title: Psychroflexus sediminis sp. nov., a mesophilic bacterium isolated from salt lake sediment in China.
abstract: A novel Gram-negative, mesophilic, slightly halophilic, catalase- and oxidase-positive, obligately aerobic bacterium, designated strain YIM-C238(T), was isolated from a sediment sample from a salt lake in the Qaidam Basin, north-west China. Cells were non-sporulating, non-motile, straight to slightly curved rods. Coccoid bodies and filaments of varying length developed in older cultures. Growth occurred with 0.5-6 % (w/v) NaCl [optimum, 2-3 % (w/v) NaCl], at pH 6.0-10.0 (optimum, pH 7.0-8.0) and at 10-40 degrees C (optimum, 25-30 degrees C). The major cellular fatty acids were anteiso-C(15 : 0), 3-OH iso-C(16 : 0) and anteiso-C(15 : 1)omega10c, and menaquinone 6 was the sole respiratory quinone. Non-diffusible carotenoid pigments were produced. Flexirubin pigments were absent. The genomic DNA G+C content was 35.8 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain YIM-C238(T) should be assigned to the genus Psychroflexus. The sequence similarities between the isolate and the type strains of members of the genus Psychroflexus were in the range 95.5-97.0 %. The combination of phylogenetic analysis, DNA-DNA hybridization data, phenotypic characteristics and chemotaxonomic differences supported the view that strain YIM-C238(T) represents a novel species of the genus Psychroflexus, for which the name Psychroflexus sediminis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is YIM-C238(T) (=CCTCC AA 207030(T)=KCTC 22166(T)).
authors.affiliation: Yunnan Institute of Microbiology, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan 650091, PR China.
authors.forename: Yi-Guang
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Xiao-Long
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Yong-Xia
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Shu-Kun
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Yu-Qin
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Wen-Jun
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ji-Hui
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Li-Hua
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D002681:China; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D041965:Flavobacteriaceae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D005618:Fresh Water / Q000737:chemistry / Q000382:microbiology*; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000382:microbiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010641:Phenotype; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012965:Sodium Chloride