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A novel thermophilic, hydrogen-oxidizing bacterium, designated strain CP.B2T, was isolated from a terrestrial hot spring in Waiotapu, New Zealand. Cells were motile, slightly rod-shaped, non-spore-forming and Gram-negative. Isolate CP.B2T was an obligate chemolithotroph, growing by utilizing H2 as electron donor and O2 as corresponding electron acceptor. Elemental sulfur (S0) or thiosulfate (
) was essential for growth. Microbial growth occurred under microaerophilic conditions in 1.0–10.0 % (v/v) O2 [optimum 4–8 % (v/v) O2], between 45 and 75 °C (optimum 70 °C) and at pH values of 4.8–5.8 (optimum pH 5.4). The DNA G+C content was 29.3 mol%. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis demonstrated that strain CP.B2T belonged to the order Aquificales, with a close phylogenetic relationship to Sulfurihydrogenibium azorense (94 % sequence similarity to the type strain). However, genotypic and metabolic characteristics differentiated the novel isolate from previously described genera of the Aquificales. Therefore, CP.B2T represents a novel species in a new genus, for which the name Venenivibrio stagnispumantis gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of Venenivibrio stagnispumantis is CP.B2T (=JCM 14244T =DSM 18763T).
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International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology vol. 58 , part 2, pp. 398 - 403
Supplementary Fig. S1. Effect of temperature on the growth of cells of strain CP.B2 T. [PDF](18 KB)