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Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 54 (2004), 1239-1242; DOI  10.1099/ijs.0.02889-0
© 2004 International Union of Microbiological Societies

Anoxybacillus voinovskiensis sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic bacterium from a hot spring in Kamchatka

Isao Yumoto1, Kikue Hirota1, Tomoo Kawahara1,2, Yoshinobu Nodasaka3, Hidetoshi Okuyama4, Hidetoshi Matsuyama2, Yuji Yokota1, Kenji Nakajima1 and Tamotsu Hoshino1

1 Institute of Biological Resources and Function, Hokkaido Centre, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukisamu-Higashi, Toyohira-ku, Sapporo 062-8517, Japan
2 Department of Bioscience and Technology, School of Engineering, Hokkaido Tokai University, Minaminosawa, Minami-ku, Sapporo 005-8601, Japan
3 Laboratory of Electron Microscopy, School of Dentistry, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8586, Japan
4 Laboratory of Environmental Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan

Correspondence
Isao Yumoto
i.yumoto{at}aist.go.jp

A novel moderately thermophilic bacterium, strain TH13T, was isolated from a hot spring in Kamchatka. It was found to be a Gram-positive, facultative aerobe; the straight, non-motile rods grew at 30–64 °C (optimum 54 °C). The isolate was positive for catalase and oxidase tests and reduced nitrate to nitrite, but was negative for H2S production and growth in more than 3 % NaCl (w/v). The isolate grew at pH 7–8, but not at pH values higher than 9. The DNA G+C content was 43·9 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing indicated that strain TH13T was a member of the genus Anoxybacillus. DNA–DNA hybridization revealed a low relatedness (less than 30·2 %) between the isolate and its close phylogenetic neighbours Anoxybacillus pushchinoensis and Anoxybacillus flavithermus. On the basis of phenotypic characteristics, phylogenetic data and DNA–DNA hybridization data, it was concluded that the isolate merited classification as a novel species, for which the name Anoxybacillus voinovskiensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of this species is TH13T (=NCIMB 13956T=JCM 12111T).

Published online ahead of print on 30 January 2004 as DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.02889-0.

The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA sequence reported in this paper is AB110008.

A more complete version of the phylogenetic tree presented in Fig. 1 is available as supplementary material in IJSEM Online.






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