title: Tepidibacter thalassicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel moderately thermophilic, anaerobic, fermentative bacterium from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent.
abstract: A moderately thermophilic, anaerobic, endospore-forming bacterium (strain SC 562T) was isolated from a hydrothermal vent chimney located at 13 degrees N on the East-Pacific Rise at a depth of 2650 m. Cells of strain SC 562T were straight to slightly curved rods, which were 0.7-0.9 microm in diameter and 3.5-6.0 microm in length with peritrichous flagella. Strain SC 562T formed round, refractile endospores in terminally swollen sporangia. The temperature range for growth was 33-60 degrees C, with an optimum at 50 degrees C. The pH range for growth was 4.8-8.5, with an optimum at pH 6.5-6.8. Growth of strain SC 562T was observed at NaCl concentrations ranging from 1.5 to 6% (w/v). The substrates utilized by strain SC 562T included casein, peptone, albumin, yeast extract, beef extract, alanine plus proline and starch. Glucose, maltose, pyruvate, valine and arginine each slightly stimulated growth in the presence of yeast extract. The products of glucose fermentation were ethanol, acetate, H2 and CO2. Strain SC 562T reduced elemental sulfur to hydrogen sulfide. The G + C content of the DNA of strain SC 562T was 24 mol%. 16S rDNA sequence analysis revealed that the isolated organism belonged to cluster XI of the Clostridium subphylum. On the basis of its physiological properties and phylogenetic analyses, it is proposed that strain SC 562T represents the sole species of a novel genus, Tepidibacter; the name Tepidibacter thalassicus is proposed for strain SC 562T (=DSM 15285T=UNIQEM 215T).
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect 60-letiya Oktyabrya 7/2, Moscow 117811, Russia.
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Slobodkin
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect 60-letiya Oktyabrya 7/2, Moscow 117811, Russia.
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Tourova
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect 60-letiya Oktyabrya 7/2, Moscow 117811, Russia.
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Kostrikina
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect 60-letiya Oktyabrya 7/2, Moscow 117811, Russia.
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Chernyh
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect 60-letiya Oktyabrya 7/2, Moscow 117811, Russia.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Bonch-Osmolovskaya
authors.affiliation: UMR 6539-LEMAR, Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Technopôle Brest-Iroise, Place Nicolas Copernic, 29280 Plouzané, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jeanthon
authors.affiliation: Genencor International, P.O. Box 218, 2300 CN Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D001482:Base Composition; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D005285:Fermentation; D016937:Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Rods / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010641:Phenotype; D010802:Phylogeny; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology*; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S