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Abstract
A taxonomic study was carried out on a novel bacterial strain, designated W11-5T, which was isolated from a pyrene-degrading consortium enriched from deep-sea sediment of the Pacific Ocean. The isolate was Gram-reaction-negative and oxidase- and catalase-positive. Growth was observed in 0.5–12 % (w/v) NaCl and at 10–42 °C. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, strain W11-5T was shown to belong to the genus Alcanivorax with a close relation to A. dieselolei B-5T (93.9 % 16S rRNA sequence similarity), A. balearicus MACL04T (93.1 %), A. hongdengensis A-11-3T (93.1 %), A. borkumensis SK2T (93.0 %), A. venustensis ISO4T (93.0 %) and A. jadensis T9T (92.9 %). Similarities between the gyrB gene sequences of W11-5T and other species of the genus Alcanivorax were between 76.8 and 80.8 %. The principal fatty acids were C12 : 0 3-OH (8.0 %), C16 : 0 (29.1 %) and C18 : 1ω7c (27.4 %). The G+C content of the chromosomal DNA was 60.8 mol%. Based on its morphology, physiology and fatty acid composition as well as the results of 16S rRNA and gyrB gene sequence analyses, strain W11-5T ( = MCCC 1A00474T = CCTCC AB 208236T = LMG 25514T) represents a novel species of the genus Alcanivorax, for which the name Alcanivorax pacificus sp. nov. is proposed.
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Funding
- National Science Foundation of China (Award 40906083)
- China Ocean Mineral Resources R&D Association Program (Award DYXM115-02-2-05)
- National Infrastructure of Natural Resources for Science and Technology Program of China (Award 2005DKA21209)
- Scientific Research Foundation of Third Institute of Oceanography (Award 2009065)