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Draft Genome Sequence of Aestuariibacter halophilus Type Strain JC2043. Microbiol Resour Announc 2021; 10:e0109321. [PMID: 34913711 PMCID: PMC8675266 DOI: 10.1128/mra.01093-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Aestuariibacter halophilus strain JC2043, a Gram-negative gammaproteobacterium, is often used as a reference organism for assigning taxonomy within the family Alteromonadaceae. Isolates of this species have also been investigated for compound degradation (e.g., phthalates and oil) and biofilm association. Presented here is the draft genome sequence of A. halophilus strain JC2043.
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Wang D, Wang J, Zeng R, Wu J, Michael SV, Qu W. The degradation activities for three seaweed polysaccharides of Shewanella sp. WPAGA9 isolated from deep-sea sediments. J Basic Microbiol 2021; 61:406-418. [PMID: 33729617 DOI: 10.1002/jobm.202000728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2020] [Revised: 02/03/2021] [Accepted: 03/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Seaweed oligosaccharides possess great bioactivities. However, different microbial strains are required to degrade multiple polysaccharides due to their limited biodegradability, thereby increasing the cost and complexity of production. Shewanella sp. WPAGA9 was isolated from deep-sea sediments in this study. According to the genomic and biochemical analyses, the extracellular fermentation broth of WPAGA9 had versatile degradation abilities for three typical seaweed polysaccharides including agar, carrageenan, and alginate. The maximum enzyme activities of the extracellular fermentation broth of WPAGA9 were 71.63, 76.4, and 735.13 U/ml for the degradation of agar, alginate, and carrageenan, respectively. Moreover, multiple seaweed oligosaccharides can be produced by the extracellular fermentation broth of WPAGA9 under similar optimum conditions. Therefore, WPAGA9 can simultaneously degrade three types of seaweed polysaccharides under similar conditions, thereby greatly reducing the production cost of seaweed oligosaccharides. This finding indicates that Shewanella sp. WPAGA9 is an ideal biochemical tool for producing multiple active seaweed oligosaccharides at low costs and is also an important participant in the carbon cycle process of the deep-sea environment.
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- Dingquan Wang
- Marine Science and Technology College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, China
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- Marine Science and Technology College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, China
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- Technical Innovation Center for Utilization of Marine Biological Resources, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xiamen, China
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- Technical Innovation Center for Utilization of Marine Biological Resources, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xiamen, China
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- Marine Science and Technology College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, China
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- Marine Science and Technology College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, China
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Fotedar R, Caldwell ME, Sankaranarayanan K, Al-Zeyara A, Al-Malki A, Kaul R, Al Marri M, Al-Shamari HS, Lawson PA. Ningiella ruwaisensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Alteromonadaceae isolated from marine water of the Arabian Gulf. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4130-4138. [PMID: 32614761 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Strain B66T was isolated from a marine water sample collected at Al Ruwais, located on the northern tip of Qatar. Cells were Gram-stain-negative, strictly aerobic and short- rod-shaped with a polar flagellum. The isolate was able to grow at 15-45 °C (optimum, 30 °C), at pH 5-11 (optimum, pH 6.5-8) and with 0-6 % NaCl. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that strain B66T was affiliated with the family Alteromonadaceae, sharing the highest sequence similarities to the genera Alteromonas (93.7-95.4 %), Aestuariibacter (94.0-95.1 %), Agaribacter (93.3-93.7 %), Glaciecola (92.0-93.7 %), Marisendiminitalea (93.2-93.3 %) and Planctobacterium (92.9 %). In the phylogenetic trees, strain B66T demonstrated the novel organism formed a distinct lineage closely associated with Aestuariibacter and Planctobacterium. Major fatty acids were C16 : 0, summed feature 3 (C16 : 1 ω7c/C16 : 1 ω6c/iso-C15 : 0 2-OH and iso-C15 : 0 3-OH. The major respiratory quinone was ubiquinone-8 and the major polar lipids are phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylethanolamine. The DNA G+C content derived from the genome was 43.2 mol%. Based on the phenotypic, chemotaxonomic, phylogenetic and genomic data, strain B66T is considered to represent a novel species and genus for which the name Ningiella ruwaisensis gen. nov., sp. nov., is proposed. The type strain is B66T (=QCC B003/17T=LMG 30288 T=CCUG 70703T).
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- Rashmi Fotedar
- Department of Genetic Engineering, Biotechnology Centre, Ministry of Municipality and Environment, Doha, State of Qatar
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, OK 73019, USA
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- Laboratories of Molecular Anthropology and Microbiome Research, University of Oklahoma, OK 73019, USA.,Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, OK 73019, USA
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- Department of Genetic Engineering, Biotechnology Centre, Ministry of Municipality and Environment, Doha, State of Qatar
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- Department of Genetic Engineering, Biotechnology Centre, Ministry of Municipality and Environment, Doha, State of Qatar
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- Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Genetic Engineering, Biotechnology Centre, Ministry of Municipality and Environment, Doha, State of Qatar
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- Department of Genetic Engineering, Biotechnology Centre, Ministry of Municipality and Environment, Doha, State of Qatar
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, OK 73019, USA
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Wang Z, Zhang Z, Hu Z, Zhao J, Zhao D, Zhang Y. Alginatibacterium sediminis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine gammaproteobacterium isolated from coastal sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:511-516. [PMID: 31239008 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.003187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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- Zengmeng Wang
- 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China.,1Key Laboratory of Biofuels, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Energy Genetics, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266101, PR China
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- 1Key Laboratory of Biofuels, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Energy Genetics, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266101, PR China
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- 3Institute of Marine Science and Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266273, PR China.,1Key Laboratory of Biofuels, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Energy Genetics, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266101, PR China
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- 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China.,1Key Laboratory of Biofuels, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Energy Genetics, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266101, PR China
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- 4Tianjin Branch of China National Offshore Oil Corporation Ltd, Tianjin 300450, PR China
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- 1Key Laboratory of Biofuels, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Energy Genetics, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266101, PR China
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Dong C, Ma T, Liu R, Lai Q, Shao Z. Hydrocarboniclastica marina gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine hydrocarbonoclastic bacterium isolated from an in situ enriched hydrocarbon-degrading consortium in sea sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2250-2257. [PMID: 31184574 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.003454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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A Gram-stain-negative, motile, non-spore-forming, aerobic and rod-shaped bacterial strain, Soil36-7T, was isolated from an in situ enriched hydrocarbon-degrading consortium in South China Sea sediment. Strain Soil36-7T grew at 4-40 °C (optimum 28-32 °C), at pH 5-10 (pH 7-8) and in the presence of 1-12 % (w/v) NaCl (3-6 %). Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences and a genome-based approach using UBCGs (up-to-date bacterial core genes) showed Soil36-7T formed a distinct branching lineage within the family Alteromonadaceae. 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity was 92.9, 92.1 and >88.3 % between strain Soil36-7T and the type species of the genera Marinobacter, Tamilnaduibacter and the other genera of the family Alteromonadaceae, respectively. The major fatty acids in Soil36-7T were C16 : 0, C16 : 1ω6/7c, C16 : 0 10-methyl, C18 : 1ω7c, C12 : 0 and C18 : 0. The predominant respiratory quinone was Q-9, with a minor amount of Q-10 (3.5 %). The major polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylinositol, and various unidentified glycolipids, phospholipids, aminophospholipids and other polar lipids. The DNA G+C content was 57.9 mol%. On the basis of phylogenetic, genomic, phenotypic and chemotaxanomic characteristics, strain Soil36-7T could be classified as representing a novel species of a new genus within the family Alteromonadaceae, for which the name Hydrocarboniclastica marina gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of the type species is Soil36-7T (=MCCC 1A12105T=KCTC 62334T).
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- Chunming Dong
- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources of PR China, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Marine Genetic Resources, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources, Xiamen 361005, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources of PR China, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Marine Genetic Resources, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources, Xiamen 361005, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources of PR China, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Marine Genetic Resources, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources, Xiamen 361005, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources of PR China, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Marine Genetic Resources, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources, Xiamen 361005, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources of PR China, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Marine Genetic Resources, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources, Xiamen 361005, PR China
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Yu S, Choi IG, Yun EJ, Kim KH. High substrate specificity of 3,6-anhydro- l -galactose dehydrogenase indicates its essentiality in the agar catabolism of a marine bacterium. Process Biochem 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2017.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Leema Roseline T, Sachindra N. Characterization of extracellular agarase production by Acinetobacter junii PS12B, isolated from marine sediments. BIOCATALYSIS AND AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bcab.2016.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Lim EL, Siow RS, Abdul Rahim R, Ho CL. Global Transcriptome Analysis of Gracilaria changii (Rhodophyta) in Response to Agarolytic Enzyme and Bacterium. MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2016; 18:189-200. [PMID: 26631182 DOI: 10.1007/s10126-015-9680-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2015] [Accepted: 11/06/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Many bacterial epiphytes of agar-producing seaweeds secrete agarase that degrade algal cell wall matrix into oligoagars which elicit defense-related responses in the hosts. The molecular defense responses of red seaweeds are largely unknown. In this study, we surveyed the defense-related transcripts of an agarophyte, Gracilaria changii, treated with β-agarase through next generation sequencing (NGS). We also compared the defense responses of seaweed elicited by agarase with those elicited by an agarolytic bacterium isolated from seaweed, by profiling the expression of defense-related genes using quantitative reverse transcription real-time PCR (qRT-PCR). NGS detected a total of 391 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) with a higher abundance (>2-fold change with a p value <0.001) in the agarase-treated transcriptome compared to that of the non-treated G. changii. Among these DEGs were genes related to signaling, bromoperoxidation, heme peroxidation, production of aromatic amino acids, chorismate, and jasmonic acid. On the other hand, the genes encoding a superoxide-generating NADPH oxidase and related to photosynthesis were downregulated. The expression of these DEGs was further corroborated by qRT-PCR results which showed more than 90 % accuracy. A comprehensive analysis of their gene expression profiles between 1 and 24 h post treatments (hpt) revealed that most of the genes analyzed were consistently upregulated or downregulated by both agarase and agarolytic bacterial treatments, indicating that the defense responses induced by both treatments are highly similar except for genes encoding vanadium bromoperoxidase and animal heme peroxidase. Our study has provided the first glimpse of the molecular defense responses of G. changii to agarase and agarolytic bacterial treatments.
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- Ee-Leen Lim
- Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
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Zhong ZP, Liu Y, Wang F, Zhou YG, Liu HC, Liu ZP. Lacimicrobium alkaliphilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Alteromonadaceae isolated from a salt lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:422-429. [DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.000735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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- Zhi-Ping Zhong
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Simulation and Regulation of Water Cycle in River Basin, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing 100089, PR China
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- China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China
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- China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China
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Verma A, Mual P, Mayilraj S, Krishnamurthi S. Tamilnaduibacter salinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a halotolerant gammaproteobacterium within the family Alteromonadaceae, isolated from a salt pan in Tamilnadu, India. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3248-3255. [PMID: 26296662 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.000401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Two novel Gram-stain-negative, slow-growing, halotolerant strains with rod-shaped cells, designated as strains Mi-7T and Mi-8, which formed pin-point colonies on halophilic media were isolated during a study into the microbial diversity of a salt pan in the state of Tamilnadu, India. Both the strains had an obligate requirement for 1 % (w/v) NaCl for growth and were halotolerant, growing at NaCl concentrations of up to 20 % (w/v) in media. The strains, however, showed an inability to utilize the majority of substrates tested as sole carbon sources for growth and in fermentation reactions. Molecular phylogenetic analyses, based on 16S rRNA gene sequence revealed their closest phylogenetic neighbours to be members of the genus Marinobacter, with whom they showed the highest sequence similarity of 93.6 % and even less with the type strain of the type species, Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus DSM 8798T (91.1 %). Similarities with other genera within the family Alteromonadaceae were below 91.0 %. However, the two strains were very closely related to each other with 99.9 % sequence similarity, and DNA–DNA hybridization analyses confirmed their placement in the same species. The DNA G+C content of both strains was 65 mol%. Using the polyphasic taxonomic data obtained from this study, strains Mi-7T and Mi-8 represent two strains of the same species of a novel genus for which the name Tamilnaduibacter salinus gen. nov., sp. nov., is proposed; the type strain of the novel species is Mi-7T ( = MTCC 12009T = DSM 28688T).
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- Ashish Verma
- Microbial Type Culture Collection & Gene Bank (MTCC), CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Sec-39A, Chandigarh-160036, India
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- Microbial Type Culture Collection & Gene Bank (MTCC), CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Sec-39A, Chandigarh-160036, India
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- Microbial Type Culture Collection & Gene Bank (MTCC), CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Sec-39A, Chandigarh-160036, India
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- Microbial Type Culture Collection & Gene Bank (MTCC), CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Sec-39A, Chandigarh-160036, India
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Catenovulum maritimus sp. nov., a novel agarolytic gammaproteobacterium isolated from the marine alga Porphyra yezoensis Ueda (AST58-103), and emended description of the genus Catenovulum. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 108:427-34. [PMID: 26036673 DOI: 10.1007/s10482-015-0495-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2015] [Accepted: 05/26/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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A novel agarolytic, Gram-stain negative, heterotrophic, facultatively anaerobic and pale-white pigmented bacterial strain, designated Q1(T), was isolated from the marine alga Porphyra yezoensis Ueda (AST58-103) collected from the coastal area of Weihai, China. The cells are motile by means of peritrichous flagella. The isolate requires NaCl for growth, while seawater is not necessary, and growth occurs optimally at about 30-33 °C, in 1-3 % (w/v) NaCl and at pH 7-7.5. Strain Q1(T) shows oxidase-positive and catalase-negative activities, and possesses the ability to hydrolyse starch and alginate, but not cellulose, gelatin, urea or Tween-80. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequence indicated that strain Q1(T) is affiliated with the family Alteromonadaceae within the class Gammaproteobacteria. The isolate, strain Q1(T), is most closely related to Catenovulum agarivorans YM01(T) (94.85 %), with less than 91.2 % sequence similarity to other close relatives with validly published names. The draft genome sequence of strain Q1(T) consists of 62 contigs (>200 bp) of 4,548,270 bp. The genomes of Q1(T) and YM01(T) have an ANI value of 70.7 %, and the POCP value between the two genomes is 64.4 %. The genomic DNA G+C content of strain Q1(T) is 37.9 mol% as calculated from the draft genome sequence. The main isoprenoid quinone is ubiquinone-8. The predominant cellular fatty acids are summed feature 3 (C16:1 ω7c and/or iso-C15:0 2-OH), C16:0 and C18:1 ω7c. The major polar lipids are phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylglycerol. Based on data from a polyphasic chemotaxonomic, physiological and biochemical study, strain Q1(T) should be classified as a novel species of the genus Catenovulum, for which the name Catenovulum maritimus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is Q1(T) (=CICC 10836(T)=DSM 28813(T)).
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Keren R, Lavy A, Mayzel B, Ilan M. Culturable associated-bacteria of the sponge Theonella swinhoei show tolerance to high arsenic concentrations. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:154. [PMID: 25762993 PMCID: PMC4340220 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2014] [Accepted: 02/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Sponges are potent filter feeders and as such are exposed to high fluxes of toxic trace elements, which can accumulate in their body over time. Such is the case of the Red Sea sponge Theonella swinhoei, which has been shown to accumulate up to 8500 mg/Kg of the highly toxicelement arsenic. T. swinhoei is known to harbor a multitude of sponge-associated bacteria, so it is hypothesized that the associated-bacteria will be tolerant to high arsenic concentration. This study also investigates the fate of the arsenic accumulated in the sponge to test if the associated-bacteria have an important role in the arsenic accumulation process of their host, since bacteria are key players in the natural arsenic cycle. Separation of the sponge to sponge cells and bacteria enriched fractions showed that arsenic is accumulated by the bacteria. Sponge-associated, arsenic-tolerant bacteria were cultured in the presence of 5 mM of either arsenate or arsenite (equivalent to 6150 mg/Kg arsenic, dry weight). The 54 isolated bacteria were grouped to 15 operational taxonomic units (OTUs) and isolates belonging to 12 OTUs were assessed for tolerance to arsenate at increased concentrations up to 100 mM. Eight of the 12 OTUs tolerated an order of magnitude increase in the concentration of arsenate, and some exhibited external biomineralization of arsenic-magnesium salts. The biomineralization of this unique mineral was directly observed in bacteria for the first time. These results may provide an explanation for the ability of the sponge to accumulate considerable amounts of arsenic. Furthermore arsenic-mineralizing bacteria can potentially be used for the study of bioremediation, as arsenic toxicity affects millions of people worldwide.
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- Ray Keren
- Department of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv UniversityTel Aviv, Israel
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Kunihiro T, Veuger B, Vasquez-Cardenas D, Pozzato L, Le Guitton M, Moriya K, Kuwae M, Omori K, Boschker HTS, van Oevelen D. Phospholipid-derived fatty acids and quinones as markers for bacterial biomass and community structure in marine sediments. PLoS One 2014; 9:e96219. [PMID: 24769853 PMCID: PMC4000199 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2013] [Accepted: 04/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Phospholipid-derived fatty acids (PLFA) and respiratory quinones (RQ) are microbial compounds that have been utilized as biomarkers to quantify bacterial biomass and to characterize microbial community structure in sediments, waters, and soils. While PLFAs have been widely used as quantitative bacterial biomarkers in marine sediments, applications of quinone analysis in marine sediments are very limited. In this study, we investigated the relation between both groups of bacterial biomarkers in a broad range of marine sediments from the intertidal zone to the deep sea. We found a good log-log correlation between concentrations of bacterial PLFA and RQ over several orders of magnitude. This relationship is probably due to metabolic variation in quinone concentrations in bacterial cells in different environments, whereas PLFA concentrations are relatively stable under different conditions. We also found a good agreement in the community structure classifications based on the bacterial PLFAs and RQs. These results strengthen the application of both compounds as quantitative bacterial biomarkers. Moreover, the bacterial PLFA- and RQ profiles revealed a comparable dissimilarity pattern of the sampled sediments, but with a higher level of dissimilarity for the RQs. This means that the quinone method has a higher resolution for resolving differences in bacterial community composition. Combining PLFA and quinone analysis as a complementary method is a good strategy to yield higher resolving power in bacterial community structure.
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- Tadao Kunihiro
- Department of Ecosystem Studies, Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ), Yerseke, The Netherlands
- Department of Marine Microbiology, Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ), Yerseke, The Netherlands
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- Department of Ecosystem Studies, Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ), Yerseke, The Netherlands
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- Department of Ecosystem Studies, Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ), Yerseke, The Netherlands
- Department of Marine Microbiology, Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ), Yerseke, The Netherlands
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- Department of Ecosystem Studies, Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ), Yerseke, The Netherlands
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- Department of Ecosystem Studies, Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ), Yerseke, The Netherlands
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- School of Natural Science & Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Center for Marine Environmental Studies (CMES), Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan
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- Center for Marine Environmental Studies (CMES), Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Marine Microbiology, Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ), Yerseke, The Netherlands
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- Department of Ecosystem Studies, Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ), Yerseke, The Netherlands
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Yan S, Yu M, Wang Y, Shen C, Zhang XH. Catenovulum agarivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a peritrichously flagellated, chain-forming, agar-hydrolysing gammaproteobacterium from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2866-2873. [DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.027565-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A novel Gram-negative, strictly aerobic, agar-hydrolysing bacterium, designated YM01T, was isolated from seawater samples collected from the Yellow Sea (coastal region of Qingdao, PR China). Cells were rod-shaped, peritrichously flagellated and formed long chains end-to-end. The isolate had an absolute requirement for Na+ ions, but not seawater, for growth and grew optimally at about 28 °C, in 2 % NaCl and at pH 8.0–9.0. The isolate could not be cultured in marine broth 2216, but grew well on marine agar 2216. YM01T was able to hydrolyse cellulose, starch, aesculin and Tween 80, but not egg yolk, gelatin, urea or casein. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis demonstrated that this isolate was unique, showing only 88.4–91.0 % sequence similarity to its closest neighbours, including members of the genera Glaciecola (88.4–91.0 %), Alteromonas (88.7–89.6 %), Aestuariibacter (89.3–90.4 %), Salinimonas (89.0 %), Bowmanella (90.1–90.3 %) and Agarivorans (88.5–89.9 %). Phylogenetic analyses demonstrated that strain YM01T formed a distinct clade closely related to species of the family Alteromonadaceae within the group of Alteromonas-like gammaproteobacteria. It contained menaquinone MK-7 as the predominant isoprenoid quinone and C16 : 0 (38.3 %), C16 : 1ω7c and/or iso-C15 : 0 2-OH (29.0 %), C18 : 1ω7c (9.3 %) and C10 : 0 3-OH (8.2 %) as major cellular fatty acids. Phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol and an aminophospholipid were the major phospholipid constituents. The DNA G+C content was 44.8 mol%. Based on its phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic distinctiveness, strain YM01T is considered to represent a novel species in a new genus in the Gammaproteobacteria, for which the name Catenovulum agarivorans gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed; the type strain of Catenovulum agarivorans is YM01T ( = CGMCC 1.10245T = DSM 23111T = JCM 16580T).
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- Shulin Yan
- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding for Ministry of Education, College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding for Ministry of Education, College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding for Ministry of Education, College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding for Ministry of Education, College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding for Ministry of Education, College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, PR China
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Du ZJ, Lv GQ, Rooney AP, Miao TT, Xu QQ, Chen GJ. Agarivorans gilvus sp. nov. isolated from seaweed. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:493-496. [DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.019810-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A novel agarase-producing, non-endospore-forming marine bacterium, WH0801T, was isolated from a fresh seaweed sample collected from the coast of Weihai, China. Preliminary characterization based on 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that WH0801T shared 96.1 % similarity with Agarivorans albus MKT 106T, the type species of the genus Agarivorans. A polyphasic taxonomic study was conducted and confirmed the phylogenetic affiliation of strain WH0801T to the genus Agarivorans. Isolate WH0801T produces light-yellow-pigmented colonies; cells are Gram-stain-negative, straight or curved rods, which are motile with a single polar flagellum. Strain WH0801T grew in 0.5–5 % NaCl, with optimum growth at 3 % NaCl, and its optimal pH and cultivation temperature were 8.4–8.6 and 28–32 °C, respectively. Data from biochemical tests, whole-cell fatty acid profiling, 16S rRNA gene sequence studies and DNA–DNA hybridization clearly indicated that isolate WH0801T represented a novel species within the genus Agarivorans, for which the name Agarivorans gilvus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of Agarivorans gilvus sp. nov. is WH0801T (=NRRL B-59247T =CGMCC 1.10131T).
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- Zong-Jun Du
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China
- College of Marine Science, Shandong University at Weihai, Weihai 264209, PR China
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- College of Marine Science, Shandong University at Weihai, Weihai 264209, PR China
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- National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL 61604, USA
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- College of Marine Science, Shandong University at Weihai, Weihai 264209, PR China
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- College of Marine Science, Shandong University at Weihai, Weihai 264209, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China
- College of Marine Science, Shandong University at Weihai, Weihai 264209, PR China
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Kharroub K, Aguilera M, Jiménez-Pranteda ML, González-Paredes A, Ramos-Cormenzana A, Monteoliva-Sánchez M. Marinobacter oulmenensis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from brine of a salt concentrator. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 61:2210-2214. [PMID: 20935087 DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.027284-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A Gram-negative, aerobic, moderately halophilic bacterium, designated Set74(T), was isolated from brine of a salt concentrator at Ain Oulmene, Algeria. The strain grew optimally at 37-40 °C, at pH 6.5-7.0 and with 5-7.5 % (w/v) NaCl and used various organic compounds as sole carbon, nitrogen and energy sources. Ubiquinone 9 (Q-9) was the major lipoquinone. The main cellular fatty acids were C₁₆:₀, C₁₈:₁ω9c, summed feature 7 (ECL 18.846; C₁₉:₀ cyclo ω10c and/or C₁₉:₁ω6c), C₁₂:₀ 3-OH, C₁₆:₁ω9c, C₁₈:₀ and C₁₂:₀. The major polar lipids were phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylethanolamine. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 57.4 mol%. The 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis indicated that strain Set74(T) was a member of the genus Marinobacter. The closest relatives of strain Set74(T) were Marinobacter santoriniensis NKSG1(T) (97.5 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity) and Marinobacter koreensis DD-M3(T) (97.4 %). DNA-DNA relatedness between strain Set74(T) and M. santoriniensis DSM 21262(T) and M. koreensis DSM 17924(T) was 45 and 37 %, respectively. On the basis of the phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic features, a novel species, Marinobacter oulmenensis sp. nov., is proposed. The type strain is Set74(T) ( = CECT 7499(T) = DSM 22359(T)).
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- Karima Kharroub
- Institut de Nutrition de l'Alimentation et des Technologies Agro-Alimentaires, Université Mentouri, Constantine, Algeria.,Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Farmacia Campus de Cartuja s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Farmacia Campus de Cartuja s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Farmacia Campus de Cartuja s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain
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