title: Delftia litopenaei sp. nov., a poly-β-hydroxybutyrate-accumulating bacterium isolated from a freshwater shrimp culture pond.
abstract: A Gram-negative, short-rod-shaped, motile, non-spore-forming and poly-β-hydroxybutyrate-accumulating bacterial strain, designated wsw-7(T), was isolated from a freshwater shrimp culture pond in Taiwan and was characterized using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that the closest relatives of strain wsw-7(T) were Delftia lacustris 332(T), Delftia tsuruhatensis T7(T) and Delftia acidovorans ATCC 15668(T), with sequence similarities of 98.5, 98.4 and 97.9%, respectively. Phylogenetic trees obtained with 16S rRNA gene sequences or the polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase (phaC) gene sequences revealed that strain wsw-7(T) and these three closest relatives formed an independent phylogenetic clade within the order Burkholderiales. Strain wsw-7(T) contained summed feature 3 (comprising C(16:1)ω7c and/or C(16:1)ω6c), C(18:0) and C(18:1)ω7c as predominant fatty acids. The major isoprenoid quinone was Q-8 and the DNA G+C content was 67.6 mol%. The polar lipid profile consisted of a mixture of phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, an uncharacterized aminolipid and several uncharacterized phospholipids. On the basis of the genotypic, chemotaxonomic and phenotypic data, strain wsw-7(T) represents a novel species in the genus Delftia, for which the name Delftia litopenaei sp. nov. is proposed; the type strain is wsw-7(T) ( = BCRC 80212(T) = LMG 25724(T)).
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Seafood Science, National Kaohsiung Marine University, No. 142, Hai-Chuan Rd. Nan-Tzu, Kaohsiung City 811, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Wen-Ming
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Seafood Science, National Kaohsiung Marine University, No. 142, Hai-Chuan Rd. Nan-Tzu, Kaohsiung City 811, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Yang-Shun
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Department of Marine Biotechnology, National Kaohsiung Marine University, No. 142, Hai-Chuan Rd. Nan-Tzu, Kaohsiung City 811, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Der-Shyan
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Sheu
authors.affiliation: Department of Marine Biotechnology, National Kaohsiung Marine University, No. 142, Hai-Chuan Rd. Nan-Tzu, Kaohsiung City 811, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Shih-Yi
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Sheu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D042742:Delftia / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D006885:Hydroxybutyrates / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D033561:Penaeidae; D010802:Phylogeny; D011091:Polyesters / Q000378:metabolism*; D061005:Ponds / Q000382:microbiology*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013624:Taiwan; D014871:Water Microbiology; D000094122:Polyhydroxybutyrates
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005227:Fatty Acids; D006885:Hydroxybutyrates; D011091:Polyesters; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; C003182:poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate; D000094122:Polyhydroxybutyrates