title: Desulfuromonas thiophila sp. nov., a new obligately sulfur-reducing bacterium from anoxic freshwater sediment.
abstract: A mesophilic, acetate-oxidizing, sulfur-reducing bacterium, strain NZ27T, was isolated from anoxic mud from a freshwater sulfur spring. The cells were ovoid, motile, and gram negative. In addition to acetate, the strain oxidized pyruvate, succinate, and fumarate. Sulfur flower could be replaced by polysulfide as an electron acceptor. Ferric nitrilotriacetic acid was reduced in the presence of pyruvate; however, this reduction did not sustain growth. These phenotypic characteristics suggested that strain NZ27T is affiliated with the genus Desulfuromonas. A phylogenetic analysis based on the results of comparative 16S ribosomal DNA sequencing confirmed that strain NZ27T belongs to the Desulfuromonas cluster in the recently proposed family "Geobacteracea" in the delta subgroup of the Proteobacteria. In addition, the results of DNA-DNA hybridization studies confirmed that strain NZ27T represents a novel species. Desulfuromonas thiophila, a name tentatively used in previous publication, is the name proposed for strain NZ27T in this paper.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbial Ecology, University of Arhus, Denmark. Kai@bio.aau.dk
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Finster
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Coates
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Liesack
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pfennig
mesh_terms: D000693:Anaerobiosis; D002244:Carbon / Q000378:metabolism; D002455:Cell Division; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D005618:Fresh Water / Q000382:microbiology*; D005838:Genotype; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010641:Phenotype; D010802:Phylogeny; D016999:Sulfur-Reducing Bacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D002244:Carbon