title: Themoanaerobacterium calidifontis sp. nov., a novel anaerobic, thermophilic, ethanol-producing bacterium from hot springs in China.
abstract: A novel thermophilic Gram staining positive strain Rx1 was isolated from hot springs in Baoshan of Yunnan Province, China. The strain was characterized as a hemicellulose-decomposing obligate anaerobe bacterium that is rod-shaped (diameter: 0.5-0.7 μm; length: 2.0-6.7 μm), spore-forming, and motile. Its growth temperature range is 38-68 °C (optimum 50-55 °C) and pH range is 4.5-8.0 (optimum 7.0). The maximum tolerance concentration of NaCl was 3 %. Rx1 converted thiosulfate to elemental sulfur and reduced sulfite to hydrogen sulfide. The bacterium grew by utilizing xylan and starch, as well as a wide range of monosaccharide and polysaccharides, including glucose and xylose. The main products of fermentation were ethanol, lactate, acetate, CO2, and H2. The maximum xylanase activity in the culture supernatant after 30 h of incubation at 55 °C was 16.2 U/ml. Rx1 DNA G + C content was 36 mol %. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis indicated that strain Rx1 belonged to the genus Thermoanaerobacterium of the family 'Thermoanaerobacteriaceae' (Firmicutes), with Thermoanaerobacterium aciditolerans 761-119 (99.2 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity) being its closest relative. DNA-DNA hybridization between Rx1 and T. aciditolerans 761-119 showed 36 % relatedness. Based on its physiological and biochemical tests and DNA-DNA hybridization analyses, the isolate is considered to represent a novel species in the genus Thermoanaerobacterium, for which the name Thermoanaerobacterium calidifontis sp. nov. is proposed, with the type strain is Rx1 (=JCM 18270 = CCTCC M 2011109).
authors: Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Chenggong Campus, Kunming 650500, China. shangsm@163.com
authors: Shu-mei
authors: SM
authors: Shang
authors: Long
authors: L
authors: Qian
authors: Xu
authors: X
authors: Zhang
authors: Kun-zhi
authors: KZ
authors: Li
authors: Irbis
authors: I
authors: Chagan
mesh_terms: D001482:Base Composition; D002681:China; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D000431:Ethanol / Q000378:metabolism; D005285:Fermentation; D045482:Hot Springs / Q000382:microbiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D046950:Thermoanaerobacterium / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D000431:Ethanol
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