title: Description of the novel perchlorate-reducing bacteria Dechlorobacter hydrogenophilus gen. nov., sp. nov.and Propionivibrio militaris, sp. nov.
abstract: Novel dissimilatory perchlorate-reducing bacteria (DPRB) were isolated from enrichments conducted under conditions different from those of all previously described DPRB. Strain LT-1(T) was enriched using medium buffered at pH 6.6 with 2-(N-morpholino)ethanesulfonic acid (MES) and had only 95% 16S rRNA gene identity with its closest relative, Azonexus caeni. Strain MP(T) was enriched in the cathodic chamber of a perchlorate-reducing bioelectrical reactor (BER) and together with an additional strain, CR (99% 16S rRNA gene identity), had 97% 16S rRNA gene identity with Propionivibrio limicola. The use of perchlorate and other electron acceptors distinguished strains MP(T) and CR from P. limicola physiologically. Strain LT-1(T) had differences in electron donor utilization and optimum growth temperatures from A. caeni. Strains LT-1(T) and MP(T) are the first DPRB to be described in the Betaproteobacteria outside of the Dechloromonas and Azospira genera. On the basis of phylogenetic and physiological features, strain LT-1(T) represents a novel genus in the Rhodocyclaceae; strain MP(T) represents a novel species within the genus Propionivibrio. The names Dechlorobacter hydrogenophilus gen. nov., sp. nov and Propionivibrio militaris sp. nov. are proposed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
authors.forename: J Cameron
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Thrash
authors.forename: Jarrod
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pollock
authors.forename: Tamas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Torok
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Coates
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D020562:Betaproteobacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D003470:Culture Media; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010472:Perchlorates / Q000378:metabolism*; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005227:Fatty Acids; D010472:Perchlorates; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; C494474:perchlorate