title: Methanospirillum lacunae sp. nov., a methane-producing archaeon isolated from a puddly soil, and emended descriptions of the genus Methanospirillum and Methanospirillum hungatei.
abstract: A mesophilic, hydrogenotrophic methanogen, designated strain Ki8-1(T), was isolated from soil. Cells were strictly anaerobic, Gram-stain-negative, non-sporulating, motile by means of a single flagellum or tufted flagella, and curved or wavy rod-shaped (11-25 μm long). The temperature and pH for optimum growth were 30 °C and 7.5. The strain grew best in basal medium without the addition of NaCl. Methane was produced from H(2) and formate. Acetate or yeast extract was required for growth. The G+C content of the genomic DNA of strain Ki8-1(T) was 45.3 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain Ki8-1(T) was a member of the genus Methanospirillum and showed 95.1% sequence similarity to Methanospirillum hungatei NBRC 100397(T). On the basis of its phenotypic characteristics and phylogenetic position, strain Ki8-1(T) is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Methanospirillum, for which the name Methanospirillum lacunae sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is Ki8-1(T) (NBRC 104920(T) =JCM 16384(T) =DSM 22751(T)). Emended descriptions of the genus Methanospirillum and of Methanospirillum hungatei are also provided.
authors.affiliation: NITE Biological Resource Center (NBRC), National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE), 2-5-8, Kazusakamatari, Kisarazu, Chiba 292-0818, Japan.|Japan Collection of Microorganisms, RIKEN BioResource Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
authors.forename: Takao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iino
authors.affiliation: NITE Biological Resource Center (NBRC), National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE), 2-5-8, Kazusakamatari, Kisarazu, Chiba 292-0818, Japan.
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.affiliation: NITE Biological Resource Center (NBRC), National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE), 2-5-8, Kazusakamatari, Kisarazu, Chiba 292-0818, Japan.
authors.forename: Ken-Ichiro
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D001482:Base Composition; D019641:DNA, Archaeal / Q000235:genetics; D008697:Methane / Q000378:metabolism*; D019639:Methanospirillum / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D019641:DNA, Archaeal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D008697:Methane