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1 School of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Research Institute of Oceanography, Seoul National University, 56-1 Shillim-dong, Kwanak-gu, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea
2 School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, 56-1 Shillim-dong, Kwanak-gu, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea
Correspondence
Byung Cheol Cho
bccho{at}snu.ac.kr
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7c (64 %) and 18 : 0 (12·0 %). Three fatty acids, 3-OH 14 : 0/iso 16 : 1 (3·6 %), 18 : 3
6c (2·2 %) and 10-methyl 19 : 0 (1·9 %), found in minor quantities in CL-SP26T, are unique among Jannaschia species. The DNA G+C content was 63 mol%. According to physiological data, fatty acid composition and 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, CL-SP26T was assigned to the genus Jannaschia, but could be distinguished from recognized species of the genus. Strain CL-SP26T (=KCCM 42114T=JCM 13035T) therefore represents a novel species, for which the name Jannaschia seosinensis sp. nov. is proposed.
Published online ahead of print on 26 August 2005 as DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.63835-0.
The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain CL-SP26T is AY906862.
A table showing phenotypic characteristics of Jannaschia species is available as supplementary material in IJSEM Online.
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A hypersaline water sample [salinity of 318 practical salinity units (p.s.u.)] from a solar saltern in Seosin, Korea, was spread on a plate containing marine agar 2216 (MA; Difco) and the plate was incubated at 30 °C for 2 weeks. A reddish colony, strain CL-SP26T, was isolated on the plate and subsequently purified four times on MA at 30 °C. The strain was maintained both on MA at 4 °C and in marine broth (MB; Difco) supplemented with 30 % (v/v) glycerol at 80 °C.
Morphological and physiological tests were performed. Gram-staining was performed as described by Smibert & Krieg (1994)
. Cell morphology and motility were examined by phase-contrast microscopy with cells grown at 30 °C in MB. The presence of flagella was observed using TEM (JEOL EX2) after cells had been negatively stained with uranyl acetate (2 %). Anaerobic growth was checked on MA using the GasPak anaerobic system (BBL). Bacteriochlorophyll production was determined in acetone extracts using a spectrophotometer (Ultraspec 2000; Pharmacia Biotech) for cells that had been grown in the dark. Catalase and oxidase activities were determined according to the protocols described by Smibert & Krieg (1994)
. Gelatinase, amylase, DNase, nitrate reductase and degradation of Tween 80 were examined as described by Hansen & Sørheim (1991)
. Cells were rod-shaped and motile by one or more monopolar flagella (Fig. 1
). Chain formation was rarely observed in CL-SP26T. Bright granules were not seen on wet mounts of cells of different ages. Colonies on MA were red-coloured, circular, smooth and shiny. They could be dispersed well in MB and artificial sea water (ASW), unlike J. rubra (Macián et al., 2005
). Other morphological characteristics are shown in Table 1
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-galactosidase and carbon source utilization were tested using the API 20NE kit (bioMérieux) according to the manufacturer's instructions, except that cell suspensions were prepared using ASW (NaCl, 24 g; MgCl2, 5·1 g; Na2SO4, 4 g; CaCl2, 1·1 g; KCl, 0·7 g; NaHCO3, 0·2 g; KBr, 0·1 g; H3BO3, 0·027 g; SrCl2, 0·024 g; NaF, 0·003 g; distilled water, 1 l; Lyman & Fleming, 1940
For API 20NE, API ZYM and Biolog analyses, J. helgolandensis Hel 10T and J. rubra CECT 5088T were used as reference strains. DNA G+C content was determined using the thermal denaturation method (Mandel & Marmur, 1968
). CL-SP26T grew optimally at 3035 °C and pH 10, differentiating it from other species in the genus Jannaschia (Table 1
). CL-SP26T was unable to grow at 1 % (w/v) salinity, unlike J. helgolandensis Hel 10T and J. rubra CECT 5088T (Table 1
). Although CL-SP26T was isolated from hypersaline water of 318 p.s.u., the upper salinity limit for growth was 10 %, suggesting that the strain might have survived in highly saline water. The strain was positive for nitrate reductase, gelatinase and amylase, but negative for the presence of cytochrome oxidase, whereas other species in genus Jannaschia gave contrasting results (Table 2
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Isoprenoid quinones were isolated according to Minnikin et al. (1984)
and analysed by HPLC as described by Collins (1985)
. The major isoprenoid quinone was UQ-10. Fatty acid methyl esters in whole cells were analysed by GC according to the Microbial Identification System (MIDI) at the Korean Culture Center of Microorganisms, Seoul, Korea. The fatty acid profile for CL-SP26T was dominated by 18 : 1
7c (64 %) and 18 : 0 (12 %), which is a characteristic common to all species in the genus Jannaschia (Table 3
). However, 3-OH 14 : 0 and/or iso 16 : 1 (3·6 %), 18 : 3
6c (2·2 %) and 10-methyl 19 : 0 (1·9 %) were found in minor quantities in CL-SP26T; these fatty acids are unique among Jannaschia species. Therefore, the fatty acid pattern of strain CL-SP26T differs distinctly from those of the other species of Jannaschia.
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Gram-negative, strictly aerobic and straight rods, approximately 0·71·2 µm wide and 1·12·3 µm long. Cells are motile by one or more monopolar flagella. On MA solid medium, colonies are dark red, entire, circular, convex and shiny. Bacteriochlorophyll is not detected. After 4 days on MA at 30 °C colonies are approximately 0·81·5 mm in diameter. Grows at 535 °C (optimum of 3035 °C) and pH 710. Growth occurs in sea salt concentrations of 310 % (w/v) (optimum of 35 %), but no growth occurs in media containing only NaCl as a salt. Positive for catalase, amylase, gelatinase and nitrate reductase, but negative for oxidase, DNase and degradation of Tween 80. Major fatty acids are 18 : 1
7c (64 %) and 18 : 0 (12·0 %); 3-OH 14 : 0 and/or iso 16 : 1 (3·6 %), 18 : 3
6c (2·2 %) and 10-methyl 19 : 0 (1·9 %) are found in minor quantities. In API 20NE tests, the type strain is negative for nitrate reductase, gelatinase, arginine dihydrolase, urease, indole production and acid production from glucose, but positive for hydrolysis of aesculin and
-galactosidase. In API ZYM tests, the type strain is positive for alkaline phosphatase, esterase (C4 and C8), leucine arylamidase, valine arylamidase,
-galactosidase,
-galactosidase and
-glucosidase, but negative for lipase (C14), cystine arylamidase, trypsin,
-chymotrypsin, acid phosphatase, naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase,
-glucuronidase,
-glucosidase, N-acetyl-
-glucosaminidase,
-mannosidase and
-fucosidase. The following substrates are utilized: D-glucose, salicin, pyruvic acid, Casamino acids, DL-aspartate, succinate, urea and L-glutamate.
The type strain is CL-SP26T (=KCCM 42114T=JCM 13035T), isolated from a hypersaline water sample from a solar saltern. The DNA G+C content of the type strain is 63 mol%.
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