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Li Y, Guo T, Sun L, Wang ET, Young JPW, Tian CF. Phylogenomic analyses and reclassification of the Mesorhizobium complex: proposal for 9 novel genera and reclassification of 15 species. BMC Genomics 2024; 25:419. [PMID: 38684951 PMCID: PMC11057113 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-024-10333-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2024] [Accepted: 04/22/2024] [Indexed: 05/02/2024] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUD The genus Mesorhizobium is shown by phylogenomics to be paraphyletic and forms part of a complex that includes the genera Aminobacter, Aquamicrobium, Pseudaminobacter and Tianweitania. The relationships for type strains belong to these genera need to be carefully re-evaluated. RESULTS The relationships of Mesorhizobium complex are evaluated based on phylogenomic analyses and overall genome relatedness indices (OGRIs) of 61 type strains. According to the maximum likelihood phylogenetic tree based on concatenated sequences of 539 core proteins and the tree constructed using the bac120 bacterial marker set from Genome Taxonomy Database, 65 type strains were grouped into 9 clusters. Moreover, 10 subclusters were identified based on the OGRIs including average nucleotide identity (ANI), average amino acid identity (AAI) and core-proteome average amino acid identity (cAAI), with AAI and cAAI showing a clear intra- and inter-(sub)cluster gaps of 77.40-80.91% and 83.98-86.16%, respectively. Combined with the phylogenetic trees and OGRIs, the type strains were reclassified into 15 genera. This list includes five defined genera Mesorhizobium, Aquamicrobium, Pseudaminobacter, Aminobacterand Tianweitania, among which 40/41 Mesorhizobium species and one Aminobacter species are canonical legume microsymbionts. The other nine (sub)clusters are classified as novel genera. Cluster III, comprising symbiotic M. alhagi and M. camelthorni, is classified as Allomesorhizobium gen. nov. Cluster VI harbored a single symbiotic species M. albiziae and is classified as Neomesorhizobium gen. nov. The remaining seven non-symbiotic members were proposed as: Neoaquamicrobium gen. nov., Manganibacter gen. nov., Ollibium gen. nov., Terribium gen. nov., Kumtagia gen. nov., Borborobacter gen. nov., Aerobium gen. nov.. Furthermore, the genus Corticibacterium is restored and two species in Subcluster IX-1 are reclassified as the member of this genus. CONCLUSION The Mesorhizobium complex are classified into 15 genera based on phylogenomic analyses and OGRIs of 65 type strains. This study resolved previously non-monophyletic genera in the Mesorhizobium complex.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yan Li
- Yantai Key Laboratory of Characteristic Agricultural Biological Resources Conservation and Germplasm Innovation Utilization, Jiaodong Microbial Resource Center of Yantai University, College of Life Sciences, Yantai University, Yantai, 264005, Shandong, China.
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- Yantai Key Laboratory of Characteristic Agricultural Biological Resources Conservation and Germplasm Innovation Utilization, Jiaodong Microbial Resource Center of Yantai University, College of Life Sciences, Yantai University, Yantai, 264005, Shandong, China
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- Yantai Key Laboratory of Characteristic Agricultural Biological Resources Conservation and Germplasm Innovation Utilization, Jiaodong Microbial Resource Center of Yantai University, College of Life Sciences, Yantai University, Yantai, 264005, Shandong, China
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- Departamento de Microbiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Ciudad de México, 11340, México
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- Department of Biology, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience, MOA Key Laboratory of Soil Microbiology, Rhizobium Research Center, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.
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Yue J, Yang F, Wang S, Yuan J, Li L, Liu L. Massilia phyllostachyos sp. nov., Isolated from the Roots of Moso Bamboo in China. Curr Microbiol 2022; 80:54. [PMID: 36585979 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-022-03163-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2022] [Accepted: 12/22/2022] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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A Gram-negative, strictly aerobic, motile, and rod-shaped bacterial strain G4R7T was isolated from the roots of moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis) in Zhejiang, Hangzhou Province, China. After comparing 16S rRNA gene sequences, strain G4R7T exhibited the highest similarities with Massilia neuiana PTW21T (98.3%), followed by M. agri K-3-1T (98.3%), M. consociate CCUG 58010T (97.7%), M. niastensis 5516S-1T (97.7%) and M. yuzhufengensis ZD1-4T (97.6%). The phylogenetic analysis revealed that strain G4R7T belonged to the genus Massilia. The draft genome of strain G4R7T was 5.81 Mb, and the G+C content was 64.4%. The average nucleotide identity values between G4R7T and another related member of the genus Massilia ranged from 76.6 to 87.2%, and the digital DNA-DNA hybridization ranged from 20.7 to 27.9%. Strain G4R7T grew at 15-37 °C (optimum 25-30 °C) and pH 6.0-9.0 (optimum pH 7.0) in the presence of 0-3% (w/v) NaCl (optimum 0%). The respiratory quinone was Q-8, and the major polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, and aminophospholipid. The major cellular fatty acids were C10:0 3OH, C12:0, C12:0 2OH, and C16:0, summed feature 3 (C16:1 ω6c and/or C16:1 ω7c). As per the data from chemotaxonomic, phylogenetic, and phenotypic evidence, strain G4R7T represents a new species of genus Massilia, for which the name Massilia phyllostachyos sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is G4R7T (=ACCC 61911T=GDMCC 1.2961T=JCM 35225T).
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- Jinjun Yue
- Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Fuyang, 311400, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tree Breeding and Cultivation of State Forestry and Grassland Administration, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, 100091, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tree Breeding and Cultivation of State Forestry and Grassland Administration, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, 100091, China
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- Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Fuyang, 311400, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tree Breeding and Cultivation of State Forestry and Grassland Administration, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, 100091, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tree Breeding and Cultivation of State Forestry and Grassland Administration, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, 100091, China.
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Aquibium microcysteis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a Microcystis aeruginosa culture and reclassification of Mesorhizobium carbonis as Aquibium carbonis comb. nov. and Mesorhizobium oceanicum as Aquibium oceanicum comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022. [DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.005230 10.1099/ijsem.0.005230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
A novel bacterial strain, NIBR3T, was isolated from a
Microcystis aeruginosa
culture. Strain NIBR3T was characterized as Gram-negative, rod-shaped, catalase- and oxidase-positive, and aerobic. The 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that strain NIBR3T was most closely related to
Mesorhizobium carbonis
B2.3T (=KCTC 52461),
Mesorhizobium oceanicum
B7T (=KCTC 42783) and
Mesorhizobium qingshengii
CCBAU 33460T (=HAMBI 3277), at 98.7, 97.2 and 97.2% similarity, respectively. Our phylogenetic analyses revealed that three strains [strain NIBR3T with the previously reported two
Mesorhizobium
species (
M. carbonis
B2.3T and
M. oceanicum
B7T)] formed a distinct cluster from other
Mesorhizobium
type strains. The average nucleotide identity of strain NIBR3T relative to
M. carbonis
B2.3T
, M. oceanicum B7T, and
M. qingshengii
CCBAU 33460T was found to be 84.3, 79.4 and 75.8 %, with average amino-acid identities of 85.1, 74.8 and 64.3 %, and digital DNA–DNA hybridization values of 27.6, 22.6 and 20.7 %, respectively. The genome size and genomic DNA G+C content of NIBR3T were 6.1 Mbp and 67.9 mol%, respectively. Growth of strain NIBR3T was observed at 23–45 °C (optimum, 33 °C), at pH 6–11 (optimum, 8) and in the presence of 0–4 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 0 %). The major polar lipids in this novel strain were phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylmethylethanolamine. The predominant respiratory quinone was Q-10. Summed feature 8 (C18 : 1
ω7c and/or C18 : 1
ω6c) was the most abundant cellular fatty acid in strain NIBR3T. Based on genotypic characteristics using our genomic data, strain NIBR3T was identified as a member of new genus, Aquibium gen. nov., with the two aforementioned stains. The type strain f the novel species, Aquibium microcysteis sp. nov., is NIBR3T (=KACC 22092T=HAMBI 3738T). We also reclassified
Mesorhizobium carbonis
and
M. oceanicum
as Aquibium carbonis comb. nov. and A. oceanicum comb. nov., respectively.
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Kim M, Kim W, Park W. Aquibium microcysteis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a Microcystis aeruginosa culture and reclassification of Mesorhizobium carbonis as Aquibium carbonis comb. nov. and Mesorhizobium oceanicum as Aquibium oceanicum comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72. [DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.005230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
A novel bacterial strain, NIBR3T, was isolated from a
Microcystis aeruginosa
culture. Strain NIBR3T was characterized as Gram-negative, rod-shaped, catalase- and oxidase-positive, and aerobic. The 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that strain NIBR3T was most closely related to
Mesorhizobium carbonis
B2.3T (=KCTC 52461),
Mesorhizobium oceanicum
B7T (=KCTC 42783) and
Mesorhizobium qingshengii
CCBAU 33460T (=HAMBI 3277), at 98.7, 97.2 and 97.2% similarity, respectively. Our phylogenetic analyses revealed that three strains [strain NIBR3T with the previously reported two
Mesorhizobium
species (
M. carbonis
B2.3T and
M. oceanicum
B7T)] formed a distinct cluster from other
Mesorhizobium
type strains. The average nucleotide identity of strain NIBR3T relative to
M. carbonis
B2.3T
, M. oceanicum B7T, and
M. qingshengii
CCBAU 33460T was found to be 84.3, 79.4 and 75.8 %, with average amino-acid identities of 85.1, 74.8 and 64.3 %, and digital DNA–DNA hybridization values of 27.6, 22.6 and 20.7 %, respectively. The genome size and genomic DNA G+C content of NIBR3T were 6.1 Mbp and 67.9 mol%, respectively. Growth of strain NIBR3T was observed at 23–45 °C (optimum, 33 °C), at pH 6–11 (optimum, 8) and in the presence of 0–4 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 0 %). The major polar lipids in this novel strain were phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylmethylethanolamine. The predominant respiratory quinone was Q-10. Summed feature 8 (C18 : 1
ω7c and/or C18 : 1
ω6c) was the most abundant cellular fatty acid in strain NIBR3T. Based on genotypic characteristics using our genomic data, strain NIBR3T was identified as a member of new genus, Aquibium gen. nov., with the two aforementioned stains. The type strain f the novel species, Aquibium microcysteis sp. nov., is NIBR3T (=KACC 22092T=HAMBI 3738T). We also reclassified
Mesorhizobium carbonis
and
M. oceanicum
as Aquibium carbonis comb. nov. and A. oceanicum comb. nov., respectively.
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- Minkyung Kim
- Laboratory of Molecular Environmental Microbiology, Department of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Laboratory of Molecular Environmental Microbiology, Department of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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Jung J, Seo YL, Kim KR, Park HY, Jeon CO. Mesorhizobium microcysteis sp. nov., isolated from a culture of Microcystis aeruginosa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71. [PMID: 34214029 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Strain MaA-C15T, a Gram-stain-negative, non-spore-forming and strictly aerobic bacterium, was isolated from a xenic culture of Microcystis aeruginosa in the Republic of Korea. Cells were motile rods showing positive reactions in catalase and oxidase tests. Growth was observed between 15 and 37 °C (optimum, 30 °C), between pH 6.0 and pH 11.0 (optimum, pH 7.5) and in the presence of 0-2.0 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 0 %). Strain MaA-C15T contained C16 : 0, 11-methyl-C18 : 1 ω7c, cyclo-C19 : 0 ω8c and summed feature 8 (C18 : 1 ω6c and/or C18 : 1 ω7c) as the major cellular fatty acids and ubiquinone-10 as the sole respiratory quinone. Phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylmonomethylethanolamine, an unidentified aminophospholipid, an unidentified glycolipid and three unidentified phospholipids were detected as the major polar lipids. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 64.1 mol%. Phylogenetic and phylogenomic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene and genome sequences revealed that strain MaA-C15T formed a phyletic lineage with Mesorhizobium sediminum YIM M12096T within the family Phyllobacteriaceae. Strain MaA-C15T was most closely related to Mesorhizobium albiziae DSM 21822T with a 98.2 % 16S rRNA sequence similarity. Average nucleotide identity and in silico DNA-DNA hybridization values between strain MaA-C15T and M. albiziae DSM 21822T were 75.4 and 20.1 %, respectively. Based on the results of phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and molecular analyses, strain MaA-C15T represents a novel species of the genus Mesorhizobium, for which the name Mesorhizobium microcysteis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is MaA-C15T (=KACC 21226T=JCM 33503T).
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- Jaejoon Jung
- Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea
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- National Institute of Biological Resources, Incheon 22689, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea
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International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Rhizobia and Agrobacteria Minutes of the meeting by video conference, 11 July 2018. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1835-1840. [DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.003335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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