Sulfurisoma sediminicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a facultative autotroph isolated from a freshwater lake.
A novel facultatively autotrophic bacterium, strain BSN1T was isolated from sediment of a freshwater lake in Japan. The cells were rod-shaped, motile and Gram-stain-negative. As sole energy sources for autotrophic growth, the strain oxidized thiosulfate, elemental sulfur and hydrogen. Strain BSN1T was a facultative anaerobe utilizing nitrate as an electron acceptor. Growth was observed at temperatures lower than 34 °C, and the optimum growth was observed at 30-32 °C. The range of pH for growth was pH 6.8-8.8, and the optimum pH was pH 7.8-8.1. The optimum growth of the isolate occurred at concentrations of NaCl less than 50 mM. The G+C content of genomic DNA was 67 mol%. The major component in the fatty acid profile of strain BSN1T grown on fumarate was summed feature 3 (C16:1ω7c and/or iso-C15:0 2-OH). Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that the strain was a member of the class Betaproteobacteria, and it showed the highest sequence similarity with Georgfuchsia toluolica G5G6T (96.2%). Phylogenetic analyses were also performed on genes involved in sulfur oxidation. On the basis of its phylogenetic and phenotypic properties, strain BSN1T (=DSM 26916T=NBRC 109412T) is proposed as the type strain of a novel species of a novel genus, Sulfurisoma sediminicola gen. nov., sp. nov.
The Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University. Kita-19, Nishi-8, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0819, Japan.
Hisaya
H
Kojima
The Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University. Kita-19, Nishi-8, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0819, Japan.
Manabu
M
Fukui
D052818:Autotrophic Processes; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D020562:Betaproteobacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D005618:Fresh Water / Q000382:microbiology; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000382:microbiology; D007564:Japan; D060106:Lakes / Q000382:microbiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005227:Fatty Acids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S