- Volume 70, Issue 6, 2020
Volume 70, Issue 6, 2020
- Notification List
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- New taxa
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- Actinobacteria
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Corynebacterium silvaticum sp. nov., a unique group of NTTB corynebacteria in wild boar and roe deer
A total of 34 Corynebacterium sp. strains were isolated from caseous lymph node abscesses of wild boar and roe deer in different regions of Germany. They showed slow growth on Columbia sheep blood agar and sparse growth on Hoyle’s tellurite agar. Cellular fatty acid analysis allocated them in the C. diphtheriae group of genus Corynebacterium . MALDI-TOF MS using specific database extensions and rpoB sequencing resulted in classification as C. ulcerans . Their quinone system is similar to C. ulcerans , with major menaquinone MK-8(H2). Their complex polar lipid profile includes major lipids phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylinositol-mannoside, diphosphatidylglycerol, but also unidentified glycolipids, distinguishing them clearly from C. ulcerans . They ferment glucose, ribose and maltose (like C. ulcerans ), but do not utilise d-xylose, mannitol, lactose, sucrose and glycogen (like C. pseudotuberculosis ). They showed activity of catalase, urease and phospholipase D, but variable results for alkaline phosphatase and alpha-glucosidase. All were non-toxigenic, tox gene bearing and susceptible to clindamycin, penicillin and erythromycin. In 16SrRNA gene and RpoB protein phylogenies the strains formed distinct brancheswith C. ulcerans as nearest relative.Whole genome sequencing revealed the unique sequence type 578, a distinctbranch in pangenomic core genome MLST, average nucleotide identities <91%, enhancedgenome sizes (2.55 Mbp) and G/C content (54.4 mol%) compared to related species.These results suggest that the strains represent a novel species, for which wepropose the name Corynebactriumsilvaticum sp. nov., based on their first isolation from forest-dwellinggame animals. The type strain isKL0182T (= CVUAS 4292T = DSM 109166T = LMG 31313T= CIP 111 672T).
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Corynebacterium urogenitale sp. nov. isolated from the genital tract of a cow
A Gram-stain-positive bacterial isolate, designated LMM-1652T, was isolated from an intrauterine cytobrush sample originating from a postpartum Holstein Friesian dairy cow. The strain had a rod to coccoid-shape, was catalase-positive and oxidase-negative. 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity analyses revealed that its closest relatives were Corynebacterium falsenii (97.05 % similarity), Corynebacterium jeikeium (96.83 %) and Corynebacterium urealyticum (96.82 %). Subsequent whole genome analysis showed that the genome-to-genome distance of strain LMM-1652T to its closest relatives was in the range of 23.2–24.8 %, while the average nucleotide identity values ranged from 73.7 to 74.3%, thus confirming that this isolate represents a novel species. Strain LMM-1652T was characterized by a quinone system mainly consisting of MK-9(H2) and MK-10(H2). The polar lipids profile of the strain consisted mainly of diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylinositol and phosphatidylinositol-mannoside, as well as one unidentified lipid lacking any functional group. Smaller amounts of four unidentified phospholipids, four unidentified glycolipids, β-gentiobiosyl diacylglycerol and four unidentified lipids lacking a functional group were also found. The cell wall contained meso-diaminopimelic acid as the diagnostic diamino acid of the peptidoglycan. The fatty acid profile was mainly composed of C18 : 1 ω9c, C18 : 0 and C16 : 0. We propose a novel species of the genus Corynebacterium with the name Corynebacterium urogenitale LMM-1652T (=LMG 31163T=DSM 108747T).
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Nocardioides jishulii sp. nov.,isolated from faeces of Tibetan gazelle (Procapra picticaudata)
Two novel Gram-stain-positive, irregular rod-shaped bacterial strains, dk3136T and dk3543, were isolated from the faeces of Tibetan gazelle (Procapra picticaudata) in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau of PR China. The cells were aerobic, oxidase-negative and catalase-positive. Colonies were yellowish, circular without any observable aerial mycelium after culturing at 28 ℃ for 3 days on brain–heart infusion (BHI) agar with 5 % sheep blood. The cells grew optimally at 28 °C, pH 7.5 and with 1 % (w/v) NaCl on BHI agar supplemented with 5 % sheep blood. Phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that their nearest phylogenetic relative was Nocardioides solisilvae Ka25T (97.9 % similarity). The results of 16S rRNA gene sequence and phylogenetic/phylogenomic analyses illustrated that N. solisilvae Ka25T, Nocardioides gilvus XZ17T, Nocardioides houyundeii 78T and Nocardioides daphniae D287T were their nearest phylogenetic neighbours. The DNA G+C contents of strains dk3136T and dk3543 were 70.3 mol% and 70.4 mol%, respectively. Their genomes exhibit lower than threshold (95–96 %) average nucleotide identity to known species of the genus Nocardioides . ll-2,6-diaminopimelic acid was the diagnostic diamino acid and MK-8(H4) was the predominant respiratory quinone. The major polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylglycerol. The two strains had C18 : 1 ω9c, iso-C16 : 0 and C17 : 1 ω8c as the major fatty acids, and rhamnose and galactose as the main whole-cell sugars. On the basis of the results of our genotypic, phenotypic and biochemical analyses, we conclude that strains dk3136T and dk3543 represent a novel species in genus Nocardioides , for which the name Nocardioides jishulii sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is dk3136T (=CGMCC 4.7570T=JCM 33496T=KCTC 49314T).
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Gordonia crocea sp. nov. and Gordonia spumicola sp. nov. isolated from sludge of a wastewater treatment plant
Two novel actinobacteria, designated NBRC 107696T and NBRC 107697T, were isolated from sludge samples from a wastewater treatment plant and their taxonomic positions were investigated by a polyphasic approach. The cells of the strains were aerobic, rod-shaped, non-motile and non-endospore-forming. The strains contained glutamic acid, alanine and meso-diaminopimelic acid in the peptidoglycan. Galactose and arabinose were detected as cell-wall sugars. The predominant menaquinone was identified as MK-9(H2) and the major fatty acids were C16 : 0, C18 : 1ω9c and C16 : 1ω7c. The DNA G+C contents of NBRC 107696T and NBRC 107697T were 68.07 and 68.99 mol%, respectively. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequence comparisons revealed that NBRC 107696T and NBRC 107697T were a clade with members of the genus Gordonia . The highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity values were obtained with Gordonia araii IFM 10211T (98.9 %) for NBRC 107697T, and Gordonia malaquae IMMIB WWCC-22T, Gordonia neofelifaecis AD-6T and Gordonia humi CC-12301T (98.1 %) for NBRC 107696T, respectively. The digital DNA–DNA relatedness data coupled with the combination of genotypic and phenotypic data indicated that the two strains are representatives of two novel separate species. The names proposed to accommodate these two strains are Gordonia spumicola sp. nov. and Gordonia crocea sp. nov., and the type strains are NBRC 107696T (=IFM 10067T=TBRC 11239T) and NBRC 107697T (=IFM 10881T=TBRC 11240T), respectively.
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Actinomyces wuliandei sp. nov., Corynebacterium liangguodongii sp. nov., Corynebacterium yudongzhengii sp. nov. and Oceanobacillus zhaokaii sp. nov., isolated from faeces of Tibetan antelope in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau of China
Eight Gram-stain-positive, rod-shaped bacterial strains were isolated from faeces of Tibetan antelopes on the Tibet-Qinghai Plateau of China. Genomic sequence analysis showed that the strains belong to the genera Actinomyces (strains 299T and 340), Corynebacterium (strains 2184T, 2185, 2183T and 2189) and Oceanobacillus (strains 160T and 143), respectively, with a percentage of similarity for the 16S rRNA gene under the species threshold of 98.7 % except for strains 160T and 143 with Oceanobacillus arenosus CAU 1183T (98.8 %). The genome sizes (and genomic G+C contents) were 3.1 Mb (49.4 %), 2.5 Mb (64.9 %), 2.4 Mb (66.1 %) and 4.1 Mb (37.1 %) for the type strains 299T, 2183T, 2184T and 160T, respectively. Two sets of the overall genome relatedness index values between our isolates and their corresponding closely related species were under species thresholds (95 % for average nucleotide identity, and 70 % for digital DNA–DNA hybridization). These results, together with deeper genotypic, genomic, phenotypic and biochemical analyses, indicate that these eight isolates should be classified as representing four novel species. Strain 299T (=CGMCC 1.16320T=JCM 33611T) is proposed as representing Actinomyces wuliandei sp. nov.; strain 2184T (=CGMCC 1.16417T=DSM 106203T) is proposed as representing Corynebacterium liangguodongii sp. nov.; strain 2183T (=CGMCC 1.16416T=DSM 106264T) is proposed as representing Corynebacterium yudongzhengii sp. nov.; and strain 160T (=CGMCC 1.16367T=DSM 106186T) is proposed as representing Oceanobacillus zhaokaii sp. nov.
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Nonomuraea typhae sp. nov., an endophytic actinomycete isolated from the root of cattail pollen (Typha angustifolia L.)
A novel endophytic actinomycete, designated strain p1410T, was isolated from the root of cattail pollen (Typha angustifolia L.) and characterized using a polyphasic approach. The strain had morphological characteristics and chemotaxonomic properties identical to those of members of the genus Nonomuraea . It produced spiral chains of spores on aerial mycelium as well as forming a pseudosporangium. Whole-cell hydrolysates contained meso-diaminopimelic acid, glucose, ribose and madurose. The menaquinones detected were MK-9(H2), MK-9(H4) and MK-9(H0). The major fatty acids were 10-methyl C17 : 0, iso-C16 : 0 and C17 : 0. The polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylmethylethanolamine, phosphatidylethanolamine, hydroxyphosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylinositol mannoside and an unknown glycolipid. The DNA G+C content of the draft genome sequence, consisting of 11.4 Mbp, was 70.9 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain p1410T belongs to the genus Nonomuraea with the highest sequence similarity to Nonomuraea candida HMC10T (98.6 %), but phylogenetically clustered with Nonomuraea endophytica YIM 65601T (98.4 %) and Nonomuraea longicatena NRRL 15532T (98.3 %). Based on its phenotypic characteristics, DNA–DNA relatedness and average nucleotide identity, the strain is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Nonomuraea , for which the name Nonomuraea typhae sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is p1410T (=CCTCC AA 2019044T=JCM 33461T).
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Actinomarinicola tropica gen. nov. sp. nov., a new marine actinobacterium of the family Iamiaceae, isolated from South China Sea sediment environments
More LessA novel marine actinobacterium, strain SCSIO 58843T, was isolated from the sediment sample collected from the South China Sea. Strain SCSIO 58843T was Gram-stain-positive, aerobic and rod shaped. The whole-cell hydrolysis of amino acids contained dd-DAP, alanine, glutamic acid, glycine and aspartic acid. The main menaquinone was MK-9(H8). The major fatty acids were C17 : 1 ω8c and C17 : 0. The major phospholipids were diphosphatidylglycerol (DPG), phosphatidylinositol (PI), phospatidylcholine (PC) and phosphatidylinositolmannoside (PIM). The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 72.5 %. Phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain SCSIO 58843T formed a new lineage in the family Iamiaceae and had the highest similarity of 93.8 % with Iamia majanohamensis DSM 19957T. Strain SCSIO 58843T can be distinguished from these known genera in the family Iamiaceae by polyphasic data analyses, and represents a novel genus and novel species, for which Actinomarinicola tropica gen. nov., sp. nov is proposed with the type strain SCSIO 58843T(=KCTC 49408T=CGMCC 1.17503T).
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- Archaea
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Halocatena pleomorpha gen. nov. sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon of family Halobacteriaceae isolated from saltpan soil
More LessA novel archaeal strain designated as SPP-AMP-1T was isolated from saltpan soil, using the serial dilution method on a halophilic archaeal medium supplemented with ampicillin. Cells were both rod-shaped and pleomorphic in nature, non-motile, unable to produce acid from a variety of sugars or grow anaerobically with different substrates (l-arginine) and electron acceptors (DMSO, nitrate). Optimal growth was observed at 42 °C, 3.4–4.2 M NaCl and pH 7.2. Cells did not lyse in distilled water and grew in the absence of Mg2+ ions. Phylogenetic analysis based on the sequences of 16S rRNA gene, amino acid sequence of β′-subunit of RNA polymerase and 400 conserved proteins retrieved from the whole genome assemblies showed that strain SPP-AMP-1T was distantly related to any existing genera within the family Halobacteriaceae . MK-8 was the only quinone detected. Polar lipid analysis showed a unique combination of diethyl derivatives of phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol phosphate methyl ester, glycosyl-mannosyl-glucosyl diether and sulphated glycosyl-mannosyl-glucosyl diether as the major lipids. The G+C content of genomic DNA is 57.7 mol%. The phenotypic, phylogenetic and genomic data supported the concept of the novel genus status of strain SPP-AMP-1T in the family Halobacteriaceae for which the name Halocatena pleomorpha gen. nov., sp. nov., is proposed; the type strain is SPP-AMP-1T (=JCM 31368T=KCTC 4276T=MTCC 12579T).
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- Bacteroidetes
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Mesohalobacter halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern
More LessA Gram-stain-negative, non-motile, fine rod or short filament shaped, jacinth pigmented bacterium, designated strain WDS2C27T, was isolated from a marine solar saltern in Wendeng, Weihai, PR China (37°31′5″ N, 122°1′47″ E). Growth of WDS2C27T occurred at 20–42 °C (optimum 37 °C) and pH 6.5–8.5 (optimal pH 7.0–8.0). Optimal growth occurred in modified marine broth containing 6 % (w/v) NaCl. The major polar lipids in WDS2C27T were phosphatidylethanolamine, two unidentified aminolipids and one unidentified lipid. The major respiratory quinone of WDS2C27T was MK-6. The dominant fatty acids were iso-C15 : 0 and anteiso-C15 : 0. The DNA G+C content was 35.0 mol%. The nucleotide sequence of the 16S rRNA gene indicated that the most closely related strain was Psychroflexus planctonicus X15M-8T (92.0 % over 1452 bp). WDS2C27T showed 60.7 % average amino acid identity, 55.6 % percentage of conserved proteins, 75.0 % average nucleotide identity and 13.1 % digital DNA–DNA hybridization identity with the type species of the genus Psychroflexus , Psychroflexus torquis ATCC 700755T. The phenotypic and genotypic properties and phylogenetic inference indicated that WDS2C27T could be assigned to a novel species within a novel genus, for which the name Mesohalobacter halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. Strain WDS2C27T (=MCCC 1H00133T=KCTC 52044T) is the type strain.
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Flavobacterium profundi sp. nov., isolated from a deep-sea seamount
More LessThe Gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped, facultative anaerobic, motile bacterial strain, designated TP390T, was isolated from a seamount near the Yap Trench in the tropical western Pacific. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequence showed that strain TP390T was related to the genus Flavobacterium and had highest 16S rRNA gene sequence identity with the type strain of Flavobacterium jejuense EC11T (97.8 %). Sequence similarities to all other type strains of current species of the genus Flavobacterium were below 97 %. The predominant cellular fatty acids were iso-C15 : 0 and iso-C15 : 1G. The quinone system for strain TP390T comprised predominantly menaquinone MK-6 and the polar lipid profile contained phosphatidylethanolamine, four unknown aminolipids, one glycolipid and six unknown polar lipids. The genomic DNA G+C content of strain TP390T was 31.2 mol%. In addition, the maximum values of in silico DNA–DNA hybridization (isDDH) and average nucleotide identity (ANI) between strain TP390T with F. jejuense KCTC 42149T were 22.60 and 80.01% respectively. Combined data from phenotypic, phylogenetic, isDDH and ANI data demonstrated that the strain TP390T is representative of a novel species of the genus Flavobacterium , for which we propose the name Flavobacterium profundi sp. nov. (type strain TP390T=KACC 18559T=CGMCC 1.15398T).
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Parapseudoflavitalea muciniphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Chitinophagaceae isolated from a human peritoneal tumour and reclassification of Pseudobacter ginsenosidimutans as Pseudoflavitalea ginsenosidimutans comb. nov.
A Gram-stain-negative, microaerophilic, non-motile, rod-shaped bacterium strain designated PMP191FT, was isolated from a human peritoneal tumour. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that the organism formed a lineage within the family Chitinophagaceae that was distinct from members of the genus Pseudoflavitalea (95.1–95.2 % sequence similarity) and Pseudobacter ginsenosidimutans (94.4 % sequence similarity). The average nucleotide identity values between strain PMP191FT and Pseudoflavitalea rhizosphaerae T16R-265T and Pseudobacter ginsenosidimutans Gsoil 221T was 68.9 and 62.3% respectively. The only respiratory quinone of strain PMP191FT was MK-7 and the major fatty acids were iso-C15 : 0, iso-C15 : 1 G and summed feature 3 (C16:1 ω7c and/or C16:1 ω6c). The polar lipids consisted of phosphatidylethanolamine and some unidentified amino and glycolipids. The G+C content of strain PMP191FT calculated from the genome sequence was 43.4 mol%. Based on phylogenetic, phenotypic and chemotaxonomic evidence, strain PMP191FT represents a novel species and genus for which the name Parapseudoflavitalea muciniphila gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is PMP191FT (=DSM 104999T=ATCC BAA-2857T = CCUG 72691T). The phylogenetic analyses also revealed that Pseudobacter ginsenosidimutans shared over 98 % sequence similarly to members of the genus Pseudoflavitalea . However, the average nucleotide identity value between Pseudoflavitalea rhizosphaerae T16R-265T, the type species of the genus and Pseudobacter ginsenosidimutans Gsoil 221T was 86.8 %. Therefore, we also propose that Pseudobacter ginsenosidimutans be reclassified as Pseudoflavitalea ginsenosidimutans comb. nov.
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Maribacter algarum sp. nov., a new member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from the red alga Gelidium amansii
More LessA Gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped (0.2–0.3×1.0-2.4 µm), catalase-positive, oxidase-negative and non-motile bacterium, designated strain RZ26T, was isolated from the marine red algae collected from the coast of Weihai, PR China. Growth of strain RZ26T occurred at 15–33 °C (optimum, 25–28 °C), pH 6.0–9.5 (optimum, pH 7.0–7.5) and 0.5–5.0 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 2.0–3.0 %). Resuls of phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain RZ26T was most closely related to Maribacter spongiicola DSM 25233T (96.2 % sequence similarity), followed by Maribacter forsetii DSM 18668T (96.1 %) and Maribacter vaceletii DSM 25230T (95.4 %). The average nucleotide identity and the average amino acid identity values between strain RZ26T and M. sedimenticola KCTC 12966T, M. spongiicola DSM 25233T, M. vaceletii DSM 25230T and M. forsetii DSM 18668T were 75.6, 76.2, 76.0, 76.7, 64.3, 63.9, 68.6 and 68.0 %, respectively. The digital DNA–DNAhybridization values based on the draft genomes between strain RZ26T and M. sedimenticola KCTC 12966T, M. spongiicola DSM 25233T and M. vaceletii DSM 25230T were 38.0, 35.1 and 37.1 %, respectively. The major fatty acids in strain RZ26T were iso-C17 : 0 3-OH, iso-C15 : 0 and C16 : 1 ω7c/C16 : 1 ω6c. The major respiratory quinone was MK-6. The dominant polar lipid was phosphatidylethanolamine. The DNA G+C content was 38.0 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis shows strain RZ26T fell within a clade comprising species of the genus Maribacter . Polyphasic taxonomy indicates that the isolate represents a novel species of the genus Maribacter , for which the name Maribacter algarum sp. nov. is proposed, with type strain RZ26T (=KCTC 62992T=MCCC 1H00362T).
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Hymenobacter setariae sp. nov., isolated from the ubiquitous weedy grass Setaria viridis
More LessA Gram-stain-negative, short-rod, aerobic, non-motile, red to pink-pigmented bacterium, designated Fur1T, was isolated from the dry spikelet clusters of a plant called Setaria viridis near Dongguk University. Phylogenetic analysis conducted based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain Fur1T belonged to the genus Hymenobacter of the family Hymenobacteraceae . The 16S rRNA gene of Fur1T showed highest sequence similarity to those of Hymenobacter metalli KACC 17381T (97.5 %) and Hymenobacter marinus KACC 19042T (97.1 %). Growth occurred at 4–37 °C (optimum, 25–28 °C), up to 1.0 % NaCl (optimum, 0 %) and pH 5.5–9.0 (optimum, pH 6.0–7.5). The major fatty acids of strain Fur1T were identified as iso-C15 : 0, C16 : 1 ω5c, anteiso-C15 : 0, summed feature 3 (comprising C16 : 1 ω7c and/or C16 : 1 ω6c) and summed feature 4 (comprising anteiso-C17 : 1B and/or iso-C17 : 1I) as the major cellular fatty acids. The predominant respiratory quinone was identified as MK-7. The polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine, five unidentified aminophospholipids, two unidentified phospholipids, one unidentified glycolipid and one unidentified polar lipid. The genomic DNA G+C content based on the draft genome sequence was 58.7 mol%. DNA–DNA relatedness between strain Fur1T and its closest relative was below 70 %. Characterization based on phylogenetic, chemotaxonomic and phenotypic analyses clearly indicated that strain Fur1T represents a novel species of the genus Hymenobacter , for which the name Hymenobacter setariae sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is Fur1T (=KACC 19903T=NBRC=113691T).
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Flavobacterium supellecticarium sp. nov., isolated from an abandoned construction timber
A bacterial strain CC-CTC003T was isolated from a synthetic wooden board. Cells of strain CC-CTC003T were Gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped, motile by gliding and formed yellow colonies. Optimal growth occurred at 25 °C, pH 7 and in the presence of 1 % NaCl. The phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA genes revealed that strain CC-CTC003T belonged to the genus Flavobacterium and was most closely related to Flavobacterium cerinum (95.3 % sequence identity), Flavobacterium maris (94.9 % sequence identity), Flavobacterium qiangtangense (94.8 %) and Flavobacterium subsaxonicum (94.7 %) and had less than 94.7 % sequence similarity to other members of the genus. Average nucleotide identity (ANI) values between strain CC-CTC003T and the type strains of other closely related species were 70.1–74.1 %. The digital DNA–DNA hybridization (dDDH) with F. cerinum was 19.4 %. Strain CC-CTC003T contained C15 : 0, iso-C15 : 0, iso-C15 : 0 3-OH, iso-C17 : 0 3-OH, summed feature 3 (C16 : 1 ω6c / C16 : 1 ω7c) and summed feature 9 (C16 : 0 10-methyl / iso-C17 : 1 ω9c) as the predominant fatty acids. The polar lipid profile consisted of phosphatidylethanolamine, four uncharacterized aminophospholipids, two aminolipids and one unidentified glycolipid. The major polyamine was sym-homospermidine and contained MK-6 as major isoprenoid quinone. The DNA G+C content of the genomic DNA was 39.2 mol%. On the basis of the phylogenetic inference and phenotypic data, strain CC-CTC003T should be classified as a novel species, for which the name Flavobacterium supellecticarium sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is CC-CTC003T (=BCRC 81146T=JCM 32838T).
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Haloflavibacter putidus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from coastal seawater
More LessA Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, gliding, rod-shaped (0.2–0.5×1.0-13.0 µm) and yellow-pigmented bacterium, designated PLHSN227T, was isolated from seawater collected near the coast of Yantai, PR China. PLHSN227T was found to grow at 15–37 °C (optimum, 28–30 °C) and pH 6.0–8.5 (optimum, 6.5–7.5) in the presence of 2–14 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 5.0 %). Phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that PLHSN227T represented a member of the family Flavobacteriaceae and exhibited the highest sequence similarity (94.6 %) to the type strain Salegentibacter holothuriorum NBRC 100249T. The chemotaxonomic analysis revealed that the sole respiratory quinone was menaquinone 6 (MK-6) and the major fatty acids included C19 : 0ω8c cyclo, iso-C15 : 0, anteiso-C15 : 0, C18 : 0 and summed feature 8 (C18 : 1ω7c and/or C18 : 1ω6c). The major polar lipids included phosphatidylethanolamine, one unidentified aminolipid and two unidentified lipids. The DNA G+C content of PLHSN227T was 35.6 mol%. PLHSN227T showed the highest average amino acid identity value of 67.2 %, the average nucleotide identity value of 75.6 and 14.5 % digital DNA–DNA hybridization identity with Mesonia algae DSM 15361T. According to the phylogenetic data, PLHSN227T formed a distinct clade in the phylogenetic tree. On the basis of phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic data, it is considered that PLHSN227T represents a novel genus within the family Flavobacteriaceae , for which the name Haloflavibacter putidus gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is PLHSN227T (=KCTC 72159T=MCCC 1H00371T).
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Tannerella serpentiformis sp. nov., isolated from the human mouth
More LessThree strains representing the previously uncultured human oral Tannerella taxon HMT-286 were recently isolated from the subgingival plaque of a patient with chronic periodontitis. The phenotypic and genetic features of strain SP18_26T were compared to those of the type species of Tannerella , Tannerella forsythia . A genome size of 2.97 Mbp (G+C content 56.5 mol%) was previously reported for SP18_26T, compared to a size of 3.28 Mbp (47.1 mol%) in T. forsythia ATCC 43037T. 16S rRNA gene sequence comparisons also revealed 94.3 % sequence identity with T. forsythia ATCC 43037T. Growth was stimulated by supplementation of media with N-acetyl muramic acid, as seen with T. forsythia , but the cells displayed a distinctive snake-like morphology. Fatty acid methyl ester analysis revealed a profile differing from T. forsythia , chiefly in the amount of 3-OH-16 : 0 (four-fold lower in SP18_26T). Overall, metabolic enzyme activity also differed from T. forsythia , with enzyme activity for indole present, but the complement of glycoside hydrolase enzyme activity was smaller than T. forsythia , for example, lacking sialidase and N-acetyl-β-glucosaminidase – evidence backed up by analysis of its gene content. On the basis of these results, a new species Tannerella serpentiformis is proposed for which the type strain is SP18_26T (=DSM 102894T=JCM 31303T).
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Cyclobacterium salsum sp. nov. and Cyclobacterium roseum sp. nov., isolated from a saline lake
Two novel strains, designated SYSU L10167T and SYSU L10180T, were isolated from sediment sampled at Dabancheng saline lake in Xinjiang, PR China. A polyphasic approach was used to clarify the taxonomic positions of the two strains. Cells of the isolates were curved ring-like, horseshoe-shaped or rod-shaped, non-motile and non-spore-forming. Cells were Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, heterotrophic and rose-pigmented. The phylogenetic trees based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strains SYSU L10167T and SYSU L10180T formed a distinct lineage within the genus Cyclobacterium . Strains SYSU L10167T and SYSU L10180T showed highest similarities to Cyclobacterium jeungdonense KCTC 23150T (98.0 and 97.4%, respectively). Results of genomic analyses (including average nucleotide identity, digital DNA–DNA hybridization and the marker gene tree) and pan-genome analysis further confirmed that strains SYSU L10167T and SYSU L10180T were separate from each other and other species of the genus Cyclobacterium . The draft genomes of the isolates had sizes of 5.5–5.7 Mb and reflected their major physiological capabilities. Based on phenotypic, physiological, chemotaxonomic and genotypic characterization, we propose that the isolates represent two novel species, for which the names Cyclobacterium salsum sp. nov. and Cyclobacterium roseum sp. nov. are proposed. The type strains of the species are SYSU L10167T (=KCTC 72390T=CGMCC 1.17521T) and SYSU L10180T (=KCTC 72391T=CGMCC 1.17278T).
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Muricauda oceani sp. nov., isolated from the East Pacific Ocean
A Gram-stain-negative bacterium, designated strain 501str8T, was isolated from a sediment sample collected from the East Pacific Ocean. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that strain 501str8T belonged to the genus Muricauda , with closely related type strains Muricauda aquimarina SW-63T (98.5 %), Muricauda lutimaris SMK-108T (98.3 %) and Muricauda ruestringensis B1T (97.9 %). Up-to-date bacterial core gene set analysis revealed that strain 501str8T represented one independent lineage with M. aquimarina SW-63T. The average nucleotide identity values of strain 501str8T with M. aquimarina SW-63T and M. lutimaris SMK-108T were 80.2 and 81.3 %, respectively. In silico DNA–DNA hybridization values between strain 501str8T and M. aquimarina SW-63T and M. lutimaris SMK-108T were 22.8 and 32.9 %, respectively. The predominant isoprenoid quinone was menaquinone-6, and iso-C15 : 0, iso-C17 : 0 3-OH and iso-C15 : 1 G were the dominant cellular fatty acids. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 42.8 mol%. Differential phylogenetic distinctiveness and chemotaxonomic differences, together with the phenotypic properties observed in this study, revealed that strain 501str8T could be differentiated from closely related species. Therefore, we propose that strain 501str8T represents a novel species of the genus Muricauda , for which the name Muricauda oceani sp. nov. is suggested. The type strain is 501str8T (=JCM 33902T=MCCC 1K04567T).
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Chitinophaga tropicalis sp. nov., isolated from forest soil
More LessA novel bacterial strain, designated ysch24T, was isolated from a forest soil sample collected from the Cat Tien National Park, southern Vietnam. Cells were Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, gliding, filamentous or rod-shaped. The results of 16S rRNA gene analyses revealed that strain ysch24T belongs to the genus Chitinophaga , and was most closely related to Chitinophaga silvisoli GDMCC 1.1411T (97.4 %), followed by Chitinophaga oryziterrae JCM 16595T (97.3 %) and Chitinophaga sancti NBRC 15057T (96.9 %). The average nucleotide identity and digital DNA–DNA hybridization values between strain ysch24T and closely related type strains were 72.0–74.0 % and 19.1–19.4 %, respectively. Major fatty acids were iso-C15 : 0, C16 : 1 ω5c and iso-C17 : 0 3-OH and the predominant respiratory quinone was menaquinone 7. Polar lipids consisted of phosphatidylethanolamine, four unidentified aminophospholipids, two unidentified phospholipids and four unidentified lipids. The genomic DNA G+C content was 45.6 mol%. The study clearly showed that strain ysch24T should represent a novel species of the genus Chitinophaga , for which the name Chitinophaga tropicalis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is ysch24T (=GDMCC 1.1355T=KACC 21527T).
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Flavobacterium alkalisoli sp. nov., isolated from rhizosphere soil of Suaeda salsa
More LessA Gram-negative, strictly aerobic, gliding motility, none-spore forming, yellow, rods bacterial strain, designated XS-5T, was isolated from rhizosphere soil of Suaeda salsa, in Tumd Right Banner, Inner Mongolia, PR China. A phylogenetic tree based on the 16S rRNA gene sequences and the phylogenomic tree both showed that strain XS-5T clustered with Flavobacterium beibuense F44-8T (shared 97.2 % of 16S rRNA gene similarity) and Flavobacterium rakeshii FCS-5T (97.6 %), and shared <96.0 % of 16S rRNA gene similarities with all other type strains. Strain XS-5T contained MK-6 as the major respiratory quinone. Its major polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine, an unidentified aminolipid and an unidentified lipid; and the major fatty acids were iso-C15 : 0, iso-C17 : 0 3-OH, C16 : 0, iso-C15 : 0 3-OH, Summed feature 3 (iso-C15 : 0 2-OH and/or C16 : 1 ω7c), and Summed feature 9 (iso-C17 : 1 ω9c and/or C16 : 0 10-methyl). The genome consisted of a 3 985 855 bp circular chromosome, with a G+C content of 37.9 mol%, predicting 3616 coding sequences genes, 45 tRNA genes and three rRNA operons. The average nucleotide identity, amino acid identity and digital DNA–DNA hybridization values of strain XS-5T to F. beibuense F44-8T and F. rakeshii FCS-5T were 79.2 and 79.2 %, 81.7 and 81.6 %, 22.3 and 22.2 %, respectively. The results of phylogenetic, physiological and biochemical tests allowed the discrimination of strain XS-5T from its phylogenetic relatives. Flavobacterium alkalisoli sp. nov. is therefore proposed with strain XS-5T (=CGMCC 1.17077T=KCTC 72459T) as the type strain.
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- Firmicutes and Related Organisms
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Amedibacterium intestinale gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human faeces, and reclassification of Eubacterium dolichum Moore et al. 1976 (Approved Lists 1980) as Amedibacillus dolichus gen. nov., comb. nov
Four strains (9CBEGH2T, 9BBH35, 6BBH38 and 6EGH11) of Gram-stain-positive, obligately anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria were isolated from faecal samples from healthy Japanese humans. The results of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis indicated that the four strains represented members of the family Erysipelotrichaceae and formed a monophyletic cluster with ‘ Absiella argi ’ strain N6H1-5 (99.4% sequence similarity) and Eubacterium sp. Marseille-P5640 (99.3 %). Eubacterium dolichum JCM 10413T (94.2 %) and Eubacterium tortuosum ATCC 25548T (93.7 %) were located near this monophyletic cluster. The isolates, 9CBEGH2T, ‘ A. argi ’ JCM 30884 and Eubacterium sp. Marseille-P5640 shared 98.7–99.1% average nucleotide identity (ANI) with each other. Moreover, the in silico DNA–DNA hybridization (DDH) values among three strains were 88.4–90.6%, indicating that these strains represent the same species. Strain 9CBEGH2T showed 21.5–24.1 % in silico DDH values with other related taxa. In addition, the ANI values between strain 9CBEGH2T and other related taxa ranged from 71.2 % to 73.5 %, indicating that this strain should be considered as representing a novel species on the basis of whole-genome relatedness. Therefore, we formally propose a novel name for ‘ A. argi ’ strains identified because the name ‘ A. argi ’ has been effectively, but not validly, published since 2017. On the basis of the collected data, strain 9CBEGH2T represents a novel species of a novel genus, for which the name Amedibacterium intestinale gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of A. intestinale is 9CBEGH2T (=JCM 33778T=DSM 110575T).
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Gracilibacillus salitolerans sp. nov., a moderate halophile isolated from saline soil in Northwest China
More LessA moderately halophilic strain, designated SCU50T, was recovered from a saline soil sample and characterized by a polyphasic approach. The 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that strain SCU50T belonged to the genus Gracilibacillus and was most closely related to Gracilibacillus thailandensis TP2-8T (98.1 % similarity) and Gracilibacillus orientalis XH-63T (97.7 %). Genomic average nucleotide identity and digital DNA–DNA hybridization analyses confirmed the separate species status of the new isolate relative to other recognized Gracilibacillus species. The genome size was about 5.09 Mbp and the DNA G+C content was 36.7 mol%. The strain grew optimally at 10–15 % (w/v) NaCl, pH 6.5–7.5 and 25–30 °C. It contained anteiso-C15 : 0, iso-C15 : 0 and anteiso-C17 : 0 as the dominant fatty acids and menaquinone-7 as the major respiratory quinone. The polar lipid profile was examined and found to comprise diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, one unidentified phospholipid and one unidentified lipid. The cell-wall peptidoglycan type was A1γ based on meso-diaminopimelic acid. Combining the data from phenotypic, chemotaxonomic, genomic and phylogenetic characterization, it was concluded that strain SCU50T should be assigned as representing a novel species within the genus Gracilibacillus . Thus, a novel taxon named Gracilibacillus salitolerans sp. nov. was first established, with SCU50T (=CGMCC 1.17336T=KCTC 43107T) as the type strain.
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Genome-based reclassification of Lactobacillus casei: emended classification and description of the species Lactobacillus zeae
Taxonomic relationships between Lactobacillus casei , Lactobacillus paracasei and Lactobacillus zeae have long been debated. Results of previous analyses have shown that overall genome relatedness indices (such as average nucleotide identity and core nucleotide identity) between the type strains L. casei ATCC 393T and L. zeae ATCC 15820T were 94.6 and 95.3 %, respectively, which are borderline for species definition. However, the digital DNA‒DNA hybridization value was 57.3 %, which was clearly lower than the species delineation threshold of 70 %, and hence raised the possibility that L. casei could be reclassified into two species. To re-evaluate the taxonomic relationship of these taxa, multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) based on the concatenated five housekeeping gene (dnaJ, dnaK, mutL, pheS and yycH) sequences, phylogenomic and core genome multilocus sequence typing analyses, gene presence and absence profiles using pan-genome analysis, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) profiling analysis, cellular fatty acid compositions, and phenotype analysis were carried out. The results of phenotypic characterization, MLSA, whole-genome sequence-based analyses and MALDI-TOF MS profiling justified an independent species designation for the L. zeae strains, and supported an emended the description of the name of Lactobacillus zeae (ex Kuznetsov 1956) Dicks et al. 1996, with ATCC 15820T (=DSM 20178T=BCRC 17942T) as the type strain.
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Bacillus pasinlerensis sp. nov., a thermophilic bacterium isolated from a hot spring in Turkey
A Gram-reaction-positive, endospore-forming bacterium, designated strain P1T, was isolated from water samples collected from Pasinler Hot Spring and characterized using a polyphasic approach to clarify its taxonomic position. Strain P1T was found to have chemotaxonomic and morphological characteristics consistent with its classification in the genus Bacillus . The strain shared the highest 16S rRNA gene sequence identity values with Bacillus thermolactis R-6488T (97.6 %) and Bacillus kokeshiiformis MO-04T (97.2 %) and formed a distinct clade with both type strains in the phylogenetic trees based on 16S rRNA gene sequences. Strain P1T could grow optimally at 55 °C and in the presence of 2 % NaCl. The organism was found to contain meso-diaminopimelic acid as the diagnostic diamino acid in the cell-wall peptidoglycan. The major polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylglycerol. The predominant menaquinone was determined to be MK-7. The major cellular fatty acids were identified as iso-C15 : 0, iso-C17 : 0 and anteiso-C17 : 0. Based upon the consensus of phenotypic and phylogenetic analyses, strain P1T represents a novel species of the genus Bacillus , for which the name Bacillus pasinlerensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is P1T (=DSM 107529T=CECT 9885T=NCCB 100674T).
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- Other Bacteria
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Gimesia chilikensis sp. nov., a haloalkali-tolerant planctomycete isolated from Chilika lagoon and emended description of the genus Gimesia
A Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, non-motile, salt- and alkali-tolerant, pear to oval shaped, rosette-forming, white coloured, bacterium, designated as strain JC646T, was isolated from a sediment sample collected from Chilika lagoon, India. Strain JC646T reproduced through budding, grew well at up to pH 9.0 and tolerated up to 7 % NaCl. Strain JC 646T utilized α-d-glucose, fumarate, lactose, sucrose, fructose, d-galactose, mannose, maltose and d-xylose as carbon sources. Peptone, l-isoleucine, l-serine, l-lysine, l-glutamic acid, l-aspartic acid, dl-threonine and l-glycine were used by the strain as nitrogen sources for growth. The respiratory quinone was MK6. Major fatty acids were C16 : 1 ω7c/C16 : 1 ω6c and C16 : 0. The polar lipids of strain JC646T comprised phosphatidyl-dimethylethanolamine, phosphatidylcholine, diphosphatidylglycerol, an unidentified amino lipid and two unidentified lipids. Strain JC646T had highest (97.3 %) 16S rRNA gene sequence identity to the only species of the genus Gimesia , Gimesia maris DSM 8797T. The genome of strain JC646T was 7.64 Mbp with a DNA G+C content of 53.2 mol%. For the resolution of the phylogenetic congruence of the novel strain, the phylogeny was also reconstructed with the sequences of 92 housekeeping genes. Based on phylogenetic analyses, digital DNA–DNA hybridization (19.0 %), genome average nucleotide identity (74.5 %) and average amino acid identity/percentageof conserved proteins (77 %) results, chemotaxonomic characteristics, and differential physiological properties, strain JC646T is recognized as representing a new species of the genus Gimesia , for which we propose the name Gimesia chilikensis sp. nov. The type strain is JC646T (=KCTC 72175T=NBRC 113881T).
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- Proteobacteria
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Pseudomonas yangonensis sp. nov., isolated from wound samples of patients in a hospital in Myanmar
Strains of a Gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped, non-spore-forming bacterium, designated MY50T, MY63 and MY101, were isolated from wound samples of three hospitalized patients in Yangon, Myanmar. Strains MY50T, MY63 and MY101 grew at temperatures of 4–44 °C, in media containing 1.0–7.0 % (w/v) NaCl and at pH 6.0–9.5. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene and whole genome sequences showed that these strains belonged to the genus Pseudomonas and were part of the Pseudomonas oleovorans group and located close to Pseudomonas guguanensis and Pseudomonas mendocina . Whole-genome comparisons, using average nucleotide identity and digital DNA–DNA hybridization analyses, confirmed that strains MY50T, MY63 and MY101 were the same strain and they were a distinct species in the P. oleovorans group. Results of phenotypic characterization tests demonstrated that utilization of p-hydroxy-phenylacetic acid, glycerol, l-pyroglutamic acid and quinic acid could distinguish these strains from other species of the P. oleovorans group. These genetic and phenotypic characteristics suggest that they should be classified as representing a novel species, under the proposed name Pseudomonas yangonensis sp. nov. The type strain is MY50T (=LMG 31602T,=JCM 33396T), with a DNA G+C content of 62.82 mol%.
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Sphingomonas montanisoli sp. nov., isolated from mountain soil
More LessA soil bacterium, designated ZX9611T, was isolated from Taihang Mountain in Henan province, PR China. The strain was Gram-stain-negative and strictly aerobic. The cells were motile, rod-shaped and formed light pink-colored colonies. The 16S rRNA gene sequence of ZX9611T shared the highest similarities with those of Sphingomonas crocodyli CCP-7T (97.0%), Sphingomonas jatrophae S5-249T (96.6%) and Sphingomonas starnbergensis 382T (95.9%). Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences demonstrated that ZX9611T clustered with S. crocodyli CCP-7T, S. jatrophae S5-249T and S. starnbergensis 382T. The average nucleotide identity (ANI) values between ZX9611T and two type strains ( S. crocodyli BCRC 81096T and S. jatrophae DSM 27345T) were 88.3 and 68.6% respectively. ZX9611T exhibited genome-sequence-based digital DNA–DNA hybridization (dDDH) values of 53.3 % and 15.3 %, compared with S. crocodyli BCRC 81096T and S . jatrophae DSM 27345T, respectively. ZX9611T had a genome size of 4.12 Mb and an average DNA G+C content of 64.8 %. ZX9611T had major fatty acids (>5 %) including summed feature 8 (C18 : 1 ω7c and/or C18 : 1 ω6c), C14 : 0 2-OH, C16 : 0 and summed feature 3 (C16 : 1 ω7c and/or C16 : 1 ω6c), and the major polyamine was sym-homospermidine. The only respiratory quinone was ubiquinone-10. The polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine and sphingoglycolipid. On the basis of phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic characteristics, strain ZX9611T represents a novel species of genus Sphingomonas, for which the name Sphingomonas montanisoli sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is ZX9611T (=KCTC 72622T=CCTCC AB 2019350T).
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Glaesserella australis sp. nov., isolated from the lungs of pigs
More LessTwenty-nine isolates of an unknown haemophilic organism were isolated from the lungs of pigs from 14 farms in Australia. Phylogenetic analyses based on the 16S rRNA gene, recN and rpoA showed a monophyletic group that was most closely related to Glaesserella parasuis and [ Actinobacillus ] indolicus. Whole genome sequence analysis indicated that the Glaesserella parasuis and this group, using the type strain HS4635T for comparison, showed a similarity of 30.9 % DNA–DNA renaturation. The isolates were Gram-stain-negative, NAD-dependent, CAMP-negative and were oxidase-positive, catalase-negative and produced indole but not urease. The isolates could be separated from all currently recognized haemophilic and non-haemophilic members of the family Pastuerellaceae. Key phenotypic properties were the production of indole, the lack of urease activity, production of β-galactosidase but not α-fucosidase, acid formation from (−)-d-arabinose, (+)-d-galactose, maltose and trehalose and a failure to produce acid from (−)-d-mannitol. Taken together, these data indicate that the isolates belong to a novel species for which the name Glaesserella australis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is HS4635T (=CCUG 71931T and LMG 30645T).
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Campylobacter novaezeelandiae sp. nov., isolated from birds and water in New Zealand
Six isolates of Campylobacter with similar non-standard colonial morphologies were identified during studies isolating Campylobacter from bird faeces and rivers in New Zealand. Genomic (16S rRNA gene sequencing and whole genome analysis) and phenotypic (MALDI-TOF analysis and conventional biochemical tests) showed that the isolates form a monophyletic clade with genetic relationships to Campylobacter coli / Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter peloridis /Campylobacter amoricus. They may be distinguished from other Campylobacter by their MALDI-TOF spectral pattern, their florid α-haemolysis, their ability to grow anaerobically at 37 °C, and on 2 % NaCl nutrient agar, and their lack of hippuricase. This study shows that these isolates represent a novel species within the genus Campylobacter for which the name Campylobacter novaezeelandiae sp. nov. is proposed. The presence of C. novaezeelandiae in water may be a confounder for freshwater microbial risk assessment as they may not be pathogenic for humans. The type strain is B423bT (=NZRM 4741T=ATCC TSD-167T).
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Marinobacter salinexigens sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from hadal seawater of the Mariana Trench
A Gram-stain-negative, strictly aerobic, non-motile and rod-shaped bacterium, designated ZYF650T, was isolated from the hadal seawater (9600 m) of the Mariana Trench. Results of phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that ZYF650T formed a lineage within the family Alteromonadaceae that was distinct from the most closely related species Marinobacter mobilis and Marinobacter nitratireducens with 16S rRNA gene sequences similarities of 98.0 and 97.7 %, respectively. Strain ZYF650T showed average nucleotide identity values of 75.7 % with Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus , 73.3 % with Marinobacter mobilis and 79.3 % with Marinobacter nitratireducens , and DNA–DNAhybridization values of 21.5, 21.3 and 22.0 % with M. hydrocarbonoclasticus , M. mobilis and M. nitratireducens , respectively, which were lower than the threshold for species delineation. Strain ZYF650T grew with 0–14 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 7–8 %) at a temperature range of 10–45 °C (optimum, 28 °C) and pH 6.0–9.5 (optimum, pH 7.0–8.0). The sole respiratory quinone was ubiquinone-9 (Q-9). The polar lipids in ZYF650T comprised phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, three unidentified polar lipids, two unidentified aminolipids and two phospholipids. The predominant fatty acids (more than 10 % of total fatty acids) were C18 : 1 ω9c (21.9 %), C16 : 0 (21.7 %), C12 : 0 3-OH (14.0 %), C16 : 1 ω9c (13.2 %) and C12 : 0 (12.2 %). The DNA G+C content of strain ZYF650T was 55.6 %. On the basis of polyphasic taxonomic analysis, strain ZY650T is considered to represent a novel specie of the genus Marinobacter in the family Alteromonadaceae , for which the name Marinobacter salinexigens sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is ZYF650T (=JCM 33013T=MCCC 1K03552T).
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Duganella albus sp. nov., Duganella aquatilis sp. nov., Duganella pernnla sp. nov. and Duganella levis sp. nov., isolated from subtropical streams in China
More LessSix Gram-stain-negative, catalase- and oxidase-positive, rod-shaped and motile strains (FT9WT, FT25W, FT26WT, FT109WT, FT134W and CY42WT) were isolated from subtropical streams in China. Comparisons based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that the six strains shared similarities of less than 98.1 % with other species within the family Oxalobacteraceae and formed two separately distinct clades in phylogenetic trees. The 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities between strains FT9WT and FT25W, and between strains FT109WT and FT134W were both 99.7 %. The genome sizes of strains FT9WT, FT25W, FT26WT, FT109WT, FT134W and CY42WT were 6.45, 6.45, 6.54, 6.43, 6.52 and 6.74 Mbp with G+C contents of 64.0, 64.0, 63.8, 63.2, 63.2 and 62.5 %, respectively. The calculated pairwise average nucleotide (ANI) values among the six strains and other related species were less than 93.9 %, except that the values were 99.9 % between strains FT9WT and FT25W, 98.2 % between strains FT109WT and FT134W, and 95.0 and 95.1 % between strain FT26WT and strains FT9WT and FT25W, respectively. However, strain FT26WT shared 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities of only 98.3 and 98.2 % with FT9WT and FT25W, respectively. The respiratory quinone of the six strains was determined to be Q-8. The major fatty acids were C16 : 1 ω7c, C16 : 0 and C12 : 0. The predominant polar lipids included phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylglycerol. Considering the phenotypic, biochemical, genotypic and ANI data, strains FT9WT and FT25W, and FT109WT and FT134W may belong to the same species, respectively. Although the pairwise ANI values between strain FT26WT and each of strains FT9WT and FT25W were located in the transition region of species demarcation, the dissimilarities among them indicated that strain FT26WT could represent an independent novel species. The reconstructed phylogenomic tree based on a concatenation of 92 core genes showed that the six strains clustered closely with Duganella sacchari Sac-22T and Duganella radicis KCTC 22382T, and supported that these six strains belong to the genus Duganella . The names Duganella albus sp. nov. (type strain FT9WT=GDMCC 1.1637T=KACC 21313T), Duganella aquatilis sp. nov. (type strain FT26WT=GDMCC 1.1641T=KACC 21315T), Duganella pernnla sp. nov. (type strain FT109WT=GDMCC 1.1688T=KACC 21480T) and Duganella levis sp. nov. (type strain CY42WT=GDMCC 1.1673T=KACC 21465T) are proposed.
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Sphingomonas profundi sp. nov., isolated from deep-sea sediment of the Mariana Trench
More LessA Gram-stain-negative, short rod-shaped, yellow bacterium (strain LMO-1T) was isolated from deep-sea sediment of the Mariana Trench, Challenger Deep. Phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence showed that strain LMO-1T belonged to genus Sphingomonas , with the highest sequence similarity to Sphingomonas formosensis CC-Nfb-2T (96.3 %), followed by Sphingomonas prati W18RDT (96.1 %), Sphingomonas arantia 6PT (96.0 %) and Sphingomonas montana W16RDT (95.9 %). The predominant polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine, sphingoglycolipid, phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylcholine. The main cellular fatty acids were summed feature 8 (C18 : 1 ω7c and/or C18 : 1 ω6c), C16 : 0 and C14 : 0 2-OH. The major polyamine was sym-homospermidine and the predominant isoprenoid quinone was ubiquinone-10. The genome DNA G+C content of strain LMO-1T was 69.2 mol%. The average nucleotide identity and DNA–DNA hybridization values between strain LMO-1T and CC-Nfb-2T were 75.9 and 20.5 %, respectively. Based on these data, LMO-1T should be classified as representing a novel species of the genus Sphingomonas , for which the name Sphingomonas profundi sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is LMO-1T (=MCCC 1K04066T=JCM 33666T).
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Sphingomonas suaedae sp. nov., a chitin-degrading strain isolated from rhizosphere soil of Suaeda salsa
More LessA Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, chitin-degrading, motile bacterial strain with a single polar flagellum, designated XS-10T, was isolated from saline soil sampled from the rhizosphere of Suaeda salsa, Tumd Right Banner, Inner Mongolia, PR China. Strain XS-10T grew at 10–40 °C (optimum, 35 °C), pH 5.0–9.0 (optimum, pH 8.0) and 0–12.5% NaCl (optimum 2.0 %). The phylogenetic analysis based on both the 16S rRNA gene and the phylogenomic tree revealed that strain XS-10T formed a clade with Sphingomonas turrisvirgatae MCT13T and Sphingomonas koreensis JSS-26T, sharing 98.4 and 97.5 % 16S rRNA gene similarities to S. koreensis JSS-26T and S. turrisvirgatae MCT13T, respectively. Spermidine and Q-10 were the major polyamine and the major respiratory quinone, respectively. The major polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, sphingoglycolipid, two unidentified lipids and an unidentified aminophospholipid. The major fatty acids were summed feature 8 (C18 : 1 ω7c and/or C18 : 1 ω6c), C16 : 0 and C17 : 1 ω6c. The genome of strain XS-10T consisted of a 4 154 291 bp chromosome with a DNA G+C content of 65.5 mol%. The average nucleotide identity, average amino acid identity and digital DNA–DNA hybridization values of strain XS-10T with S. turrisvirgatae MCT13T and S. koreensis JSS-26T were 77.8 and 78.6 %, 75.9 and 76.3 %, and 22.0 and 22.9 %, respectively. Based on the phylogenetic, phenotypic, and genotypic characteristics, strain XS-10T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Sphingomonas , for which the name Sphingomonas suaedae sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is XS-10T (=CGMCC 1.17078T=JCM 33850T).
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Sneathiella aquimaris sp. nov., isolated from aquaculture seawater
More LessA novel marine bacterium, designated strain 216LB-ZA1-12T, was isolated from a Penaeus vannamei aquaculture seawater sample. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain 216LB-ZA1-12T belonged to the genus Sneathiella , with the highest sequence similarity to Sneathiella glossodoripedis MKT133T (97.7 %), followed by Sneathiella limimaris GH1-24T (97.0 %), Sneathiella chungangensis CAU 1294T (96.6 %) and Sneathiella chinensis LMG 23452T (96.1 %). The average nucleotide identity and the DNA–DNA hybridization estimate values between strain 216LB-ZA1-12T and four close type strains were between 69.2–71.3% and 16.7–17.8 %, respectively. The bacterium was Gram-stain-negative, facultatively anaerobic, oxidase and catalase positive, oval- to rod-shaped, and motile. Growth was observed at pH 7–9, salinities of 1–15% and temperatures of 4–42 °C. The G+C content of the chromosomal DNA was 48.50 mol%. The major respiratory quinone was determined to be Q-10. The principal fatty acids were summed feature 8 (C18 : 1 ω7c/ω6c) and C16 : 0. The major polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine and aminophospholipid. The combined genotypic and phenotypic data show that strain 216LB-ZA1-12T represents a novel species within the genus Sneathiella , for which the name Sneathiella aquimaris sp. nov. is proposed, with the type strain 216LB-ZA1-12T (=MCCC 1A14570T=KCTC 72144T).
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Pseudomonas neustonica sp. nov., isolated from the sea surface microlayer of the Ross Sea (Antarctica)
Gram-stain-negative, aerobic and rod-shaped bacterial strains, designated SSM26T and SSM44, were isolated from a sea surface microlayer sample from the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequences of strains SSM26T and SSM44 revealed a clear affiliation with the genus Pseudomonas . Based on the results of phylogenetic analysis, strains SSM26T and SSM44 showed the closest phylogenetic relationship with the species Pseudomonas sabulinigri KCTC 22137T with the 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity level of 98.5 %. Strains SSM26T and SSM44 grew optimally at 30 °C, pH 7.0–7.5 and 0.5–10.0 % NaCl (w/v). The major cellular fatty acids were C18 : 1 ω7c (31.3–34.9 %), C16 : 0 (15.5–20.2 %), summed feature 3 (C16 : 1 ω7c/C16 : 1 ω6c; 19.5–25.4 %) and C12 : 0 (6.0–9.3 %). The genomic DNA G+C content of each strain was 56.2 mol%. Genomic relatedness analyses based on the average nucleotide identity and the genome-to-genome distance showed that strains SSM26T and SSM44 constituted a single species that was clearly distinguishable from its phylogenetically close relatives. The combined phenotypic, chemotaxonomic, genomic and phylogenetic data also showed that strains SSM26T and SSM44 could be distinguished from validly published members of the genus Pseudomonas . Thus, these strains should be classified as representing a novel species in the genus Pseudomonas , for which the name Pseudomonas neustonica sp. nov. is proposed with the type strain SSM26T (=KCCM 43193T=JCM 31284T=PAMC 28426T) and a sister strain SSM44 (=KCCM 43194=JCM 31285=PAMC 28427).
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Shewanella insulae sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat
More LessA Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, non-spore-forming, motile by single polar flagellum and ovoid or rod-shaped bacterial strain, designated JBTF-M18T, was isolated from tidal-flat sediment collected from the Yellow Sea, Republic of Korea. The neighbour-joining phylogenetic tree of 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain JBTF-M18T fell within the clade comprising the type strains of Shewanella species. Strain JBTF-M18T exhibited 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity values of 97.1–98.8 % to the type strains of S. loihica , S. aquimarina , S. waksmanii and S. marisflavi and of less than 96.9 % to the type strains of the other Shewanella species. The average nucleotide identity and digital DNA–DNA hybridization values between strain JBTF-M18T and the type strains of S. waksmanii and S. loihica were 72.0 and 89.5% and 18.9 and 38.1 %, respectively. DNA–DNA relatedness values between strain JBTF-M18T and the type strains of S. aquimarina and S. marisflavi were 14 and 19 %, respectively. The DNA G+C content of strain JBTF-M18T from genomic sequence data was 52.9 %. Strain JBTF-M18Tcontained MK-6 as the predominant menaquinone and Q-7 and Q-8 as the predominant ubiquinones. It had iso-C15 : 0, summed feature 3 (C16 : 1 ω7c and/or C16 : 1 ω6c) and C16 : 0 as the major fatty acids. The major polar lipids of strain JBTF-M18T were phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylglycerol. Distinguished phenotypic properties, along with the phylogenetic and genetic distinctiveness, revealed that strain JBTF-M18T is separated from recognized Shewanella species. On the basis of the data presented, strain JBTF-M18T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Shewanella , for which the name Shewanella insulae sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is JBTF-M18T (=KACC 19869T=NBRC 113583T).
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Lysobacter profundi sp. nov., isolated from freshwater sediment and reclassification of Lysobacter panaciterrae as Luteimonas panaciterrae comb. nov.
A polyphasic taxonomic study was carried out on strains CHu50b-3-2T and CHu40b-3-1 isolated from a 67 cm-long sediment core collected from the Daechung Reservoir at a water depth of 17 m, Daejeon, Republic of Korea. The cells of the strains were Gram-stain-negative, non-spore-forming, non-motile and rod-shaped. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence studies showed a clear affiliation of two strains with γ-Proteobacteria, which showed the highest pairwise sequence similarities to Lysobacter hankyongensis KTce-2T (96.5 %), Lysobacter pocheonensis Gsoil193T (96.3 %), Lysobacter ginsengisoli Gsoil 357T (96.1 %), Lysobacter solanacearum T20R-70T (96.1 %), Lysobacter brunescens KCTC 12130T (95.4 %) and Lysobacter capsici YC5194T (95.3 %). The phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that the strains formed a clear phylogenetic lineage with the genus Lysobacter . The major fatty acids were identified as summed feature 9 (iso-C17 : 1 ω9c and/or C18 : 1 10-methyl), iso-C15 : 0, iso-C16 : 0 and iso-C17 : 0. The respiratory quinone was identified as ubiquinone Q-8. The major polar lipids were phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine and an unidentified phospholipid. The genomic DNA G+C content was determined to be 66.8 mol% (genome) for strain CHu50b-3-2T and 66.4 mol% (HPLC) for strain CHu40b-3-1. Based on the combined genotypic and phenotypic data, we propose that strains CHu50b-3-2T and CHu40b-3-1 represent a novel species of the genus Lysobacter , for which the name Lysobacter profundi sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is CHu50b-3-2T (=KCTC 72973T=CCTCC AB 2019129T). Besides Lysobacter panaciterrae Gsoil 068T formed a phylogenetic group together with strain Luteimonas aquatica RIB1-20T (EF626688) that is clearly separated from all other known Lysobacter strains. Based on the phylogenetic relationships together with fatty acid compositions, Lysobacter panaciterrae Gsoil 068T should be reclassified as a member of the genus Luteimonas: Luteimonas aquatica comb. nov. (type strain Gsoil 068T=KCTC 12601T=DSM 17927T).
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Salinimonas iocasae sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium isolated from a polychaete tube in a hydrothermal field
More LessA moderately halophilic bacterium, designated strain KX18D6T, was isolated from the tube of the polychaete Paralvinella hessleri collected from a hydrothermal field located in the Okinawa Trough. Strain KX18D6T was Gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped, facultatively anaerobic, motile, oxidase- and catalase-positive, and grew optimally at 30–35 °C, pH 7.0 and in the presence of 3–5 % (w/v) NaCl. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain KX18D6T grouped with the members of the genus Salinimonas , including Salinimonas chungwhensis BH030046T (97.7 % sequence similarity), Salinimonas lutimaris DPSR-4T (97.2 %) and Salinimonas sediminis N102T (96.4 %). Genome sequencing of strain KX18D6T revealed a genome size of 4.16 Mb and a DNA G+C content of 47.3 mol%. Genomic average nucleotide identity (orthoANI) values of strain KX18D6T with S. chungwhensis DSM 16280T, S. lutimaris KCTC 23464T and S. sediminis N102T were 76.2, 73.1 and 73.2 %, respectively, while the in silico DNA–DNA hybridization (GGDC) values for strain KX18D6T with these strains were 25.3, 17.7 and 18.0 %, respectively. The major fatty acids were summed feature 3 (C16 : 1 ω7c/C16 : 1 ω6c), C16 : 0 and summed feature 8 (C18 : 1 ω7c/C18 : 1 ω6c). The predominant respiratory quinone was ubiquinone 8, and the predominant polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylglycerol. On the basis of comparative analysis of phylogenetic, phylogenomic, phenotypic and chemotaxonomic characteristics, strain KX18D6T (=KCTC 72464T=MCCC 1K03884T) is clearly distinguishable from the type strains of species of the genus Salinimonas and is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Salinimonas , for which the name Salinimonas iocasae sp. nov. is proposed.
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Sphingomonas segetis sp. nov., isolated from spinach farming field soil
More LessA Gram-stain-negative bacterium, designated strain YJ09T, was isolated from spinach farming field soil at Shinan in the Republic of Korea. Cells of strain YJ09T were found to be strictly aerobic, non-motile, non-spore-forming creamy-yellow rods which can grow at 20–37 °C (optimum, 30 °C), at pH 6.0–9.0 (optimum, pH 7.0–8.0) and at salinities of 0–0.5 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 0 % NaCl). The 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that strain YJ09T belongs to the genus Sphingomonas with high sequence similarities to Sphingomonas parvus GP20-2 T (98.0 %), Sphingomonas agri HKS-06T (97.7 %) and Sphingomonas lutea JS5T (97.4 %). The results of phylogenetic analysis indicated that strain YJ09T formed a distinct phyletic line in the genus Sphingomonas and the results of DNA–DNA relatedness studies demonstrated that strain YJ09T could be separated from its closest relatives in the genus Sphingomonas . The major polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, unidentified glycolipids, an unidentified phospholipid and sphingoglycolipid. The predominant ubiquinone and polyamine components were Q-10 and spermidine, respectively. The major fatty acids were C18:1 ω7c, C16 : 0 and C16:1 ω7c and/or iso-C15 : 0 2-OH. The DNA G+C content of this novel isolate was 65.9 mol%. On the basis of phenotypic, chemotaxonomic properties and phylogenetic analyses in this study, strain YJ09T is considered to represent a novel species in the genus Sphingomonas , for which the name Sphingomonas segetis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is YJ09T (=KACC 19551T=NBRC 113247T).
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Massilia arenosa sp. nov., isolated from the soil of a cultivated maize field
More LessStrain MC02T, a Gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped bacterium, was isolated from field soil collected from California, USA. To examine if MC02T represents a novel species, we compared its colony morphology, 16S rRNA gene and whole genome sequence, and its metabolic phenotype using Biolog GenIII and MALDI-TOF analyses compared to reference strains. Based on 16S rRNA gene and whole genome sequencing, MC02T belongs to the genus Massilia and Massilia agri K-3–1T is the most similar strain with 96.97 % 16S rRNA gene sequence identity. MALDI-TOF analysis revealed that Massilia aerilata DSM19289T is the closest match, but the similarity score was much lower than the ≥1.7 threshold for a reliable identification at the genus level. The predominant fatty acids were summed feature 3 (C16 : 1⍵7c and/or C16 : 1⍵6c; 49.07 %) and C16 : 0 (30.01 %). The genome is 5.02 Mbp and the G+C content is 66.2 mol%. Whole genome comparisons to the closest related strains revealed an average amino acid identity value of 67.4 %, an OrthoANI similarity of 77.1 %, and a DNA–DNA-hybridization probability ≥70 %, confirming that MC02T represents a novel species. Strain MC02T can grow at pH 6 but not at pH 5, and a salt concentration of ≥1 % inhibits its growth. In contrast to other Massilia strains, MC02T can utilize turanose, inosine and l-serine. The genome of MC02T shows putative endophyte genes such as a nitrate reductase, several phosphatases, and biotin biosynthesis genes, 26 flagellar motility genes and 14 invasion and intracellular resistance genes. Based on its metabolic, physiological and genomic characteristics, we propose that strain MC02T (NRRL B-65554T=ATCC TSD-200T=LMG 31737T) represents a novel species of the genus Massilia with the name Massilia arenosa sp. nov.
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- Eukaryotic Micro-Organisms
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Teunia siamensis f.a., sp. nov., a novel tremellaceous yeast species isolated from soil in a secondary peat swamp forest area
More LessThe strain DMKU-XD44, representing an anamorphic novel yeast species, was isolated from soil collected in a peat swamp forest (PSF) area in Rayong Botanical Garden in eastern Thailand. On the basis of sequence analysis of the D1/D2 region of the large subunit (LSU) rRNA gene and the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region, Teunia cuniculi CBS 10309T was the most closely related species. The novel species differed from the T. cuniculi type by 2.5 % (14 nucleotide substitutions) in the D1/D2 region of the LSU rRNA gene and by 8.0 % (40 nucleotide substitutions) in the ITS region. The results of a phylogenetic analysis, based on the combined sequences of the ITS region and the D1/D2 region, indicated that DMKU-XD44 represents a member of the Teunia clade in the Cryptococcaceae (Tremellales, Tremellomycetes, Agaricomycotina and Basidiomycota) and is phylogenetically distinct from other species of the genus Teunia in the clade. Therefore, DMKU-XD44 represents a novel species of the genus Teunia. The name Teunia siamensis f.a., sp. nov. is proposed. The holotype is DMKU-XD44, while the MycoBank number is MB 832816.
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Novel yeast taxa from the cold: description of Cryolevonia giraudoae sp. nov. and Camptobasidium gelus sp. nov.
More LessTwenty-one psychrophilic yeast isolates related to the Camptobasidiaceae family in the Microbotryomycetes class were obtained from ice collected from cold environments worldwide. A new psychrophilic species from the recently described genus Cryolevonia, Cryolevania giraudoae is proposed to accommodate 18 isolates from Patagonia (Argentina) and Antarctica (holotype CRUB 2086T). In addition, a new psychrophilic species in the genus Camptobasidium is described as Camptobasidium gelus sp. nov. (holotype CBS 8941T), based on three isolates from glacial ice in the Russel glacier (Greenland ice sheet) and Antarctica. The strict psychrophilic profile is the salient feature of both novel species.
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- Taxonomic Note
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An emended description of Arcobacter anaerophilus Sasi Jyothsna et al. 2013: genomic and phenotypic insights
More LessArcobacter anaerophilus was originally described as the first obligate anaerobe in this genus by Sasi Jyothsna et al. 2013. The complete genome sequence of the type strain of this species was determined and analysed. Genes characteristic for organisms capable of aerobic growth were identified, and the ability of the organism to grow under microaerobic and aerobic conditions was confirmed in two independent laboratories. The description of A. anaerophilus is thus emended and the wider ramifications of these findings are discussed.
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Genome-based analyses reveal the presence of 12 heterotypic synonyms in the genus Streptomyces and emended descriptions of Streptomyces bottropensis, Streptomyces celluloflavus, Streptomyces fulvissimus, Streptomyces glaucescens, Streptomyces murinus, and Streptomyces variegatus
More LessPhylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences of the genus Streptomyces showed the presence of six distinguishable clusters, with 100 % sequence similarity values among strains in each cluster; thus they shared almost the same evolutionary distance. This result corroborated well with the outcome of core gene (orthologous gene clusters) based genome phylogeny analysis of 190 genomes including the Streptomyces species in those six clusters. These preeminent results led to an investigation of genome-based indices such as digital DNA–DNA hybridization (dDDH), average nucleotide identity (ANI) and average amino acid identity (AAI) for the strains in those six clusters. Certain strains recorded genomic indices well above the threshold values (70 %, 95–96 % and >95 % for dDDH, ANI and AAI, respectively) determined for species affiliation, suggesting only one type strain belongs to described species and the other(s) may need to be reduced in taxa to a later heterotypic synonym. To conclude, the results of comprehensive analyses based on phylogenetic and genomic indices suggest that the following six reclassifications are proposed: Streptomyces flavovariabilis as a later heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces variegatus ; Streptomyces griseofuscus as a later heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces murinus ; Streptomyces kasugaensis as a later heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces celluloflavus ; Streptomyces luridiscabiei as a later heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces fulvissimus ; Streptomyces pharetrae as a later heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces glaucescens ; and Streptomyces stelliscabiei as a later heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces bottropensis .
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Reclassification of Friedmanniella endophytica, Lysinimicrobium sediminis and Lechevalieria rhizosphaerae as Microlunatus kandeliicorticis nom. nov., Demequina sediminis comb. nov. and Lentzea rhizosphaerae comb. nov., respectively
More LessAccording to Rule 37a of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes, the name of a taxon must be changed if the nomenclatural type of the taxon is excluded. Recently, in a transfer of actinobacterial species, three species – Friedmanniella endophytica Tuo et al. 2016, Lysinimicrobium sediminis Hamada et al. 2017 and Lechevalieria rhizosphaerae Zhao et al. 2017 – were not transferred with their type species. Therefore, to resolve these nomenclatural issues, Microlunatus kandeliicorticis nom. nov., Demequina sediminis comb. nov. and Lentzea rhizosphaerae comb. nov. are proposed, respectively.
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Genomic and genetic sequence information of strains assigned to the genus Rhodopseudomonas reveal the great heterogeneity of the group and identify strain Rhodopseudomonas palustris DSM 123T as the authentic type strain of this species
More LessThe genus Rhodopseudomonas , containing purple nonsulfur photosynthetic Proteobacteria, has a number of strains that belong to different species, although many of them are collectively called Rhodopseudomonas palustris . The type species R. palustris and closely related species are the focus of this paper. The comparison of available genome sequences indicate that the following Rhodopseudomonas species are well recognized: R. palustris (strains ATH 2.1.6T=DSM 123T=NBRC 100419T and BisB5), Rhodopseudomonas rutila (strains R1T, DSM 126, CGA009, ATH 2.1.37, Eli 1980, ATCC 17001 and TIE1), Rhodopseudomonas pentothenatexigens JA575T and Rhodopseudomonas faecalis JCM 11668T. Other strains for which genome sequences are available are distinct from these four species. Evidence is presented that R. palustris strain ATH 2.1.6T–KCM as obtained directly from the van Niel collection by one of us (T.E.M.) is identical to the DSMZ deposit DSM 123T of ATH 2.1.6T, but not to the deposit at ATCC 17001. The amino acid sequences of the cytochromes C2 and C556 from R. palustris strain ATH 2.1.6T–KCM are in complete agreement with the translated genome sequences of R. palustris DSM 123T. In addition, the 16S rRNA gene sequence of R. palustris NBRC 100419T completely matches that of strain DSM 123T. In conclusion, the type strain of R. palustris ATH 2.1.6T is correctly represented by DSM 123T and NBRC 100419T. However, the deposit at ATCC 17001 has properties that do not conform with properties of authentic R. palustris , but rather indicate that this is a strain of R. rutila . The previously suggested assignment of the type strain of R. palustris DSM 123T to the new species R. pseudopalustris was incorrect because strain DSM 123T is the authentic type strain of R. palustris .
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- Evolution, Phylogeny and Biodiversity
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Taxonomic resolution of Stylonychia notophora (Alveolata, Ciliophora, Hypotricha) sensu Sapra and Dass 1970 using an integrative approach
More LessThe spirotrichean ciliate Stylonychia notophora has previously been recorded in India although the descriptions are lacking in detail. It has been suggested several times that the Indian population, S. notophora sensu Sapra and Dass, 1970 collected along the Delhi stretch of the River Yamuna, is identical to Tetmemena pustulata, but this has never been confirmed due to insufficient data for the former. The present study includes detailed descriptions (classical and molecular) of populations of Tetmemena isolated from six locations along the River Yamuna, India. These include four from the Delhi stretch including that from which Sapra and Dass, 1970 isolated their population of S. notophora. Due to the lack of a sufficiently detailed description, the taxonomic status of S. notophora sensu Sapra and Dass, 1970 was not clear. Comparisons among the populations isolated in the present study with previous descriptions of T. pustulata and S. notophora sensu Sapra and Dass, 1970 show only minor differences in morphometry, morphogenesis and in 18S rDNA sequences. The 18S rDNA sequences of all six populations had 99% similarity to both T. pustulata and S. notophora. These findings support the contention that S. notophora sensu Sapra and Dass, 1970 was misidentified and is a population of T. pustulata. This study supports the need for adopting an integrative approach based on morphological, morphogenetic and molecular data in order to understand species delimitation in ciliated protists.
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The status of the species Lactobacillus fornicalis Dicks et al. 2000. Request for an opinion
During a recent study on members of the genus Lactobacillus we realized that cultures of Lactobacillus fornicalis TV 1018T (=DSM 13171T=ATCC 700934T) are no longer available from the online catalogue of the German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH, being displayed as Lactobacillus plantarum at the American Type Culture Collection. Based on data currently available, the organism deposited as ATCC 700934T is a member of the species Lactobacillus plantarum subs. plantarum. Therefore, the type strain of Lactobacillus fornicalis cannot be included in any further scientific comparative study. This matter is referred to the Judicial Commission, asking for an opinion on the status of the species.
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