RRC ID 88896
Author Miura T, Kasaishi R, Hidaka K, Shimamura M, Hamada M, Miyakawa T, Kusuya Y, Ishitani Y, Ishii S, Furuno Y, Yokoyama R, Kato DI, Arimoto A, Fukuda K, Ueki T, Tagawa K, Uchino Y, Kamino K.
Title Aurantivibrio plasticivorans gen. nov., sp. nov. and Aurantivibrio infirmus sp. nov., biodegradable plastic-degrading bacteria belonging to the family Cellvibrionaceae, isolated from the coast of Japan.
Journal Int J Syst Evol Microbiol
Abstract Two Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped bacterial strains, designated 4NK60-0013T and 4NH20-0068T, were isolated from biodegradable plastic films immersed in the coastal waters of Japan. These strains showed the ability to degrade biodegradable plastics, poly(butylene succinate-co-adipate) (PBSA) and poly(ε-caprolactone). Phylogenetic analyses based on the 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strains 4NK60-0013T and 4NH20-0068T belong to the family Cellvibrionaceae in the order Cellvibrionales and are closely related to members of the genus Gilvimarinus. The species most closely related to strains 4NK60-0013T and 4NH20-0068T were Gilvimarinus agarilyticus M5cT and Gilvimarinus polysaccharolyticus YN3T, with 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities of 94.4 and 93.3%, respectively. The sequence similarity between the two novel strains was 94.8%, indicating that they represented separate species. The genome length and G+C content of the genome sequence of strain 4NK60-0013T were 4,354,061 bp and 46.9 mol%, respectively, whereas those of strain 4NH20-0068T were 4,154,637 bp and 43.3 mol%, respectively. The average nucleotide identity values between the strains were <72.0%, similar to the values between the strains and type strains of species from the genera Cellvibrio, Gilvimarinus and Marinimicrobium. Based on phenotypic, cellular fatty acid and phylogenetic characteristics, the two isolates represent novel species within a new genus of the family Cellvibrionaceae, for which the names Aurantivibrio plasticivorans gen. nov., sp. nov. (type species) and Aurantivibrio infirmus sp. nov. have been proposed. Additionally, these strains and other bacteria belonging to the family Cellvibrionaceae have been shown to biodegrade PBSA, a biodegradable plastic. The type strains of A. plasticivorans and A. infirmus are 4NK60-0013T (=NBRC 116180T=TBRC 19146T) and 4NH20-0068T (=NBRC 116181T=TBRC 19147T), respectively.
Volume 75(9)
Published 2025-9-1
DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.006920
PMID 40971203
MeSH Bacterial Typing Techniques Base Composition Biodegradable Plastics* / metabolism Biodegradation, Environmental DNA, Bacterial / genetics Fatty Acids / analysis Fatty Acids / chemistry Japan Phylogeny* Polyesters / metabolism RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics Seawater* / microbiology Sequence Analysis, DNA
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General Microbes JCM17778 JCM19134 JCM19759 JCM19198 JCM30134 JCM19135