title: Anaerobic growth of the haloalkaliphilic denitrifying sulfur-oxidizing bacterium Thialkalivibrio thiocyanodenitrificans sp. nov. with thiocyanate.
abstract: Two strains of obligate chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria were isolated from soda-lake sediments by enrichment culture with thiocyanate and nitrate at pH 9.9. The isolates were capable of growth with thiocyanate or thiosulfate as electron donor, either aerobically or anaerobically, and with nitrate or nitrite as electron acceptor. Cyanate was identified as an intermediate of thiocyanate oxidation, while sulfate, ammonia and dinitrogen gas were the final products. The anaerobic growth on thiocyanate plus nitrate was much slower (mu(max)=0.006 h(-1)) than on thiosulfate plus nitrate (mu(max)=0.02 h(-1)), while growth yields were similar (4.8 and 5.1 g protein mol(-1), respectively). On the basis of their phenotypic and genetic properties, strains ARhD 1(T) and ARhD 2 are described as a novel species of the genus Thialkalivibrio, with the highest similarity to Thialkalivibrio denitrificans. The name Thialkalivibrio thiocyanodenitrificans sp. nov. is proposed for this novel species.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Julianalaan 67, 2628 BC Delft, The Netherlands.|Institute of Microbiology RAS, Prospect 60-let Octyabrya 7/2, 117811 Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: Dimitry Yu
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Sorokin
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology RAS, Prospect 60-let Octyabrya 7/2, 117811 Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: Tat'yana P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Tourova
authors.affiliation: A. N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: Alexey N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Antipov
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Julianalaan 67, 2628 BC Delft, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Muyzer
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Julianalaan 67, 2628 BC Delft, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J Gijs
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Kuenen
mesh_terms: D000693:Anaerobiosis; D003470:Culture Media; D005618:Fresh Water / Q000382:microbiology; D020563:Gammaproteobacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000382:microbiology; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009566:Nitrates / Q000378:metabolism*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000378:metabolism*; D013455:Sulfur / Q000378:metabolism*; D013861:Thiocyanates / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D009566:Nitrates; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D013861:Thiocyanates; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D013455:Sulfur; C031760:thiocyanate