title: Plastorhodobacter daqingensis gen. nov., sp. nov.: a non-phototrophic bacterium isolated from Daqing Oilfield.
abstract: Two aerobic Gram staining negative, non-motile, and rod-shaped strains, DQW12E81-30(T) and DQW12E6-37-1, were isolated from an oil production mixture from Daqing Oilfield, northeastern China. Phylogenetic analysis based on the nearly complete 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strains DQW12E81-30(T) and DQW12E6-37-1 were members of family Rhodobacteraceae, which showed 95.6-95.9 % of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities with Pararhodobacter aggregans DSM 18938(T), Rhodobacter veldkampii CGMCC 1.5006(T), and Roseinatronobacter thiooxidans DSM 13087(T), and lower similarities (<95.1 %) with all the left type species. Growth of strains DQW12E81-30(T) and DQW12E6-37-1 occurred at pH 7-8, 15-45 °C, and 0-4 % (w/v) of NaCl. The strains could grow both in dark and in light, but neither photosynthetic pigments nor photosynthetic reaction center gene pufM were detected in the strains. These photosynthesis-related features of the two isolates were different from those of Rhodobacter and Roseinatronobacter bacteria, but similar with those of Pararhodobacter. The genomic DNA G+C contents of strains DQW12E81-30(T) and DQW12E6-37-1 were 66.9 and 63.7 mol%, respectively. The predominant ubiquinone was Q-10 for both the strains. The major polar lipids of strain DQW12E81-30(T) were phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine, unidentified aminolipid, unidentified glycolipid, and unidentified phospholipid. The two strains had C18:1 ω7c, C18:0, and C18:1 ω7c 11-methyl as the major fatty acids. In addition, the strains DQW12E81-30(T) and DQW12E6-37-1 had C16:1 ω7c/C16:1 ω6c, C12:0, C14:0, C14:0 3-OH/C16:1 iso I, C10:0 3-OH, which were remarkably different from those of Pararhodobacter and Roseinatronobacter. The results of phenotypic, genotypic, and chemotaxonomic characteristics analyses indicated that strains DQW12E81-30(T) and DQW12E6-37-1 were readily different from their most phylogenetically closely related genera. Plastorhodobacter daqingensis gen. nov, sp. nov. is proposed for strains DQW12E81-30(T) and DQW12E6-37-1. The type strain is DQW12E81-30(T) (=LMG 27732(T)=CGMCC 1.12750(T)).
authors.affiliation: College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Bai-Sheng
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Xiang-Lin
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Lv
authors.forename: Man
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Yue-Qin
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Ya-Nan
authors.initials: YN
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Heng-Lin
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Xue-Ying
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Xiao-Lei
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D002681:China; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003600:Cytosol / Q000737:chemistry; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D006017:Glycolipids / Q000032:analysis; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000032:analysis; D010802:Phylogeny; D010860:Pigments, Biological; D011809:Quinones / Q000032:analysis; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D041902:Rhodobacteraceae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000378:metabolism; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D005227:Fatty Acids; D006017:Glycolipids; D010743:Phospholipids; D010860:Pigments, Biological; D011809:Quinones; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012965:Sodium Chloride