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Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 53 (2003), 1169-1174; DOI  10.1099/ijs.0.02510-0
© 2003 International Union of Microbiological Societies

Erythrobacter flavus sp. nov., a slight halophile from the East Sea in Korea

Jung-Hoon Yoon1, Hongik Kim2, In-Gi Kim2, Kook Hee Kang3 and Yong-Ha Park1,2

1 Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), PO Box 115, Yusong, Taejon, Korea
2 National Research Laboratory of Molecular Ecosystematics, Institute of Probionic, Probionic Corporation, Bio-venture Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), PO Box 115, Yusong, Taejon, Korea
3 Department of Food and Life Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Chunchun-dong 300, Jangan-gu, Suwon, Korea

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Yong-Ha Park
yhpark{at}mail.kribb.re.kr


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Two Gram-negative, motile, non-spore-forming, yellow-pigmented and slightly halophilic strains (SW-46T and SW-52) were isolated from sea water of the East Sea, Korea, and subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic study. Strains SW-46T and SW-52 were characterized chemotaxonomically by having ubiquinone-10 (Q-10) as the predominant respiratory lipoquinone and C18 : 1{omega}7c as the major fatty acid. Their DNA G+C content was 64·0–64·1 mol%. Strains SW-46T and SW-52 showed 1 bp difference in their 16S rDNA sequences and a mean DNA–DNA relatedness level of 94·4 %. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rDNA sequences showed that strains SW-46T and SW-52 fall within the {alpha}-subclass of the Proteobacteria and form a coherent cluster with Erythrobacter longus, Erythrobacter litoralis and Erythrobacter citreus. Levels of 16S rDNA similarity between strains SW-46T and SW-52 and the type strains of these three Erythrobacter species were 96·5–97·9 %. Levels of DNA–DNA relatedness between strains SW-46T and SW-52 and the type strains of E. longus, E. litoralis and E. citreus were 3·6–14·7 %. Therefore, on the basis of phenotypic properties, phylogeny and genomic data, strains SW-46T and SW-52 should be placed in the genus Erythrobacter as a novel species, for which the name Erythrobacter flavus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is SW-46T (=KCCM 41642T =JCM 11808T).


Abbreviations: FAME, fatty acid methyl ester

Published online ahead of print on 21 March 2003 as DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.02510-0.

The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession numbers for the 16S rDNA sequences of strains SW-46T and SW-52 are AF500004 and AF500005, respectively.


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The genus Erythrobacter was proposed by Shiba & Simidu (1982)Go to accommodate Gram-negative, ovoid to rod-shaped and aerobic chemo-organotrophs. Species of this genus are red or orange in colour and contain bacteriochlorophyll a and carotenoids (Shiba & Simidu, 1982Go; Yurkov et al., 1994Go). However, a novel Erythrobacter species that produces a yellow pigment and lacks bacteriochlorophyll a, Erythrobacter citreus, has recently been described (Denner et al., 2002Go). Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rDNA sequences have shown that the genus Erythrobacter falls within the {alpha}-subclass of the Proteobacteria and is closely related to the genera Erythromicrobium and Porphyrobacter (Yurkov et al., 1994Go; Anzai et al., 2000Go; Denner et al., 2002Go). The classification of Erythrobacter as a genus separate from Erythromicrobium and Porphyrobacter is warranted by only small phenotypic differences (Shiba, 1991Go; Fuerst et al., 1993Go; Yurkov et al., 1994Go). However, the separation of the cluster that comprises Erythrobacter from the cluster that comprises the genera Erythromicrobium and Porphyrobacter has been supported by a high bootstrap resampling value (Denner et al., 2002Go). Nevertheless, the three genera mentioned above may have to be taxonomically re-evaluated by using additional phenotypic, particularly chemotaxonomic, data or detailed phylogenetic analysis.

There are three Erythrobacter species with validly published names: Erythrobacter longus (Shiba & Simidu, 1982Go), Erythrobacter litoralis (Yurkov et al., 1994Go) and E. citreus (Denner et al., 2002Go). The genus Erythrobacter is characterized chemotaxonomically by having C18 : 1 as the major fatty acid and by a DNA G+C content of 60–67 mol% (Shiba & Simidu, 1982Go; Fuerst et al., 1993Go; Yurkov et al., 1994Go). However, Shiba (1991)Go reported that the type strain of E. longus has a DNA G+C content of 57·4 mol%.

All three Erythrobacter species have been isolated from marine environments (Shiba & Simidu, 1982Go; Yurkov et al., 1994Go; Denner et al., 2002Go). Recently, two slightly halophilic bacterial strains, SW-46T and SW-52, were isolated from sea water of Hwajinpo Beach, East Sea, Korea. The two isolates were phylogenetically most closely related to the genus Erythrobacter, based on the result of 16S rDNA sequence comparison. Colonies of the two strains were observed to be yellow on marine agar, unlike the first two Eythrobacter species that were described. Accordingly, the aim of the present study was to establish the exact taxonomic status of the two isolates by a polyphasic taxonomic approach. In this work, we describe the morphological, phenotypic, phylogenetic and genomic characteristics of strains SW-46T and SW-52. On this basis, we propose a novel species of the genus Erythrobacter, Erythrobacter flavus sp. nov., for strains SW-46T and SW-52.

Strains SW-46T and SW-52 (=KCCM 41643 =JCM 11809) were isolated by using the dilution-plating technique on marine agar 2216 (MA; Difco). E. longus DSM 6997T, E. litoralis DSM 8509T and E. citreus DSM 14432T, which were obtained from DSMZ, Germany, were used as reference strains. Cell biomass of strains SW-46T and SW-52 and reference strains was obtained from marine broth 2216 (MB; Difco) cultures grown at 30 °C, for respiratory lipoquinone analysis and DNA extraction. All strains were cultivated on a gyratory shaker at 150 r.p.m. For fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) analysis, cell mass of strains SW-46T and SW-52, E. longus DSM 6997T and E. litoralis DSM 8509T was obtained from agar plates after 5 days cultivation at 30 °C on MA. Cell morphology was examined by light microscopy (Nikon E600) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM); presence or absence of flagella was examined by TEM using cells from exponentially growing cultures. The cells were negatively stained with 1 % (w/v) phosphotungstic acid and, after air drying, the grids were examined by using a model CM-20 transmission electron microscope (Philips). Growth at various NaCl concentrations was investigated in MB. Growth at 4–55 °C was measured on MA. Growth under anaerobic conditions was determined after incubation in an anaerobic chamber with MA that had been prepared anaerobically. Presence or absence of bacteriochlorophyll a was examined by registration of the in vitro absorption spectrum of a methanol extract of cells at 768–769 nm. Susceptibility to antibiotics was detected on agar plates by using antibiotic discs (concentrations shown in Table 1Go). Catalase activity was determined by bubble production in 3 % (v/v) hydrogen peroxide solution. Oxidase activity was determined by oxidation of 1 % p-aminodimethylaniline oxalate. Hydrolysis of aesculin and nitrate reduction were determined as described by Lányi (1987)Go. Hydrolysis of casein, starch and Tween 80 and urease activity were determined as described by Cowan & Steel (1965)Go. Hydrolysis of gelatin was studied as described by Cowan & Steel (1965)Go, with the modification that artificial sea water was used. The artificial sea water contained [(l distilled water)-1]: 23·6 g NaCl, 0·64 g KCl, 4·53 g MgCl2.6H2O, 5·94 g MgSO4.7H2O and 1·3 g CaCl2.2H2O (Levring, 1946Go). Hydrolysis of hypoxanthine, tyrosine and xanthine was examined on MA plates with substrate concentrations as described by Cowan & Steel (1965)Go. H2S production was tested as described by Bruns et al. (2001)Go. Acid production from carbohydrates was determined as described by Leifson (1963)Go. Utilization of various substrates for growth was determined as described by Yurkov et al. (1994)Go.


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Table 1. Differential phenotypic characteristics of Erythrobacter flavus sp. nov., E. longus, E. litoralis and E. citreus

+, Positive; -, negative; W+, weakly positive; ND, not determined; V, variable. Data in parentheses are for the type strain. All species are rod-shaped and positive for catalase and oxidase activities, susceptibility to chloramphenicol (100 µg per disc; 30 µg per disc for E. citreus) and utilization of acetate. All species are negative for Gram-staining, spore formation, motility, susceptibility to polymyxin B (100 U per disc; 300 U per disc for E. citreus) and utilization of malate.

 
Strains SW-46T and SW-52T had identical morphological characteristics for their cells and colonies. Cells of both strains were rods, approximately 0·7–0·9 µm wide and 1·5–2·5 µm long after 3 days cultivation at 30 °C on MA. Gram-staining reaction was negative. Cells of strains SW-46T and SW-52 had a single polar flagellum and no spores were observed. Colonies on MA were yellow, smooth, glistening, circular, convex with entire margins and 1·0–1·5 mm in diameter after 3 days incubation at 30 °C. Cell morphologies of strains SW-46T and SW-52T were similar to those of Erythrobacter species, whereas colonies of the two strains were similar to those of E. citreus but different in colour from those of E. longus and E. litoralis (Table 1Go) (Shiba & Simidu, 1982Go; Yurkov et al., 1994Go; Denner et al., 2002Go). Strains SW-46T and SW-52 were similar in most of their cultural and physiological characteristics: they grew optimally at 30–37 °C and grew at 10 and 42 °C, but not at 4 °C or above 43 °C. The optimal pH for growth was 6·5–7·5; no growth was observed at pH 4·5. Strains SW-46T and SW-52 grew optimally in the presence of 2–5 % (w/v) NaCl, but did not grow without NaCl. Strain SW-46T did not grow in the presence of >14 % NaCl and strain SW-52 did not grow in the presence of >13 % NaCl. Neither strain grew on MA under anaerobic conditions. Both strains showed catalase, oxidase and urease activities. Starch, Tween 80 and tyrosine were hydrolysed. No hydrolysis of aesculin, casein, gelatin, hypoxanthine or xanthine was observed. H2S was not produced. Nitrate was not reduced to nitrite. Acid was produced from D-cellobiose and maltose. Acid production from D-trehalose was found only in strain SW-52. Acetate, butyrate and pyruvate were utilized for growth. Bacteriochlorophyll a was not detected in vitro in either strain. Phenotypic characteristics of strains SW-46T and SW-52 were compared with those of Erythrobacter species (Table 1Go); strains SW-46T and SW-52 were found to have physiological properties that were distinguishable from those of other Erythrobacter species.

Respiratory lipoquinones were analysed by using reversed-phase HPLC (Komagata & Suzuki, 1987Go). For quantitative analysis of cellular fatty acid composition, a loop of cell mass was harvested and FAMEs were prepared and identified by following the instructions of the Microbial Identification system (MIDI). The DNA G+C content was determined by the method of Tamaoka & Komagata (1984)Go; DNA was hydrolysed and the resultant nucleotides were analysed by reversed-phase HPLC.

The predominant respiratory lipoquinone of strains SW-46T and SW-52, E. longus DSM 6997T and E. litoralis DSM 8509T was ubiquinone-10 (Q-10), the same as that of E. citreus (Denner et al., 2002Go). Cellular fatty acid profiles of strains SW-46T and SW-52 are shown in Table 2Go, together with those of E. longus DSM 6997T, E. litoralis DSM 8509T and E. citreus RE35F/1T. Strains SW-46T and SW-52 had cellular fatty acid profiles that contained large amounts of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids (Table 2Go). The major fatty acid found in strains SW-46T and SW-52 was C18 : 1{omega}7c, at a peak ratio of approximately 45–46 % (Table 2Go). The fatty acid profiles of the two strains were similar to those of the type strains of E. longus and E. citreus. The fatty acid profile of E. longus DSM 6997T obtained in this study was similar to that reported by Fuerst et al. (1993)Go. However, there was a noteworthy difference in the proportion of C17 : 1{omega}6c between strains SW-46T and SW-52 and E. litoralis DSM 8509T. The DNA G+C contents of strains SW-46T and SW-52 were 64·0 and 64·1 mol%, respectively.


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Table 2. Cellular fatty acid profiles of Erythrobacter species

Strains: 1, E. flavus SW-46T; 2, E. flavus SW-52; 3, E. longus DSM 6997T; 4, E. litoralis DSM 8509T; 5, E. citreus RE35F/1T. Values are percentage of total fatty acids. -, Not detected. Fatty acids that represented <0·5 % in all strains were omitted.

 
Chromosomal DNA was isolated and purified according to a method described previously (Yoon et al., 1996Go), with the exception that ribonuclease T1 was used together with ribonuclease A. 16S rDNA was amplified by PCR with two universal primers, as described previously (Yoon et al., 1998Go). The PCR product was purified by using a QIAquick PCR Purification kit (Qiagen). Sequencing of the purified 16S rDNA was performed by using an ABI PRISM BigDye Terminator cycle sequencing ready reaction kit (Applied Biosystems) as recommended by the manufacturer. The purified sequencing reaction mixtures were electrophoresed automatically by using an Applied Biosystems model 377 automatic DNA sequencer. Alignment of sequences was carried out with CLUSTAL W software (Thompson et al., 1994Go). Gaps at the 5' and 3' ends of the alignment were omitted from further analysis. Phylogenetic trees were inferred by using three tree-making algorithms: the neighbour-joining (Saitou & Nei, 1987Go), maximum-likelihood (Felsenstein, 1981Go) and maximum-parsimony (Kluge & Farris, 1969Go) methods in the PHYLIP package (Felsenstein, 1993Go). Evolutionary distance matrices for the neighbour-joining method were calculated by using the algorithm of Jukes & Cantor (1969)Go with the program DNADIST. The stability of relationships was assessed by bootstrap analysis based on 1000 resamplings of the neighbour-joining dataset, by using the programs SEQBOOT, DNADIST, NEIGHBOR and CONSENSE of the PHYLIP package.

The 16S rDNA sequences of two strains determined in this study each comprised 1442 nucleotides, which represents approximately 96 % of the Escherichia coli 16S rRNA gene sequence. There is only 1 bp difference between the 16S rDNA sequences of strains SW-46T and SW-52. The strains were found to have highest 16S rDNA similarity to members of the {alpha}-Proteobacteria. Strains SW-46T and SW-52 exhibited 16S rDNA similarity levels of 96·5–97·9 % with the type strains of E. longus, E. litoralis and E. citreus, but <96·5 % to other species used in the phylogenetic analysis. In the phylogenetic tree based on the neighbour-joining algorithm, strains SW-46T and SW-52 formed a coherent cluster with E. citreus, E. longus and E. litoralis (Fig. 1Go). The relationship between this cluster and the clade that comprised the genera Erythromicrobium and Porphyrobacter was supported by a bootstrap confidence level of 100 %. This tree topology was also generated by the maximum-parsimony and maximum-likelihood algorithms (data not shown). When the neighbour-joining and maximum-parsimony algorithms were used, the relationship between the cluster that comprised strains SW-46T and SW-52 and Erythrobacter species and the clade that comprised the genera Porphyrobacter and Erythromicrobium was supported by high bootstrap resampling values.



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Fig. 1. Neighbour-joining tree showing the phylogenetic positions of Erythrobacter flavus sp. nov. SW-46T and SW-52 and representatives of related taxa, based on 16S rDNA sequences. Bootstrap values (expressed as percentages of 1000 replications) greater than 50 % are shown at branch-points. Bar, 0·01 substitutions per nucleotide position.

 
DNA–DNA hybridization was performed fluorometrically by using photobiotin-labelled DNA probes and microdilution wells (Ezaki et al., 1989Go). Hybridization was performed with five replications for each sample. Of the values obtained, the highest and lowest values for each sample were excluded; DNA relatedness values are means of the remaining three values. Strains SW-46T and SW-52 exhibited DNA–DNA relatedness levels of 94·0 and 94·7 % when their DNA was used individually as a labelled DNA probe. Accordingly, by considering the criterion of DNA–DNA similarity for definition of a species in current bacterial systematics (Wayne et al., 1987Go), strains SW-46T and SW-52 should be classified as members of the same species. Levels of DNA–DNA relatedness between strains SW-46T and SW-52 and the type strains of E. longus, E. litoralis and E. citreus are shown in Table 3Go; they support the conspicuous genomic distinctiveness of strains SW-46T and SW-52.


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Table 3. Levels of DNA–DNA relatedness

 
Phenotypically, strains SW-46T and SW-52 are similar to E. citreus in pigmentation and the absence of bacteriochlorophyll a, and are different in these respects from E. longus and E. litoralis. The 16S rDNA sequence analysis provides evidence that both strains belong to the Erythrobacter 16S rDNA cluster. In this study, cellular fatty acid and respiratory lipoquinone analyses were performed on the type strains of E. longus and E. litoralis, as well as on strains SW-46T and SW-52; the results have been compared with those of E. citreus. The predominant respiratory lipoquinone and fatty acid profiles of strains SW-46T and SW-52 were found to be similar to those of the type strains of the other Erythrobacter species, confirming their intrageneric relationship. In view of these combined morphological, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic analyses, strains SW-46T and SW-52 warrant classification in the genus Erythrobacter. The level of DNA–DNA relatedness and phenotypic characteristics confirmed that the strains constitute a separate species. Therefore, on the basis of the data presented, we propose to include strains SW-46T and SW-52 in the genus Erythrobacter as Erythrobacter flavus sp. nov.

Description of Erythrobacter flavus sp. nov.
Erythrobacter flavus (fla'vus. L. masc. adj. flavus yellow, the colour of colonies or pigment).

Non-spore-forming rods, 0·7–0·9x1·5–2·5 µm on MA. Gram-staining reaction is negative. Motile by means of a single polar flagellum. Colonies are yellow, smooth, glistening, circular, convex with entire margins and 1·0–1·5 mm in diameter after 3 days cultivation at 30 °C on MA. Optimal temperature for growth is 30–37 °C. Growth occurs at 10 and 42 °C, but not at 4 °C or above 43 °C. Optimal pH for growth is 6·5–7·5. Growth occurs at pH 5·0, but not at pH 4·5. Optimal growth occurs in the presence of 2–5 % (w/v) NaCl. No growth occurs in the absence of NaCl or in the presence of >14 % NaCl. No growth occurs under anaerobic conditions on MA. Catalase-, oxidase- and urease-positive. Starch, Tween 80 and tyrosine are hydrolysed. Aesculin, casein, gelatin, hypoxanthine and xanthine are not hydrolysed. H2S is not produced. Nitrate is not reduced to nitrite. Susceptible to chloramphenicol. Resistant to penicillin, streptomycin and polymyxin B. Acid is produced from D-cellobiose and maltose. Acid production from D-trehalose is variable. Acid is not produced from adonitol, L-arabinose, D-fructose, D-galactose, D-glucose, myo-inositol, lactose, D-mannitol, D-mannose, D-melezitose, melibiose, D-raffinose, L-rhamnose, D-ribose, D-sorbitol, stachyose, sucrose or D-xylose. Acetate, butyrate and pyruvate are utilized for growth. Glucose, fructose, glutamate, citrate, malate, succinate, formate, methanol, ethanol and benzoate are not utilized. Utilization of lactate is variable. The predominant respiratory lipoquinone is ubiquinone-10. The major fatty acid is C18 : 1{omega}7c. The DNA G+C content is 64·0–64·1 mol% (determined by HPLC).

The type strain (SW-46T=KCCM 41642T =JCM 11808T) and reference strain (SW-52=KCCM 41643 =JCM 11809) were isolated from sea water of Hwajinpo Beach, East Sea, Korea.


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J.-H. Y. and H. K. contributed equally to this work. This work was supported by grant HSS0310134 and the NRL research programme (grants M10104000294-01J000012800 and NLW0070111) from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) of the Republic of Korea, and by the research fund of the Probionic Corporation of Korea.


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Porphyrobacter dokdonensis sp. nov., isolated from sea water.
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Sandarakinorhabdus limnophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel bacteriochlorophyll a-containing, obligately aerobic bacterium isolated from freshwater lakes.
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Stappia marina sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from the Yellow Sea
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Generation of subspecies level-specific microbial diagnostic microarrays using genes amplified from subtractive suppression hybridization as microarray probes
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J.-H. Yoon, M.-H. Lee, T.-K. Oh, and Y.-H. Park
Muricauda flavescens sp. nov. and Muricauda aquimarina sp. nov., isolated from a salt lake near Hwajinpo Beach of the East Sea in Korea, and emended description of the genus Muricauda
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J.-H. Yoon, K. H. Kang, S.-H. Yeo, and T.-K. Oh
Erythrobacter luteolus sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat of the Yellow Sea in Korea
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J.-H. Yoon, C.-H. Lee, S.-H. Yeo, and T.-K. Oh
Sphingopyxis baekryungensis sp. nov., an orange-pigmented bacterium isolated from sea water of the Yellow Sea in Korea
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J.-H. Yoon, T.-K. Oh, and Y.-H. Park
Erythrobacter seohaensis sp. nov. and Erythrobacter gaetbuli sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat of the Yellow Sea in Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, January 1, 2005; 55(1): 71 - 75.
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J.-H. Yoon and T.-K. Oh
Sphingopyxis flavimaris sp. nov., isolated from sea water of the Yellow Sea in Korea
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J.-H. Yoon, K. H. Kang, T.-K. Oh, and Y.-H. Park
Erythrobacter aquimaris sp. nov., isolated from sea water of a tidal flat of the Yellow Sea in Korea
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J.-H. Yoon, M.-H. Lee, and T.-K. Oh
Porphyrobacter donghaensis sp. nov., isolated from sea water of the East Sea in Korea
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