title: Pseudomonas arsenicoxydans sp nov., an arsenite-oxidizing strain isolated from the Atacama desert.
abstract: A Gram-negative, arsenite-oxidizing bacterial strain, designated VC-1, was isolated from sediment samples from the Camarones Valley in the Atacama Desert, Chile. Strain VC-1 was strictly aerobic, oxidase and catalase positive, rod shaped, of about 5.5 microm in length and 0.5-1.0 microm in diameter. It was motile by means of multiple polar flagella. The phylogenetic reconstruction of the 16S rRNA gene sequence, an MLSA study by concatenating six genes, and DDH studies indicated that the strain differed genotypically from its closest relatives and was therefore recognized as a new species within the genus Pseudomonas. Phenotypic analysis combining metabolic tests, fatty acid profiles and MALDI-TOF profiles of total cell extracts supported the classification of the new species for which we propose the designation Pseudomonas arsenicoxydans sp. nov. The type strain is accessible under the culture collection numbers CCUG 58201(T) and CECT 7543(T).
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Department, Biological Science Faculty, Concepción University, P.O. Box 160-C, Concepción, Chile. vcampos@udec.cl <vcampos@udec.cl>
authors.forename: Victor L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Campos
authors.forename: Cristian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Valenzuela
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yarza
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kämpfer
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vidal
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zaror
authors.forename: Maria-Angelica
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Mondaca
authors.forename: Arantxa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lopez-Lopez
authors.forename: Ramon
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rosselló-Móra
mesh_terms: D000332:Aerobiosis; D018053:Arsenites / Q000378:metabolism*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D002374:Catalase / Q000378:metabolism; D002677:Chile; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005407:Flagella / Q000502:physiology; D008124:Locomotion; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism; D010802:Phylogeny; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D018053:Arsenites; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D002374:Catalase; C015001:arsenite