RRC ID 48167
Author Sun C, Fu GY, Zhang CY, Hu J, Xu L, Wang RJ, Su Y, Han SB, Yu XY, Cheng H, Zhang XQ, Huo YY, Xu XW, Wu M.
Title Isolation and Complete Genome Sequence of Algibacter alginolytica sp. nov., a Novel Seaweed-Degrading Bacteroidetes Bacterium with Diverse Putative Polysaccharide Utilization Loci.
Journal Appl Environ Microbiol
Abstract The members of the phylum Bacteroidetes are recognized as some of the most important specialists for the degradation of polysaccharides. However, in contrast to research on Bacteroidetes in the human gut, research on polysaccharide degradation by marine Bacteroidetes is still rare. The genus Algibacter belongs to the Flavobacteriaceae family of the Bacteroidetes, and most species in this genus are isolated from or near the habitat of algae, indicating a preference for the complex polysaccharides of algae. In this work, a novel brown-seaweed-degrading strain designated HZ22 was isolated from the surface of a brown seaweed (Laminaria japonica). On the basis of its physiological, chemotaxonomic, and genotypic characteristics, it is proposed that strain HZ22 represents a novel species in the genus Algibacter with the proposed name Algibacter alginolytica sp. nov. The genome of strain HZ22, the type strain of this species, harbors 3,371 coding sequences (CDSs) and 255 carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes), including 104 glycoside hydrolases (GHs) and 18 polysaccharide lyases (PLs); this appears to be the highest proportion of CAZymes (∼7.5%) among the reported strains in the class Flavobacteria Seventeen polysaccharide utilization loci (PUL) are predicted to be specific for marine polysaccharides, especially algal polysaccharides from red, green, and brown seaweeds. In particular, PUL N is predicted to be specific for alginate. Taking these findings together with the results of assays of crude alginate lyases, we prove that strain HZ22(T) can completely degrade alginate. This work reveals that strain HZ22(T) has good potential for the degradation of algal polysaccharides and that the structure and related mechanism of PUL in strain HZ22(T) are worth further research.
Volume 82(10)
Pages 2975-2987
Published 2016-5-15
DOI 10.1128/AEM.00204-16
PII AEM.00204-16
PMID 26969704
PMC PMC4959061
MeSH Bacterial Typing Techniques DNA, Bacterial / chemistry DNA, Bacterial / genetics DNA, Ribosomal / chemistry DNA, Ribosomal / genetics Flavobacteriaceae / classification* Flavobacteriaceae / genetics Flavobacteriaceae / isolation & purification* Flavobacteriaceae / metabolism Genetic Loci Genome, Bacterial* Genotype Laminaria / metabolism* Laminaria / microbiology* Metabolic Networks and Pathways / genetics Phylogeny Polysaccharides / metabolism* RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics Sequence Analysis, DNA*
IF 4.016
Times Cited 37
WOS Category BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY
Resource
General Microbes JCM 18496