Desulfovibrio carbinoliphilus sp. nov., a benzyl alcohol-oxidizing, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a gas condensate-contaminated aquifer.
Phenotypic and phylogenetic studies were performed on a novel sulfate-reducing bacterium, strain D41(T), isolated as part of a methanogenic syntrophic culture from a gas condensate-contaminated aquifer undergoing intrinsic bioremediation. The bacterium was a Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, curved rod, motile by a single polar flagellum, which oxidized several alcohols incompletely, including methanol, ethanol, 1-propanol, 2-propanol, 1-butanol, 2-butanol, 3-methyl-1-butanol (isoamyl alcohol), ethylene glycol, 1,2-propanediol, 1,3-propanediol, 1,4-butanediol, phenylethanol and benzyl alcohol. Additionally, the strain oxidized H(2)/CO(2), formate, lactate, pyruvate, maleate, malate and fumarate. Sulfate, thiosulfate and sulfite were used as electron acceptors. The DNA G+C content was 63 mol%. Based on phylogenetic and phenotypic evidence, the novel species Desulfovibrio carbinoliphilus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is D41(T) (=ATCC BAA-1241(T) =DSM 17524(T)).
Allen
Toby D
TD
Department of Botany and Microbiology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA.
Kraus
Paul F
PF
Lawson
Paul A
PA
Drake
Gwendolyn R
GR
Balkwill
David L
DL
Tanner
Ralph S
RS
D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D019905:Benzyl Alcohol / Q000378:metabolism*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D003901:Desulfovibrio / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D005618:Fresh Water / Q000382:microbiology*; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010641:Phenotype; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013045:Species Specificity; D013431:Sulfates / Q000378:metabolism*; D016999:Sulfur-Reducing Bacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D014877:Water Pollution, Chemical
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D013431:Sulfates; D019905:Benzyl Alcohol