coenzyme-q10 and sym-homospermidine

A Gram-stain-negative and non-motile bacterial strain designated 9O-5T was isolated from an abandoned lead-zinc mine in Meizhou, Guangdong Province, southern China. The isolate was orange-pigmented, aerobic, and oxidase- and catalase-positive. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain 9O-5T belongs to the genus Sphingomonas and was closely related to Sphingomonas abaci DSM 15867T (97.6 % similarity), Sphingomonas phyllosphaerae FA2T (96.9 %) and Shingomonas guangdongensis 9NM-8T (96.8 %). Mean DNA-DNA relatedness between strain 9O-5T and S. abaci DSM 15867T was only 47.1 ± 4.9 %. The major fatty acids were C18 : 1ω7c, C14 : 0 2-OH and summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c and/or C16 : 1ω6c). It contained Q-10 as the predominant respiratory quinone and sym-homospermidine as the major polyamine. The polar lipids were sphingoglycolipid, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, five unidentified phospholipids and six unidentified lipids. The genomic DNA G+C content of strain 9O-5T was 69.1 ± 0.1 mol%. Based on the data from this polyphasic taxonomic study, strain 9O-5T should be considered as representing a novel species of the genus Sphingomonas, for which the name Sphingomonas metalli sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is 9O-5T ( = CGMCC 1.15330T = KCTC 42759T).

Topics: Bacterial Typing Techniques; Base Composition; China; DNA, Bacterial; Fatty Acids; Lead; Mining; Nucleic Acid Hybridization; Phospholipids; Phylogeny; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Soil Microbiology; Spermidine; Sphingomonas; Ubiquinone; Zinc

A Gram-stain-negative, non-motile, reniform bacterial strain, B2974T, was isolated from an ice core of the Muztagh Glacier, on the Tibetan Plateau, China. Strain B2974T grew optimally at pH 7.0-7.5 and 25-30 °C in the presence of 0-2.0 % (w/v) NaCl. 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity analysis indicated that strain B2974T was closely related to Chelatococcus asaccharovorans LMG 25503T at a level of 97.1 %. The major quinone of strain B2974T was ubiquinone Q10. The predominant fatty acids were summed feature 8 (C18 : 1ω7c and/or C18 : 1ω6c) and C19 : 0 cyclo ω8c. sym-Homospermidine was the major polyamine. The genomic DNA G+C content of the strain was 64 mol%. In DNA-DNA hybridization tests, strain B2974T shared 49.32 % DNA-DNA relatedness with the type strain of Chelatococcus asaccharovorans LMG 25503T. Based on the results of phenotypic and chemotaxonomic characteristics, strain B2974T was considered as a novel species of the genus Chelatococcus, for which the name Chelatococcus reniformis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is B2974T (=JCM 30308T=CGMCC 1.12919T).

Topics: Bacterial Typing Techniques; Base Composition; Beijerinckiaceae; China; DNA, Bacterial; Fatty Acids; Ice Cover; Nucleic Acid Hybridization; Phospholipids; Phylogeny; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Spermidine; Ubiquinone

Two stalked, aerobic, catalase- and oxidase-positive rod-shaped isolates, VKM B-1508 ( = CB 258) and FWC47(T), were analysed using a polyphasic approach. While the morphology and the 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain VKM B-1508 were 100% identical to the ones of Sphingomonas leidyi DSM 4733(T), the morphology of FWC47(T) was different, and the closest recognized species were Sphingomonas oligophenolica S213(T) ( = DSM 17107(T)) and Sphingomonas leidyi DSM 4733(T) with 97.2% and 97.0% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity, respectively. DNA-DNA hybridization studies supported the differentiation of strain FWC47(T) from S. oligophenolica and S. leidyi. Strain FWC47(T) grew optimally at 28-30 °C, and pH 6.0-8.0. The major respiratory quinone was Q10 and the major polyamine was sym-homospermidine. The major fatty acids were C(17:1)ω6c and C(18:1)ω7c and C(15:0) 2-OH was the major 2-hydroxy fatty acid. The major polar lipids were phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidyldimethylethylamine and unidentified sphingoglycolipids. The G+C content of the genomic DNA of strain FWC47(T) was 67.1 mol%. Strain FWC47(T) differed from S. leidyi by its ability to assimilate l-alanine, maltose and sucrose, by the presence of β-galactosidase and α-chymotrypsin, and the lack of valine arylamidase and β-glucosidase activities. Contrary to S. leidyi, FWC47(T) did not reduce nitrate and could not use fructose, acetate and N-acetyl-glusosamine. In the genus Sphingomonas, the dimorphic life cycle involving a prosthecate sessile and a flagellated swarmer cell was hitherto only known from Sphingomonas leidyi. Therefore, strain FWC47(T) represents an additional distinct prosthecate species in this genus for which the name Sphingomonas canadensis is proposed. The type strain is FWC47(T) ( =LMG 27141(T) =CCUG 62982(T)).

Topics: Bacterial Typing Techniques; Base Composition; DNA, Bacterial; Fatty Acids; Molecular Sequence Data; Nucleic Acid Hybridization; Phylogeny; Polyamines; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Spermidine; Sphingomonas; Ubiquinone

A bacterial strain, designated Dd16(T), was isolated from a hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) dumpsite at Lucknow, India. Cells of strain Dd16(T) were Gram-stain-negative, non-motile, rod-shaped and yellow-pigmented. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that the strain belonged to the genus Sphingomonas in the family Sphingomonadaceae, as it showed highest sequence similarity to Sphingomonas asaccharolytica IFO 15499(T) (95.36 %), Sphingosinicella vermicomposti YC7378(T) (95.30), 'Sphingomonas humi' PB323 (95.20 %), Sphingomonas sanxanigenens NX02(T) (95.14%) and Sphingomonas desiccabilis CP1D(T) (95.00%). The major fatty acids were summed feature 3 (C(16:1)ω7c/C(16:1)ω6c) C(14:0) 2-OH, summed feature 8 (C(18:1)ω7c and/or C(18:1)ω6c) and C(16:0). The polar lipid profile of strain Dd16(T) also corresponded to those reported for species of the genus Sphingomonas (phosphatidylethanolamine, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylglycerol, and a sphingoglycolipid), again supporting its identification as a member of the genus Sphingomonas. The predominant respiratory quinone was ubiquinone Q(10), and sym-homospermidine was the major polyamine observed. The total DNA G+C content of strain Dd16(T) was 65.8 mol%. The results obtained on the basis of phenotypic characteristics and phylogenetic analysis and after biochemical and physiological tests, clearly distinguished strain Dd16(T) from closely related members of the genus Sphingomonas. Thus, strain Dd16(T) represents a novel species of the genus Sphingomonas for which the name Sphingomonas indica sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is Dd16(T) ( = DSM 25434(T)  = CCM 7882(T)).

Topics: Bacterial Typing Techniques; Base Composition; DNA, Bacterial; Fatty Acids; Hexachlorocyclohexane; India; Molecular Sequence Data; Phylogeny; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Soil Microbiology; Soil Pollutants; Spermidine; Sphingomonas; Ubiquinone