RRC ID 5249
Author Sekiguchi Y, Muramatsu M, Imachi H, Narihiro T, Ohashi A, Harada H, Hanada S, Kamagata Y.
Title Thermodesulfovibrio aggregans sp. nov. and Thermodesulfovibrio thiophilus sp. nov., anaerobic, thermophilic, sulfate-reducing bacteria isolated from thermophilic methanogenic sludge, and emended description of the genus Thermodesulfovibrio.
Journal Int J Syst Evol Microbiol
Abstract Four obligately anaerobic, thermophilic, sulfate-reducing bacterial strains, designated TGE-P1(T), TDV(T), TGL-LS1 and TSL-P1, were isolated from thermophilic (operated at 55 degrees C) methanogenic sludges from waste and wastewater treatment. The optimum temperature for growth of all the strains was in the range 55-60 degrees C. The four strains grew by reduction of sulfate with a limited range of electron donors, such as hydrogen, formate, pyruvate and lactate. In co-culture with the hydrogenotrophic methanogen Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus DeltaH(T), strains TGE-P1(T), TGL-LS1 and TSL-P1 were able to utilize lactate syntrophically for growth. The DNA G+C contents of all the strains were in the range 34-35 mol%. The major cellular fatty acids of the strains were iso-C(17 : 0), iso-C(16 : 0), C(16 : 0) and anteiso-C(15 : 0). Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that the strains belong to the Thermodesulfovibrio clade of the phylum 'Nitrospirae'. On the basis of their physiological, chemotaxonomic and genetic properties, strains TGL-LS1 (=JCM 13214) and TSL-P1 (=JCM 13215) were classified as strains of Thermodesulfovibrio islandicus. Two novel species of the genus Thermodesulfovibrio are proposed to accommodate the other two isolates: Thermodesulfovibrio aggregans sp. nov. (type strain TGE-P1(T) =JCM 13213(T) =DSM 17283(T)) and Thermodesulfovibrio thiophilus sp. nov. (type strain TDV(T) =JCM 13216(T) =DSM 17215(T)). To examine the ecological aspects of Thermodesulfovibrio-type cells in the sludge from which the strains were originally isolated, an oligonucleotide probe targeting 16S rRNA of all Thermodesulfovibrio species was designed and applied to thin sections of thermophilic sludge granules. Fluorescence in situ hybridization using the probe revealed rod- or vibrio-shaped cells as a significant population within the sludge, indicating their important role in the original ecosystem.
Volume 58(Pt 11)
Pages 2541-8
Published 2008-11-1
DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.2008/000893-0
PII 58/11/2541
PMID 18984690
MeSH Anaerobiosis Bacterial Typing Techniques Base Composition DNA, Bacterial / analysis Fatty Acids / analysis Hot Temperature* In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence Methane / metabolism* Molecular Sequence Data Phenotype Phylogeny RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics Sequence Analysis, DNA Sewage / microbiology* Sulfur-Reducing Bacteria / classification* Sulfur-Reducing Bacteria / genetics Sulfur-Reducing Bacteria / isolation & purification Sulfur-Reducing Bacteria / physiology Waste Disposal, Fluid / methods
IF 2.415
Times Cited 52
WOS Category MICROBIOLOGY
Resource
General Microbes JCM13213 JCM13214 JCM13215 JCM13216