RRC ID 55230
Author Chiba M, Itabashi T, Hirai K, Sakamoto M, Ohkuma M, Ishige T, Kawasaki S.
Title Lactobacillus metriopterae sp. nov., a novel lactic acid bacterium isolated from the gut of grasshopper Metrioptera engelhardti.
Journal Int J Syst Evol Microbiol
Abstract A strain (Hime 5-1T) of lactic acid bacterium was isolated from the gut of the grasshopper Metrioptera engelhardti from a mountainous area of Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Strain Hime 5-1T had a low 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to known lactic acid bacteria, with the closest recognized relatives being Lactobacillus tucceti (96.7 %), Lactobacillus furfuricola (96.5 %), Lactobacillus versmoldensis (96.3 %) and Lactobacillus nodensis (96.1 %). Comparative analyses of the rpoA and pheS gene sequences indicated that Hime 5-1T is not closely related to other Lactobacillus species. Strain Hime 5-1T is a Gram-stain-positive, catalase-negative and homofermentative bacterium with yellowish colonies, which contrasts with the whitish colonies of its closest recognized relatives. Based on phenotypic and genotypic properties, we conclude that the isolated bacterium represents a novel species of the genus Lactobacillus, for which the name Lactobacillus metriopterae sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is Hime 5-1T (=JCM 31635T=DSM 103730T). 16S rRNA gene based high-throughput sequencing revealed that L. metriopterae is the dominant microbiota in the gut of Metrioptera engelhardti.
Volume 68(5)
Pages 1484-1489
Published 2018-5-1
DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.002694
PMID 29543150
MeSH Animals Bacterial Typing Techniques Base Composition DNA, Bacterial / genetics Genes, Bacterial Grasshoppers / microbiology* Japan Lactobacillus / classification* Lactobacillus / genetics Lactobacillus / isolation & purification Phylogeny* Pigmentation RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics Sequence Analysis, DNA
IF 2.166
Times Cited 3
Resource
General Microbes JCM 31635 JCM 14932 JCM 16174