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Genome Sequence and Characterization of a Xanthorhodopsin-Containing, Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophic Rhodobacter Species, Isolated from Mesophilic Conditions at Yellowstone National Park. Microorganisms 2022; 10:microorganisms10061169. [PMID: 35744687 PMCID: PMC9231093 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10061169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2022] [Revised: 06/02/2022] [Accepted: 06/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The genus Rhodobacter consists of purple nonsulfur photosynthetic alphaproteobacteria known for their diverse metabolic capabilities. Here, we report the genome sequence and initial characterization of a novel Rhodobacter species, strain M37P, isolated from Mushroom hot spring runoff in Yellowstone National Park at 37 °C. Genome-based analyses and initial growth characteristics helped to define the differentiating characteristics of this species and identified it as an aerobic anoxygenic phototroph (AAP). This is the first AAP identified in the genus Rhodobacter. Strain M37P has a pinkish-red pigmentation that is present under aerobic dark conditions but disappears under light incubation. Whole genome-based analysis and average nucleotide identity (ANI) comparison indicate that strain M37P belongs to a specific clade of recently identified species that are genetically and physiologically unique from other representative Rhodobacter species. The genome encodes a unique xanthorhodopsin, not found in any other Rhodobacter species, which may be responsible for the pinkish-red pigmentation. These analyses indicates that strain M37P is a unique species that is well-adapted to optimized growth in the Yellowstone hot spring runoff, for which we propose the name Rhodobacter calidifons sp. nov.
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Ma T, Xue H, Piao C, Liu C, Yang M, Bian D, Li Y. Reclassification of 11 Members of the Family Rhodobacteraceae at Genus and Species Levels and Proposal of Pseudogemmobacter hezensis sp. nov. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:849695. [PMID: 35495672 PMCID: PMC9044078 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.849695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2022] [Accepted: 03/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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A novel Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, motile bacterial strain, D13-10-4-6T, was isolated from the bark sample of Populus × euramericana. The strain could grow at 15-35°C, at pH 6-10 and in 0-4% (w/v) NaCl, and the strain tested positive for oxidase and catalase activities. The main polar lipids were phosphatidylmonomethylethanolamine, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, and phosphatidylethanolamine. The main respiratory quinone was Q-10, and the predominant fatty acid was C18:1 ω7c. The phylogenetic analyses showed that the strain belonged to the genus Pseudogemmobacter of the family Rhodobacteraceae. The family Rhodobacteraceae is an ecologically diverse group that includes bacteria from aquatic to terrestrial ecosystems. As a consequence, the classification of the family Rhodobacteraceae is difficult, not least when the early taxonomy work relied heavily on 16S rRNA gene analysis. Recently, the taxonomic status of many members of the family has been revised based on the genome analysis; however, there are still some classification conflicts due to the lack of genome sequences and parallel publication time. In this study, phylogenetic trees based on 16S rRNA gene, gyrB gene, and 120 concatenated proteins, the average amino acid identity (AAI) and percentage of conserved proteins (POCP) have been used for the analysis of strain D13-10-4-6T and other members of 15 genera within the family to further clarify their taxonomic relationships. For the data of phylogeny, AAI, and POCP, the taxonomic proposals are (1) reclassification of Rhodobacter tardus as the type species of a novel genus, Stagnihabitans gen. nov., as Stagnihabitans tardus comb. nov.; (2) reclassification of Tabrizicola alkalilacus, Tabrizicola sediminis, Tabrizicola algicola into a novel genus, Pseudotabrizicola gen. nov., as Pseudotabrizicola alkalilacus comb. nov., Pseudotabrizicola sediminis comb. nov., Pseudotabrizicola algicola comb. nov.; (3) reclassification of Rhodobacter sediminicola into the genus Cereibacter as Cereibacter sediminicola comb. nov.; (4) reclassification of Rhodobacter flagellatus, Rhodobacter thermarum, and Xinfangfangia soli into the genus Tabrizicola as Tabrizicola flagellatus comb. nov., Tabrizicola thermarum comb. Nov., and Tabrizicola soli comb. nov.; (5) reclassification of Xinfangfangia humi into the genus Pseudogemmobacter as Pseudogemmobacter humicola comb. nov.; (6) classification of strain D13-10-4-6T as a novel species of the genus Pseudogemmobacter, for which the name P. hezensis sp. nov. is proposed, the type strain is D13-10-4-6T (= CFCC 12033T = KCTC 82215T).
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- Tengfei Ma
- Key Laboratory of Forest Protection of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Ecology and Nature Conservation Institute, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Forest Protection of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Ecology and Nature Conservation Institute, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Forest Protection of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Ecology and Nature Conservation Institute, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China
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- Panzhihua City Academy of Agricultural and Forest Sciences, Panzhihua, China
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- Panzhihua City Academy of Agricultural and Forest Sciences, Panzhihua, China
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- Key Laboratory of Forest Protection of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Ecology and Nature Conservation Institute, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Forest Protection of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Ecology and Nature Conservation Institute, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China
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Szabonella alba gen. nov., sp. nov., a motile alkaliphilic bacterium of the family Rhodobacteraceae isolated from a soda lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72. [DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.005219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A Gram-stain-negative, oxidase- and catalase-positive, rod-shaped, creamy white coloured bacterial strain, DMG-N-6T, was isolated from a water sample of Lake Fertő/Neusiedler See (Hungary). Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that the strain forms a distinct linage within the family
Rhodobacteraceae
. Its closest relatives are
Tabrizicola alkalilacus
DJCT (96.76% similarity) and
Tabrizicola piscis
K13M18T (96.76%), followed by
Tabrizicola sediminis
DRYC-M-16T (96.69 %),
Rhodobacter sediminicola
JA983T (96.62 %),
Tabrizicola aquatica
RCRI19T (96.47 %) and
Cereibacter johrii
JA192T (96.18 %). The novel bacterial strain favours an alkaline environment (pH 8.0-12.0) and grows optimally at 18–28°C in the presence of 2–4 % (w/v) NaCl. Cells of DMG-N-6T were motile by a single subpolar flagellum. Bacteriochlorophyll a was not detected. The predominant respiratory quinone was ubiquinone Q-10. The major cellular fatty acid was C18:1
ω7c. The polar lipid profile comprised phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylserine, phosphatidylcholine, an unidentified phospholipid and five unidentified lipids. The assembled draft genome of strain DMG-N-6T had 52 contigs with a total length of 4 219 778 bp and a G+C content of 64.3 mol%. Overall genome-related indices (ANI <77.8 %, AAI <69.0 %, dDDH <19.6 %) with respect to close relatives were all significantly below the corresponding threshold to demarcate bacterial genus and species. Strain DMG-N-6T (=DSM 108208T=NCAIM B.02645T) is strongly different from its closest relatives and is suggested as the type strain of a novel species of a new genus in the family
Rhodobacteraceae
, for which the name Szabonella alba gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed.
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Chen WM, Chang TH, Yang CC, Sheu DS, Jheng LC, Sheu SY. Rhodobacter amnigenus sp. nov. and Rhodobacter ruber sp. nov., isolated from freshwater habitats. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71. [PMID: 34904946 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.005150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Two bacterial strains, designated HSP-20T and CCP-1T, isolated from freshwater habitats in Taiwan, were characterized by polyphasic taxonomy. Both strains were Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, non-motile and rod-shaped. Cells of strains HSP-20T and CCP-1T formed pink and dark red coloured colonies, respectively. Both strains contained bacteriochlorophyll a, and showed optimum growth under anaerobic conditions by photoheterotrophy, but no growth by photoautotrophy. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene and whole-genome sequences indicated that both strains belonged to the genus Rhodobacter. Analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strains HSP-20T and CCP-1T shared 98.3 % sequence similarity and were closely related to Rhodobacter tardus CYK-10T (96.0 %) and Rhodobacter flagellatus SYSU G03088T (96.0 %), respectively. Both strains shared common chemotaxonomic characteristics including Q-10 as the major isoprenoid quinone, C18 : 1 ω7c as the predominant fatty acid, and phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylcholine as the main polar lipids. The DNA G+C content of both strains was 66.2 mol%. The average nucleotide identity, average amino acid identity and digital DNA-DNA hybridization values between these two novel isolates and their closest relatives were below the cut-off values of 95-96, 90 and 70 %, respectively, used for species demarcation. On the basis of phenotypic and genotypic properties and phylogenetic inference, both strains should be classified as novel species within the genus Rhodobacter, for which the names Rhodobacter amnigenus sp. nov. (=BCRC 81193T=LMG 31334T) and Rhodobacter ruber sp. nov. (=BCRC 81189T=LMG 31335T) are proposed.
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- Wen-Ming Chen
- Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Seafood Science, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung City 811, Taiwan, ROC
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Seafood Science, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung City 811, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Marine Biotechnology, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung City 811, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Marine Biotechnology, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung City 811, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung City 807, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Marine Biotechnology, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung City 811, Taiwan, ROC
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Sheu C, Li ZH, Sheu SY, Yang CC, Chen WM. Tabrizicola oligotrophica sp. nov. and Rhodobacter tardus sp. nov., two new species of bacteria belonging to the family Rhodobacteraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 70:6266-6283. [PMID: 33112224 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Two Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, non-motile bacteria, designated KMS-5T and CYK-10T, were isolated from freshwater environments. 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity results indicated that these two novel strains belong to the family Rhodobacteraceae. Strain KMS-5T is closely related to species within the genus Tabrizicola (96.1-96.8 % sequence similarity) and Cypionkella (96.5-97.0 %). Strain CYK-10T is closest to Rhodobacter thermarum YIM 73036T with 96.6 % sequence similarity. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences and an up-to-date bacterial core gene set showed that strain KMS-5T is affiliated with species in the genus Tabrizicola and strain CYK-10T is placed in a distinct clade with Rhodobacter blasticus ATCC 33485T, Rhodobacter thermarum YIM 73036T and Rhodobacter flagellatus SYSU G03088T. These two strains shared common chemotaxonomic features comprising Q-10 as the major quinone, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylcholine as the principal polar lipids, and C18 : 1 ω7c as the main fatty acid. The average nucleotide identity, average amino acid identity and digital DNA-DNA hybridization values between these two novel isolates and their closest relatives were below the cut-off values of 95-96, 90 and 70 %, respectively, used for species demarcation. The obtained polyphasic taxonomic data suggested that strain KMS-5T represents a novel species within the genus Tabrizicola, for which the name Tabrizicola oligotrophica sp. nov. is proposed with KMS-5T (=BCRC 81196T=LMG 31337T) as the type strain, and strain CYK-10T should represent a novel species of the genus Rhodobacter, for which the name Rhodobacter tardus sp. nov. is proposed with CYK-10T (=BCRC 81191T=LMG 31336T) as the type strain.
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- Ceshing Sheu
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Chaoyang University of Technology, No.168, Jifong E. Rd., Wufeng, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Seafood Science, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung City 811, No. 142, Hai-Chuan Rd. Nan-Tzu, Kaohsiung City 811, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Marine Biotechnology, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, No. 142, Hai-Chuan Rd. Nan-Tzu, Kaohsiung City 811, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Marine Biotechnology, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, No. 142, Hai-Chuan Rd. Nan-Tzu, Kaohsiung City 811, Taiwan, ROC
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Seafood Science, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung City 811, No. 142, Hai-Chuan Rd. Nan-Tzu, Kaohsiung City 811, Taiwan, ROC
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