1887

Abstract

We observed activation of growth with six aerobic spore-forming isolates on an otherwise nonpermissive medium when a carbon material, such as graphite or activated charcoal, was added to the medium (Bacto Antibiotic Medium 3). On the basis of the phenotypic characteristics and physiological and biochemical properties of these organisms and DNA homology data we concluded that they belong to a new species, which is designated . Strain Kasumi 6 (= JCM 9731) is the type strain of this new species.

Loading

Article metrics loading...

/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-46-1-116
1996-01-01
2024-12-03
Loading full text...

Full text loading...

/deliver/fulltext/ijsem/46/1/ijs-46-1-116.html?itemId=/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-46-1-116&mimeType=html&fmt=ahah

References

  1. Claus D., Berkeley R. C. W. 1986 Genus Bacillus Cohn 1872. 1105–1139 Sneath P. H. A., Mair N. S., Sharpe M. E., Holt J. G.ed Bergey’s manual of systematic bacteriology 2 Williams & Wilkins Co.; Baltimore:
    [Google Scholar]
  2. Cowan S. T. 1974 Cowan and SteeFs manual for the identification of medical bacteria, 2nd. Cambridge University Press; Cambridge:
    [Google Scholar]
  3. Ezaki T., Hashimoto Y., Yabuuchi E. 1989; Fluorometric DNA-DNA hybridization in microdilution wells as an alternative to membrane filter hybridization in which radioisotopes are used to determine genetic relatedness among bacterial strains. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol 39:224–229
    [Google Scholar]
  4. Feeley J. C., Gibson R. J., Gorman G. W., Langford N. C., Rasheed J. K., Mackel D. C., Baine W. B. 1979; Charcoal-yeast extract agar: primary isolation medium for Legionella pneumophila. J. Clin. Microbiol 10:437–441
    [Google Scholar]
  5. Glass V., Kennett S. J. 1939; The effect of various forms of particulate carbon on the growth of the Gonococcus and Meningococcus. J. PathoL Bacteriol 49:125–133
    [Google Scholar]
  6. Gordon R. E., Haynes W. C., Pang C. H. 1973 The genus Bacillus. Agriculture Handbook no. 427. U. S. Department of Agriculture; Washington, D. C:
    [Google Scholar]
  7. Hunger W., Claus D. 1981 Taxonomic studies on Bacillus megaterium and on agarolytic Bacillus strains. 217–239 Berkeley R. C. W., Goodfellow M.ed The aerobic endospore-forming bacteria: classification and identification Academic Press; London:
    [Google Scholar]
  8. Komagata K. 1985 Bacteria. I. The aerobic bacteria. 99–161 Hasegawa T.ed Classification and identification of microorganisms 2 Gakkai Schuppan; Tokyo: In Japanese
    [Google Scholar]
  9. Matsuhashi M., Pankrushina A. N., Endoh K., Watanabe H., Mano Y., Hyodo M., Fujita T., Kunugita K., Kaneko T., Otani S. 1995; Studies on carbon material requirements for bacterial proliferation and spore germination under stress conditions: a new mechanism involving transmission of physical signals. J. Bacteriol 177:688–693
    [Google Scholar]
  10. Matsuhashi M., Pankrushina A. N., Endoh K., Watanabe H., Tobi M., Endo S., Oshima H., Mano Y., Hyodo M., Kaneko T., Otani S., Yoshimura S. Bacillus carboniphilus cells respond to growth promoting physical signals from cells of homologous and heterologous bacteria. Submitted for publication
  11. Mishulow L., Sharpe L. S., Cohen L. L. 1953; Beef-heart charcoal agar for the preparation of pertussis vaccines. Am. J. Public Health 43:1466–1472
    [Google Scholar]
  12. Priest F. G., Goodfellow M., Todd C. 1988; A numerical classification of the genus Bacillus. J. Gen. Microbiol 134:1847–1882
    [Google Scholar]
  13. Saito H., Miura K. 1963; Preparation of transforming deoxyribonucleic acid by phenol treatment. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 72:619–629
    [Google Scholar]
  14. Tamaoka J., Komagata K. 1984; Determination of DNA base composition by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. FEMS Microbiol. Lett 25:125–128
    [Google Scholar]
/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-46-1-116
Loading
/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-46-1-116
Loading

Data & Media loading...

This is a required field
Please enter a valid email address
Approval was a Success
Invalid data
An Error Occurred
Approval was partially successful, following selected items could not be processed due to error