : 1 2-OH. The genomic DNA G+C content was determined to be 69.8 mol%. The predominant ubiquinone was Q-10. The polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine, one unidentified aminolipid and two unidentified phospholipids. Bacteriochlorophyll α and carotenoic acids were not detected. Strain YIM 72346T was not observed for the accumulation of poly-β-hydroxybutyrate. The strain shared highest 16S rRNA gene sequence identities with Crenalkalicoccus roseus YIM 78023T (93.3 %) and Craurococcus roseus NS130T (92.7 %), but formed a distinct lineage within the family Acetobacteraceae in the phylogenetic trees. On the basis of genotypic, phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic analyses, strain YIM 72346T is considered to represent a novel genus and species of the family Acetobacteraceae, for which the name Caldovatus sediminis gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of Caldovatus sediminis is YIM 72346T (=KCTC 52714T=CGMCC 1.16330T).
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- Neeli Habib
- Yunnan Institute of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, PR China
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- Yunnan Institute of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, PR China
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- Yunnan Institute of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China
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- Institute of Microbial Culture Collection of Pakistan (IMCCP), National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC), Park Road, Islamabad 45500, Pakistan
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- Yunnan Institute of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, PR China
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- Yunnan Institute of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, PR China
- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China
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Duguma D, Hall MW, Smartt CT, Neufeld JD. Temporal Variations of Microbiota Associated with the Immature Stages of Two Florida Culex Mosquito Vectors. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2017; 74:979-989. [PMID: 28492989 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-017-0988-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2017] [Accepted: 04/23/2017] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Microbiota associated with mosquito vector populations impact several traits of mosquitoes, including survival, reproduction, control, and immunity against pathogens. The influence of seasonal variations and mosquito species on mosquito gut microbiota is poorly understood. We sought to determine whether the mosquito microbiota associated with immature stages of two congeners (Culex coronator and Culex nigripalpus) differ temporally and between the two species. Using high throughput 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, we characterized bacterial and archaeal communities found in the immature stages of the two Culex mosquito species sampled over three seasons to compare the diversity of bacteria between the two species. Beta diversity analyses of the larval microbiota sequences revealed that the two Culex species differed significantly, both temporally within each species and between the two species. Bacteria in Cx. coronator larvae were dominated by Alphaproteobacteria, mainly associated with Roseoccocus and unidentified species of Rhizobiales, and two unidentified species of Cyanobacteria. In contrast, Cx. nigripalpus was dominated by Thorsellia anophelis (Gammaproteobacteria), Clostridium, an unidentified species of Ruminococcacae (Clostridiales), and additional unidentified species associated with Erysipelotrichaceae (Erysipelotrichales), Bacteroidales, and Mollicutes. Results of our study revealed both seasonal and interspecies differences in bacterial community composition associated with the immature stages of Cx. coronator and Cx. nigripalpus vector populations in Florida. These results have important implications for our understanding of the underlying factors of variations in disease transmission among seasons, susceptibility to various pesticides, and other biotic factors, including the role of the microbiota on the spread of invasive species. In addition, our results suggest close associations of certain bacteria species with each of the two Culex species that will be further targeted for their potential in the development of microbial-based control strategies.
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- Dagne Duguma
- Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, IFAS, University of Florida, Vero Beach, FL, USA.
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- Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, B3H 1W5, Canada
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- Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, IFAS, University of Florida, Vero Beach, FL, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada
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Zhang C, Guo W, Wang Y, Chen X. Colwellia beringensis sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium isolated from the Bering Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:5102-5107. [PMID: 29068274 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.002423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A Gram stain-negative, motile and rod-shaped bacterial strain, designated NB097-1T, was isolated from a marine sediment sample collected from the Bering Sea, and subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic study. Strain NB097-1T grew at 0-25 °C, with an optimum growth temperature of 10-13 °C. Phylogenetic trees reconstructed based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain NB097-1T belonged to the genus Colwellia. Strain NB097-1T exhibited 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities of 98.6, 98.5, 98.0, 97.2 and 96.8 % with the type strains of Colwellia mytili, C. sediminilitoris, C. aestuarii, C. polaris and C. chukchiensis, respectively. Strain NB097-1T had Q-8 as the major respiratory quinone and contained summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c and/or C16 : 1ω6c) and C16 : 0 as the major fatty acids. The major polar lipids detected in strain NB097-1T were phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylethanolamine. The genomic DNA G+C content of strain NB097-1T was 38.5 mol%, and its average nucleotide identity values with the type strains of C. mytili, C. sediminilitoris, C. aestuarii, C. polaris and C. chukchiensis were 77.30, 78.99, 78.82, 80.66 and 75.77 %, respectively. On the basis of phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic properties, together with average nucleotide identity value data, strain NB097-1T represents a novel species of the genus Colwellia, for which the name Colwellia beringensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is NB097-1T (=MCCC 1A11668T=KCTC 52554T).
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- Cong Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Marine Biogenetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Xiamen 361005, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Biogenetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Xiamen 361005, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Biogenetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Xiamen 361005, PR China
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- Fujian Collaborative Innovation Center for Exploitation and Utilization of Marine Biological Resources, Xiamen 361005, PR China.,College of Animal Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, PR China.,Key Laboratory of Marine Biogenetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Xiamen 361005, PR China
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Yang ZW, Salam N, Hua ZS, Liu BB, Han MX, Fang BZ, Wang D, Xiao M, Hozzein WN, Li WJ. Siccirubricoccus deserti gen. nov., sp. nov., a proteobacterium isolated from a desert sample. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4862-4867. [PMID: 28984236 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.002397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Strain SYSU D8009T was isolated from a desert sample collected from Saudi Arabia. The taxonomic position of the isolate was investigated by a polyphasic approach. The novel isolate was Gram-stain-negative, non-motile, aerobic and non-spore-forming. It was able to grow at 4-45 °C and pH 4.0-8.0, and exhibited NaCl tolerance of up to 1.5 % (w/v). Strain SYSU D8009T shared the closest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities with members of the family Acetobacteraceae, with a value of less than 96.0 %. In the phylogenetic dendrograms, the strain clustered with the genera Paracraurococcus, Craurococcus and Crenalkalicoccus within the family Acetobacteraceae but with a distinct lineage, thereby demonstrating that the strain should be classified within the family Acetobacteraceae. The respiratory ubiquinone was found to be Q-10. The polar lipids of the strain comprised diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol and four unidentified aminolipids. The predominant cellular fatty acids were summed feature 8 (C18 : 1ω7c and/or C18 : 1ω6c) and C16 : 0. The genomic DNA G+C content of strain SYSU D8009T was determined to be 71.6 mol%. Based on the results of the phylogenetic analyses and differences in the physiological and biochemical characteristics, strain SYSU D8009T merits representation of a novel species of a new genus within the family Acetobacteraceae, for which the name Siccirubricoccus deserti gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of Siccirubricoccus deserti sp. nov. is SYSU D8009T (=CGMCC 1.15936T=KCTC 62088T).
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- Zi-Wen Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China
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- Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef 62511, Egypt
- Bioproducts Research Chair, Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China
- Key Laboratory of Biogeography and Bioresource in Arid Land, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ürümqi 830011, PR China
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Xing T, Liu Y, Wang N, Xu B, Liu K, Shen L, Gu Z, Guo B, Zhou Y, Liu H. Erythrobacter arachoides sp. nov., isolated from ice core. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4235-4239. [DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.002290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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- Tingting Xing
- Key Laboratory of Alpine Ecology and Biodiversity, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China
- Key Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land Surface Processes, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, PR China
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- CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China
- College of Urban and Environmental Science, Northwest University, Xi’an, 710069, PR China
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- CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China
- Key Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land Surface Processes, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Alpine Ecology and Biodiversity, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land Surface Processes, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Alpine Ecology and Biodiversity, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Alpine Ecology and Biodiversity, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China
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- Institute of Microbiology, China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, PR China
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- Institute of Microbiology, China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, PR China
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Wübbeler JH, Oppermann-Sanio FB, Ockenfels A, Röttig A, Osthaar-Ebker A, Verbarg S, Poehlein A, Madkour MH, Al-Ansari AM, Almakishah NH, Daniel R, Steinbüchel A. Sphingomonas jeddahensis sp. nov., isolated from Saudi Arabian desert soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4057-4063. [PMID: 28905699 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.002249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A novel Sphingomonas strain was isolated from a sample of desert soil collected near Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. A polyphasic approach was performed to characterize this strain, initially designated as G39T. Cells of strain G39T are motile, Gram-negative, catalase- and oxidase-positive. The strain is able to grow aerobically at 20-35 °C, pH 6.5-8 and tolerates up to 4 % (w/v) NaCl. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity, the closest relative type strains of G39T are Sphingomonas mucosissima DSM 17494T (98.6 %), S. dokdonensis DSM 21029T (98.4 %) and S. hankookensis DSM 23329T (97.4 %). Furthermore, the average nucleotide identities between the draft genome sequence of strain G39T and the genome sequences of all other available and related Sphingomonas species are significantly below the threshold of 94 %. The G+C content of the draft genome (3.12 Mbp) is 65.84 %. The prevalent (>5 %) cellular fatty acids of G39T were C18 : 1ω7c, C16 : 1ω7c and/or C16 : 1ω6c, C14 : 0 2-OH and C16 : 0. The only detectable respiratory quinone was ubiquinone-10 and the polar lipids profile is composed of diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, sphingoglycolipid, as well as unidentified lipids, phospholipids and glycolipids. The results of the conducted polyphasic approach confirmed that this isolate represents a novel species of the genus Sphingomonas, for which the name Sphingomonas jeddahensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of this species is G39T (=DSM 103790T=LMG 29955T).
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- Jan Hendrik Wübbeler
- Institut für Molekulare Mikrobiologie und Biotechnologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstraße 3, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institut für Molekulare Mikrobiologie und Biotechnologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstraße 3, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institut für Molekulare Mikrobiologie und Biotechnologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstraße 3, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institut für Molekulare Mikrobiologie und Biotechnologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstraße 3, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institut für Molekulare Mikrobiologie und Biotechnologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstraße 3, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Inhoffenstrasse 7b, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Genomic and Applied Microbiology & Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institut für Mikrobiologie und Genetik, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Grisebachstraße 8, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Environmental Sciences Department, Faculty of Meteorology, Environment and Arid Land Agriculture, King Abdulaziz University, 21589 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Environmental Sciences Department, Faculty of Meteorology, Environment and Arid Land Agriculture, King Abdulaziz University, 21589 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Environmental Sciences Department, Faculty of Meteorology, Environment and Arid Land Agriculture, King Abdulaziz University, 21589 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Genomic and Applied Microbiology & Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institut für Mikrobiologie und Genetik, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Grisebachstraße 8, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institut für Molekulare Mikrobiologie und Biotechnologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstraße 3, 48149 Münster, Germany.,Environmental Sciences Department, Faculty of Meteorology, Environment and Arid Land Agriculture, King Abdulaziz University, 21589 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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Park S, Jung YT, Choi SJ, Yoon JH. Erythrobacter aquimixticola sp. nov., isolated from the junction between the ocean and a freshwater spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2964-2969. [DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.002055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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- Sooyeon Park
- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Jangan-gu, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Jangan-gu, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Jangan-gu, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Jangan-gu, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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Jung YT, Park S, Lee JS, Yoon JH. Pseudorhodobacter ponti sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1855-1860. [PMID: 28604334 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.001877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A Gram-stain-negative, short-rod-shaped, non-motile bacterial strain, designated HWR-46T, was isolated from seawater of the Yellow Sea, South Korea, and was subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic study. Strain HWR-46T grew optimally at pH 7.0-8.0, at 20-25 °C and in the presence of 2-3 % (w/v) NaCl. The neighbour-joining phylogenetic tree based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain HWR-46T fell within the clade comprising Pseudorhodobacter species, clustering with the type strain of Pseudorhodobacter aquimaris, with which it exhibited 98.4 % sequence similarity. 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity between strain HWR-46T and the type strains of other Pseudorhodobacter species was 95.1-96.3 %. The DNA G+C content of strain HWR-46T was 63.1 mol% and its mean DNA-DNA relatedness value with P. aquimaris HDW-19T was 24.6±1.5 %. Strain HWR-46T contained only Q-10 as the ubiquinone and summed feature 8 (C18 : 1ω7c and/or C18 : 1ω6c) as the major fatty acid. The major polar lipids were phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylglycerol, an unidentified aminolipid and an unidentified aminophospholipid. Differential phenotypic properties, together with phylogenetic distinctiveness, demonstrated that strain HWR-46T is distinguishable from other Pseudorhodobacter species. On the basis of the data presented, strain HWR-46T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Pseudorhodobacter, for which the name Pseudorhodobacter ponti sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is HWR-46T (=KCTC 52470T=NBRC 112426T).
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- Yong-Taek Jung
- University of Science and Technology (UST), 113 Gwahak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.,Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Jangan-gu, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Jangan-gu, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), 125 Gwahak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Jangan-gu, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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Isolation and characterization of the first phage infecting ecologically important marine bacteria Erythrobacter. Virol J 2017; 14:104. [PMID: 28592325 PMCID: PMC5463345 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-017-0773-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2016] [Accepted: 06/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Background Erythrobacter comprises a widespread and ecologically significant genus of marine bacteria. However, no phage infecting Erythrobacter spp. has been reported to date. This study describes the isolation and characterization of phage vB_EliS-R6L from Erythrobacter. Methods Standard virus enrichment and double-layer agar methods were used to isolate and characterize the phage. Morphology was observed by transmission electron microscopy, and a one-step growth curve assay was performed. The phage genome was sequenced using the Illumina Miseq platform and annotated using standard bioinformatics tools. Phylogenetic analyses were performed based on the deduced amino acid sequences of terminase, endolysin, portal protein, and major capsid protein, and genome recruitment analysis was conducted using Jiulong River Estuary Virome, Pacific Ocean Virome and Global Ocean Survey databases. Results A novel phage, vB_EliS-R6L, from coastal waters of Xiamen, China, was isolated and found to infect the marine bacterium Erythrobacter litoralis DSM 8509. Morphological observation and genome analysis revealed that phage vB_EliS-R6L is a siphovirus with a 65.7-kb genome that encodes 108 putative gene products. The phage exhibits growth at a wide range of temperature and pH conditions. Genes encoding five methylase-related proteins were found in the genome, and recognition site predictions suggested its resistance to restriction-modification host systems. Genomic comparisons and phylogenetic analyses indicate that phage vB_EliS-R6L is distinct from other known phages. Metagenomic recruitment analysis revealed that vB_EliS-R6L-like phages are widespread in marine environments, with likely distribution in coastal waters. Conclusions Isolation of the first Erythrobacter phage (vB_EliS-R6L) will contribute to our understanding of host-phage interactions, the ecology of marine Erythrobacter and viral metagenome annotation efforts.
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Erythrobacter alti sp. nov., a marine alphaproteobacterium isolated from seawater. Arch Microbiol 2017; 199:1133-1139. [DOI: 10.1007/s00203-017-1384-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2017] [Revised: 04/25/2017] [Accepted: 04/28/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Tellurite and Tellurate Reduction by the Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototroph Erythromonas ursincola, Strain KR99 Is Carried out by a Novel Membrane Associated Enzyme. Microorganisms 2017; 5:microorganisms5020020. [PMID: 28422063 PMCID: PMC5488091 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms5020020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2017] [Revised: 04/12/2017] [Accepted: 04/16/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Erythromonas ursincola, strain KR99 isolated from a freshwater thermal spring of Kamchatka Island in Russia, resists and reduces very high levels of toxic tellurite under aerobic conditions. Reduction is carried out by a constitutively expressed membrane associated enzyme, which was purified and characterized. The tellurite reductase has a molecular weight of 117 kDa, and is comprised of two subunits (62 and 55 kDa) in a 1:1 ratio. Optimal activity occurs at pH 7.0 and 28 °C. Tellurite reduction has a Vmax of 5.15 µmol/min/mg protein and a Km of 3.36 mM. The enzyme can also reduce tellurate with a Vmax and Km of 1.08 µmol/min/mg protein and 1.44 mM, respectively. This is the first purified membrane associated Te oxyanion reductase.
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Hughes E, Head B, Maltman C, Piercey-Normore M, Yurkov V. Aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs in gold mine tailings in Nopiming Provincial Park, Manitoba, Canada. Can J Microbiol 2017; 63:212-218. [PMID: 28194995 DOI: 10.1139/cjm-2016-0448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A sampling trip to Central Gold Mine, Nopiming Provincial Park, Canada, was taken in September 2011. Abundance, distribution, and physiology of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs (AAP) from 4 locations were studied. Enumeration revealed 14.6% of culturable microbes were AAP. Five strains (NM4.16, NM4.18, C4, C9, C11) were chosen for analysis. All grow best on complex media without vitamin requirements and with an optimal pH 7.0-8.0, with strain C4 preferring pH 6.0. Strain NM4.18 tolerates the highest pH 11.0. Optimal temperature for all is 28 °C (range of 2-37 °C except NM4.16, which survives 45 °C). Strains C9, C11, and NM4.18 grew in 1.0%, 2.0%, and 5.0% NaCl, respectively, while NM4.16 and C4 grew only without NaCl. Isolates were all highly resistant to toxic metal(oid) oxides: tellurite (1500 μg/mL, all), tellurate (1500 μg/mL, C11), selenite (5000 μg/mL, C9, C11, and NM4.18), selenate (1000 μg/mL, C9 and C11), and orthometavanadate and metavanadate (5000 μg/mL, C11 and NM4.18). They could reduce tellurite to the less toxic elemental tellurium. Full 16S rRNA gene sequencing revealed all strains are Alphaproteobacteria, with C4 and NM4.16 closely related to Porphyrobacter colymbi (99.4% and 99.7% sequence similarity, respectively), C9 to Brevundimonas variabilis (99.1%), C11 to Brevundimonas bacteroides (98.6%), and NM4.18 to Erythromonas ursincola (98.5%).
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- Elizabeth Hughes
- a Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
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- a Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
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- a Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
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- a Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
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Hanada S. Anoxygenic Photosynthesis -A Photochemical Reaction That Does Not Contribute to Oxygen Reproduction. Microbes Environ 2016; 31:1-3. [PMID: 27021204 PMCID: PMC4791109 DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.me3101rh] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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- Satoshi Hanada
- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University
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Zachariah S, Kumari P, Das SK. Psychrobacter pocilloporae sp. nov., isolated from a coral, Pocillopora eydouxi. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5091-5098. [DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.001476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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- Sherin Zachariah
- Institute of Life Sciences, Department of Biotechnology, Nalco Square, Bhubaneswar-751 023, India
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Department of Biotechnology, Nalco Square, Bhubaneswar-751 023, India
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Department of Biotechnology, Nalco Square, Bhubaneswar-751 023, India
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