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1 Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), PO Box 115, Yusong, Taejon, Korea
2 The Center for Traditional Microorganism Resources, Keimyung University, Shindang-Dong, Dalseo-gu, Daegu, Korea
Correspondence
Jung-Hoon Yoon
jhyoon{at}kribb.re.kr
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9c as the major fatty acid. The DNA G+C contents of strains SW-210T and SW-242T were 43·2 and 45·3 mol%, respectively. The 16S rRNA gene sequences of strains SW-210T and SW-242T were 98·9 % similar, and the mean DNADNA relatedness value between them was 24 %. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strains SW-210T and SW-242T form distinct phylogenetic lineages within the radiation of the cluster comprising Psychrobacter species, having 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity levels of 95·999·2 % with respect to the type strains of Psychrobacter species. The levels of DNADNA relatedness between the two isolates and the type strains of 15 phylogenetically related Psychrobacter species were well below 70 %. On the basis of phenotypic and phylogenetic data and genomic distinctiveness, strains SW-210T and SW-242T were classified in the genus Psychrobacter as representing two distinct novel species, for which the names Psychrobacter aquimaris sp. nov. (type strain, SW-210T=KCTC 12254T=DSM 16329T) and Psychrobacter namhaensis sp. nov. (type strain, SW-242T=KCTC 12255T=DSM 16330T) are proposed, respectively.
The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession numbers for the 16S rRNA gene sequences of strains SW-210T and SW-242T are AY722804 and AY722805, respectively.
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Sea water collected from the South Sea in Korea was used as source for the isolation of bacterial strains. Strains SW-210T and SW-242T were isolated by using the usual dilution plating technique on marine agar 2216 (MA; Difco) at 30 °C. The type strains of 15 Psychrobacter species were used as reference strains for DNADNA hybridization. P. faecalis DSM 14664T, P. frigidicola DSM 12411T, P. glacincola DSM 12194T, P. immobilis DSM 7229T, P. marincola DSM 14160T, P. proteolyticus DSM 13887T, P. submarinus DSM 14161T and P. urativorans DSM 14009T were obtained from the Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen, Braunschweig, Germany. P. okhotskensis JCM 11840T was obtained from the Japan Collection of Microorganisms, Saitama, Japan. P. fozii CECT 5889T, P. luti CECT 5885T and P. pulmonis CECT 5989T were obtained from the Colección Española de Cultivos Tipo, Valencia, Spain. P. jeotgali KCCM 41559T and P. alimentarius JG-100T were obtained and described in the studies of Yoon et al. (2003
, 2005)
. P. maritimus KMM 3646T was obtained from Dr O. I. Nedashkovskaya and Dr L. A. Romanenko, Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Vladivostok, Russia. Cell morphology was examined by light microscopy (E600 microscope; Nikon) and transmission electron microscopy (CM-20 apparatus; Philips). Transmission electron microscopy was also used to determine if flagella were present in cells from exponentially growing cultures. The Gram reaction was determined by using the bioMérieux Gram stain kit according to the manufacturer's instructions. The pH range for growth was determined in marine broth 2216 (MB; Difco) that was adjusted to various pH values (pH 4·59·5 at intervals of 0·5 pH units). Growth in the absence of NaCl was investigated in trypticase/soy broth (Difco) lacking NaCl. Growth at various NaCl concentrations was investigated in MB or trypticase/soy broth. Growth at various temperatures (445 °C) was measured on MA. Growth under anaerobic conditions was determined after incubation in an anaerobic chamber on MA and on MA supplemented with nitrate, both of which had been prepared anaerobically using nitrogen. Catalase and oxidase activities and hydrolysis of casein, starch and Tweens 20, 40, 60 and 80 were determined as described by Cowan & Steel (1965)
. Hydrolysis of aesculin and nitrate reduction were determined as described previously (Lanyi, 1987
). Hydrolysis of gelatin and urea was determined as described by Lanyi (1987)
, with the modification that artificial sea water was used instead of distilled water. The artificial sea water contained (per litre of distilled water) 23·6 g NaCl, 0·64 g KCl, 4·53 g MgCl2.6H2O, 5·94 g MgSO4.7H2O and 1·3 g CaCl2.2H2O (Bruns et al., 2001
). Hydrolysis of hypoxanthine, tyrosine and xanthine was investigated on MA with the substrate concentrations described previously (Cowan & Steel, 1965
). H2S production was tested as described previously (Bruns et al., 2001
). Acid production from carbohydrates was determined as described by Leifson (1963)
. Enzyme activity was determined by using the API ZYM system (bioMérieux). Utilization of substrates as sole carbon and energy sources was tested according to the method of Baumann & Baumann (1981)
using supplementation with 2 % (v/v) Hutner's mineral base (Cohen-Bazire et al., 1957
) and 1 % (v/v) vitamin solution (Staley, 1968
). Requirements for yeast extract and vitamins for growth were investigated in liquid medium (Yurkov et al., 1994
), omitting yeast extract and vitamin B12 but supplementing with 0·1 % (w/v) acetate as the sole carbon and energy source. Yeast extract and vitamins were added to the medium at the following concentrations (l1): yeast extract, 0·005 g; p-aminobenzoic acid, 1 mg; biotin, 10 µg; thiamine hydrochloride, 1 mg; and vitamin B12, 1 mg. Susceptibility to antibiotics was detected on MA plates using antibiotic discs with the following concentrations: polymyxin B, 100 U; streptomycin, 50 µg; penicillin G, 20 U; chloramphenicol, 100 µg; ampicillin, 10 µg; cephalothin, 30 µg; gentamicin, 30 µg; novobiocin, 5 µg; erythromycin, 15 µg; and tetracycline, 30 µg. Other physiological tests were performed with the API 20E system (bioMérieux).
Cell biomass for respiratory lipoquinone analysis and for DNA extraction was obtained from cultivation in MB at 30 °C. Respiratory lipoquinones were analysed as described by Komagata & Suzuki (1987)
, using reversed-phase HPLC. Chromosomal DNA was isolated and purified according to the method described previously (Yoon et al., 1996
), with the exception that ribonuclease T1 was used together with ribonuclease A to minimize the contamination of RNA. For fatty acid methyl ester analysis, cell mass of strains SW-210T and SW-242T was harvested from agar plates after incubation for 3 days at 30 °C on MA. The fatty acid methyl esters were extracted and prepared according to the standard protocol of the MIDI/Hewlett Packard Microbial Identification System (Sasser, 1990
). The DNA G+C content was determined by the method of Tamaoka & Komagata (1984)
, with the modification that DNA was hydrolysed and the resultant nucleotides were analysed by reversed-phase HPLC. 16S rRNA genes were amplified by the PCR method, using two universal primers as described previously (Yoon et al., 1998
). Sequencing of the amplified 16S rRNA genes and phylogenetic analysis were performed as described by Yoon et al. (2003)
. DNADNA hybridization was performed fluorometrically according to the method of Ezaki et al. (1989)
, using photobiotin-labelled DNA probes and microdilution wells. Hybridization was performed with five replications for each sample. The highest and lowest values obtained in each sample were excluded and the remaining three values were used to calculate similarity values. The DNA relatedness values quoted are the means of the three values.
Cells of strains SW-210T and SW-242T were cocci or short rods on MA. Strains SW-210T and SW-242T did not require yeast extract or vitamins for growth in minimal salts medium (Yurkov et al., 1994
). However, both strains grew better when yeast extract was added to the medium. Benzoate was utilized by strain SW-242T but not by strain SW-210T. Strain SW-210T was sensitive to penicillin G but strain SW-242T was not. Other morphological, cultural, physiological and biochemical characteristics of strains SW-210T and SW-242T are given in the species description (see below) and are shown in Table 1
together with those of some Psychrobacter species. The predominant respiratory lipoquinone found in strains SW-210T and SW-242T was Q-8, at a peak area ratio of approximately 8486 %. The major components of the fatty acids detected in strains SW-210T and SW-242T were C18 : 1
9c and C17 : 1
8c (Table 2
). These fatty acid profiles were similar to those determined previously for other Psychrobacter species, although there were differences in the proportions of some fatty acids, perhaps because of differences in cultivation conditions, e.g. cultivation media (Maruyama et al., 2000
; Romanenko et al., 2002
, 2004
; Bozal et al., 2003
; Yumoto et al., 2003
; Yoon et al., 2005
). The DNA G+C contents of strains SW-210T and SW-242T were 43·2 and 45·3 mol%, respectively.
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Description of Psychrobacter aquimaris sp. nov.
Psychrobacter aquimaris (a.qui.ma'ris. L. n. aqua water; L. gen. n. maris of the sea; N.L. gen. n. aquimaris of the water of the sea).
Cells are cocci or short rods (1·01·2x1·42·5 µm). On MA, colonies are smooth, glistening, raised, circular to slightly irregular, cream in colour and 1·52·5 mm in diameter after incubation for 3 days at 30 °C. Growth occurs at 4 and 34 °C but not at 35 °C. Optimal pH for growth is 6·57·5; growth occurs at pH 5·0 but not at 4·5. Growth occurs in the presence of 012 % (w/v) NaCl, with an optimum of 23 % (w/v). Yeast extract, biotin, p-aminobenzoic acid, thiamine hydrochloride and vitamin B12 are not required for growth. Tyrosine is hydrolysed, but hypoxanthine is not. Indole and H2S are not produced. In assays with the API ZYM system, lipase (C8) and leucine arylamidase are present, but trypsin,
-chymotrypsin,
-galactosidase,
-galactosidase,
-glucuronidase,
-glucosidase,
-glucosidase, N-acetyl-
-glucosaminidase,
-mannosidase and
-fucosidase are absent. L-Arabinose, D-cellobiose, D-fructose, D-galactose, lactose, maltose, D-mannose, sucrose, D-trehalose, D-xylose, benzoate, formate and L-glutamate are not utilized. Acid is produced from D-cellobiose, D-mannose, melibiose and D-ribose. Acid is not produced from D-melezitose, D-raffinose, sucrose, D-trehalose, adonitol, myo-inositol or D-sorbitol. Sensitive to cephalothin (30 µg), chloramphenicol (100 µg) and penicillin G (20 U) but not to novobiocin (5 µg). The predominant respiratory lipoquinone is Q-8. The major fatty acid is C18 : 1
9c. The DNA G+C content is 43·2 mol% (HPLC). Other characteristics are shown in Table 1
.
The type strain, SW-210T (=KCTC 12254T=DSM 16329T), was isolated from sea water of the South Sea in Korea.
Description of Psychrobacter namhaensis sp. nov.
Psychrobacter namhaensis (nam.ha.en'sis. N.L. masc. adj. namhaensis of Namhae, the Korean name for the South Sea in Korea, where the organism was isolated).
Cells are cocci or short rods (1·01·2x1·42·5 µm). On MA, colonies are smooth, glistening, raised, circular to slightly irregular, cream in colour and 1·52·5 mm in diameter after incubation for 3 days at 30 °C. Growth occurs at 4 and 37 °C but not at 38 °C. Optimal pH for growth is 6·57·5; growth occurs at pH 5·0 but not at pH 4·5. Growth occurs in the presence of 013 % (w/v) NaCl, with an optimum of 23 % (w/v). Yeast extract, biotin, p-aminobenzoic acid, thiamine hydrochloride and vitamin B12 are not required for growth. Tyrosine is hydrolysed, but hypoxanthine is not. Indole and H2S are not produced. In assays with the API ZYM system, lipase (C8) and leucine arylamidase are present, but trypsin,
-chymotrypsin,
-galactosidase,
-galactosidase,
-glucuronidase,
-glucosidase,
-glucosidase, N-acetyl-
-glucosaminidase,
-mannosidase and
-fucosidase are absent. Benzoate is utilized. L-Arabinose, D-cellobiose, D-fructose, D-galactose, lactose, maltose, D-mannose, sucrose, D-trehalose, D-xylose, formate and L-glutamate are not utilized. Acid is produced from D-cellobiose, D-mannose, melibiose and D-ribose. Acid is not produced from D-melezitose, D-raffinose, sucrose, D-trehalose, adonitol, myo-inositol or D-sorbitol. Sensitive to cephalothin (30 µg) and chloramphenicol (100 µg) but not to novobiocin (5 µg) or penicillin G (20 U). The predominant respiratory lipoquinone is Q-8. The major fatty acid is C18 : 1
9c. The DNA G+C content is 45·3 mol% (HPLC). Other characteristics are shown in Table 1
.
The type strain, SW-242T (=KCTC 12255T=DSM 16330T), was isolated from sea water of the South Sea in Korea.
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