RRC ID 34366
Author Nakai R, Nishijima M, Tazato N, Handa Y, Karray F, Sayadi S, Isoda H, Naganuma T.
Title Oligoflexus tunisiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-negative, aerobic, filamentous bacterium of a novel proteobacterial lineage, and description of Oligoflexaceae fam. nov., Oligoflexales ord. nov. and Oligoflexia classis nov.
Journal Int J Syst Evol Microbiol
Abstract A phylogenetically novel proteobacterium, strain Shr3(T), was isolated from sand gravels collected from the eastern margin of the Sahara Desert. The isolation strategy targeted bacteria filterable through 0.2-µm-pore-size filters. Strain Shr3(T) was determined to be a Gram-negative, aerobic, non-motile, filamentous bacterium. Oxidase and catalase reactions were positive. Strain Shr3(T) showed growth on R2A medium, but poor or no growth on nutrient agar, trypticase soy agar and standard method agar. The major isoprenoid quinone was menaquinone-7. The dominant cellular fatty acids detected were C16:1ω5c and C16:0, and the primary hydroxy acid present was C12:0 3-OH. The DNA G+C content was 54.0 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain Shr3(T) was affiliated with an uncultivated lineage of the phylum Proteobacteria; the nearest known type strain, with 83% sequence similarity, was Desulfomicrobium orale DSM 12838(T) in the class Deltaproteobacteria. The isolate and closely related environmental clones formed a novel class-level clade in the phylum Proteobacteria with high bootstrap support (96-99%). Based on these results, the novel class Oligoflexia classis nov. in the phylum Proteobacteria and the novel genus and species Oligoflexus tunisiensis gen. nov., sp. nov. are proposed for strain Shr3(T), the first cultivated representative of the Oligoflexia. The type strain of Oligoflexus tunisiensis is Shr3(T) ( = JCM 16864(T) = NCIMB 14846(T)). We also propose the subordinate taxa Oligoflexales ord. nov. and Oligoflexaceae fam. nov. in the class Oligoflexia.
Volume 64(Pt 10)
Pages 3353-3359
Published 2014-10-1
DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.060798-0
PMID 25013226
PMC PMC4179278
MeSH Bacterial Typing Techniques Base Composition DNA, Bacterial / genetics Desert Climate Fatty Acids / chemistry Gram-Negative Bacteria / classification Molecular Sequence Data Phylogeny* Proteobacteria / classification* Proteobacteria / genetics Proteobacteria / isolation & purification RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics Sequence Analysis, DNA Soil Microbiology* Tunisia Vitamin K 2 / analogs & derivatives Vitamin K 2 / chemistry
IF 2.415
Times Cited 11
WOS Category MICROBIOLOGY
Resource
General Microbes JCM 16864