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Tomitella biformata gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the suborder Corynebacterineae isolated from a permafrost ice wedge.
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PMID:  20081023     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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Gram-reaction-positive, aerobic, non-spore-forming, irregular rod-shaped bacteria, designated AHU1821(T) and AHU1820, were isolated from an ice wedge in the Fox permafrost tunnel, Alaska. The strains were psychrophilic, growing at -5 to 27 °C. Phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA and gyrB gene sequences indicated that the ice-wedge isolates formed a clade distinct from other mycolic-acid-containing bacteria within the suborder Corynebacterineae. The cell wall of strains AHU1821(T) and AHU1820 contained meso-diaminopimelic acid, arabinose and galactose, indicating chemotype IV. The muramic acids in the peptidoglycan were glycolated. The predominant menaquinone was MK-9(H(2)). The polar lipids consisted of diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylinositol mannosides and an unidentified glycolipid. The major fatty acids were hexadecenoic acid (C(16 : 1)), hexadecanoic acid (C(16 : 0)), octadecenoic acid (C(18 : 1)) and tetradecanoic acid (C(14 : 0)). Tuberculostearic acid was present in relatively small amounts (1 %). Strains AHU1821(T) and AHU1820 contained mycolic acids with 42-52 carbons. The DNA G+C content of the two strains was 69.3-71.6 mol% (T(m)). 16S rRNA, rpoB and recA gene sequences were identical between strains AHU1821(T) and AHU1820 and those of the gyrB gene showed 99.9 % similarity. Based on phylogenetic and phenotypic evidence, strains AHU1821(T) and AHU1820 represent a single novel species of a novel genus, for which the name Tomitella biformata gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of Tomitella biformata is AHU1821(T) (=DSM 45403(T) =NBRC 106253(T)).
Authors:
Taiki Katayama; Tomoko Kato; Michiko Tanaka; Thomas A Douglas; Anatoli Brouchkov; Ayumi Abe; Teruo Sone; Masami Fukuda; Kozo Asano
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-01-15
Journal Detail:
Title:  International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology     Volume:  60     ISSN:  1466-5034     ISO Abbreviation:  Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.     Publication Date:  2010 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-12-14     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100899600     Medline TA:  Int J Syst Evol Microbiol     Country:  England    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  2803-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, N9 W9, Kita-ku, Hokkaido 060-8589, Japan.
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