title: Dysgonomonas macrotermitis sp. nov., isolated from the hindgut of a fungus-growing termite.
abstract: A Gram-stain-negative, facultatively anaerobic, non-motile and coccoid- to short-rod-shaped bacterium, designated strain Dys-CH1(T), was isolated from the hindgut of a fungus-growing termite Macrotermes barneyi. The optimal pH and cultivation temperature of strain Dys-CH1(T) were pH 7.2-7.6 and 35-37 °C, respectively. Sequence analysis of 16S rRNA gene showed that Dys-CH1(T) shared 94.6 % and 90.9 % similarity with Dysgonomonas capnocytophagoides JCM 16697(T) and Dysgonomonas gadei CCUG 42882(T), respectively. Strain Dys-CH1(T) was found to be different from other species of the genus Dysgonomonas with validly published names with respect to taxonomically important traits, including habitat, biochemical tests, DNA G+C content, bile resistance, fatty-acid composition and susceptibility to antimicrobial agents. On the basis of these characteristics, strain Dys-CH1(T) represents a novel species of the genus Dysgonomonas for which the name Dysgonomonas macrotermitis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is Dys-CH1(T) ( = JCM 19375(T) = DSM 27370(T)).
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China.
authors.forename: Ying-Jie
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China.
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Biofuels, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266101, PR China.
authors.forename: Shi-Qi
authors.initials: SQ
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Qingdao Vocational and Technology College, Qingdao 266555, PR China.
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lan
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Biofuels, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266101, PR China.
authors.forename: Kun-di
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China.
authors.forename: Yu-Long
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Biofuels, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266101, PR China.
authors.forename: Fu-Li
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China.
authors.forename: Jin-Feng
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Ni
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D041963:Bacteroidetes / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001482:Base Composition; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004064:Digestive System / Q000382:microbiology; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D020049:Isoptera / Q000382:microbiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005227:Fatty Acids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S