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sp. nov., sp. nov., sp. nov. and sp. nov.: halophilic bacteria isolated from deep-sea hydrothermal-vent environments Free

Abstract

To assess the physiological and phylogenetic diversity of culturable halophilic bacteria in deep-sea hydrothermal-vent environments, six isolates obtained from low-temperature hydrothermal fluids, sulfide rock and hydrothermal plumes in North and South Pacific Ocean vent fields located at 1530–2580 m depth were fully characterized. Three strains were isolated on media that contained oligotrophic concentrations of organic carbon (0·002 % yeast extract). Sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene indicated that all strains belonged to the genus in the -subclass of the . Consistent with previously described species, the novel strains were slightly to moderately halophilic and grew in media containing up to 22–27 % total salts. The isolates grew at temperatures as low as −1 to 2 °C and had temperature optima of 30 or 20–35 °C. Both the minimum and optimum temperatures for growth were similar to those of Antarctic and sea-ice species and lower than typically observed for the genus as a whole. Phenotypic tests revealed that the isolates were physiologically versatile and tended to have more traits in common with each other than with closely related species, presumably a reflection of their common deep-sea, hydrothermal-vent habitat of origin. The G+C content of the DNA for all strains was 56·0–57·6 mol%, and DNA–DNA hybridization experiments revealed that four strains (Eplume1, Esulfide1, Althf1 and Slthf2) represented novel species and that two strains (Eplume2 and Slthf1) were related to . The proposed new species names are (type strain Eplume1=ATCC BAA-805=CECT 5815=DSM 15720), (type strain Esulfide1=ATCC BAA-803=CECT 5817=DSM 15722), (type strain Althf1=ATCC BAA-802=CECT 5812=DSM 15723) and (type strain Slthf2=ATCC BAA-800=CECT 5814=DSM 15725).

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Keyword(s): MEF, Main Endeavour Field and SEPR, Southern East Pacific Rise
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Halomonas neptunia sp. nov., Halomonas sulfidaeris sp. nov., Halomonas axialensis sp. nov. and Halomonas hydrothermalis sp. nov.: halophilic bacteria isolated from deep-sea hydrothermal-vent environments
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