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Patulibacter minatonensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated using an agar medium supplemented with superoxide dismutase, and proposal of Patulibacteraceae fam. nov.

Yko Takahashi¹, Atsuko Matsumoto², Kurimi Morisaki¹ and Satoshi mura^1,2

¹ Kitasato Institute for Life Sciences, Kitasato University, 5-9-1 Shirokane, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8641, Japan
² The Kitasato Institute, 5-9-1 Shirokane, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8642, Japan

Correspondence
Yko Takahashi
ytakaha{at}lisci.kitasato-u.ac.jp

	ABSTRACT

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A novel Gram-positive bacterial strain, designated KV-614^T, was isolated from a soil sample using an agar medium supplemented with superoxide dismutase. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, it was found that the strain represented a novel deep-rooting lineage within the class Actinobacteria and clustered with yet-uncultivated bacteria from terrestrial environments and some unidentified strains isolated by unique methods. The most closely related established genus was Conexibacter (92·4 % sequence similarity to Conexibacter woesei DSM 14684^T). Cells of strain KV-614^T were rod-shaped and motile with long flagella. The strain was catalase-positive, oxidase-negative and grew under aerobic conditions. The cell-wall peptidoglycan contained meso-diaminopimelic acid as the diagnostic diamino acid and alanine and glutamic acid. The peptidoglycan acyl type was acetyl. The only detected isoprenoid quinone was demethylmenaquinone with seven isoprene units (DMK-7). Mycolic acids were not detected. The predominant cellular fatty acid was 9c-octadecenoic acid (C18 : 19c). Minor components were 12-methyl tetradecanoic acid (anteiso-C15 : 0) and 14-methyl hexadecanoic acid (anteiso-C17 : 0). The DNA G+C content was 72 mol%. On the basis of phenotypic and genotypic characteristics, it is proposed that strain KV-614^T represents a new genus and a novel species, Patulibacter minatonensis gen. nov., sp. nov., in the class Actinobacteria. The type strain is KV-614^T (=NRRL B-24346^T=JCM 12834^T=NBRC 100761^T). The creation of the family Patulibacteraceae fam. nov. is proposed to encompass the genus Patulibacter gen. nov.

Published online ahead of print on 9 December 2005 as DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.63796-0.

The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the partial 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain KV-614^T is AB193261.

	INTRODUCTION

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The number of micro-organisms that have been successfully identified and cultured in vitro represents only a small portion of the total existing in nature; it has been estimated that the number of known bacteria is less than 10 % of the total number of bacterial species in the world (Whitman et al., 1998; Schleifer, 2004). For many unknown micro-organisms, the appropriate cultivation conditions have not yet been found. In the course of searching for factors which promote bacterial colony growth, we found that using an isolation agar medium supplemented with superoxide dismutases (SODs) increased the number of colonies isolated from a soil sample, a response that was further enhanced by the addition of catalase (Takahashi et al., 2003). In this paper, we report the taxonomic characterization and classification of strain KV-614^T isolated from a soil sample using agar medium supplemented with SOD.

	METHODS

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Isolation and cultivation conditions.
Strain KV-614^T was isolated from a soil sample collected at Minato-Ku, Tokyo, Japan, using an agar medium supplemented with SOD following the method of Takahashi et al. (2003). Glucose/peptone/meat extract (GPM) agar medium, consisting of 1 % D-glucose (Wako Pure Chem. Ind.), 0·5 % peptone (Kyokuto Seiyaku Co.), 0·5 % meat extract (Kyokuto Seiyaku Co.), 0·3 % NaCl and 1·2 % agar (Wako Pure Chem. Ind.) supplemented with 30 U ml^–1 Escherichia coli SOD (Sigma), was used for strain isolation. The strain was cultured on 1/5-strength nutrient agar (1/5 NA; Difco), ISP 3 medium (Shirling & Gottlieb, 1966), heart infusion agar, R2A agar and Todd–Hewitt agar (Difco) and yeast extract/glucose agar [YD agar; containing 1·0 % yeast extract (Difco), 1·0 % glucose and 1·2 % agar] for 7 days at 27 °C. Trypticase soy broth (BBL) was used for liquid culture. The strain was stored at 5 °C under lyophilization.

Morphology.
The morphological characteristics of the strain were observed using a transmission electron microscope (JEM-1200EXII; JEOL) after incubation for 3 days at 27 °C in trypticase soy broth. Negative staining of cells was performed with 1 % uranyl acetate. Gram-staining was performed using a Gram's stain reagent kit (Nacalai Tesque).

Physiology.
Substrate utilization patterns were studied by using a GP2 microplate from the Biolog identification system. Enzyme activities were examined by using API ZYM test strips (bioMérieux). The API 20 NE test system (bioMérieux) was used for the investigation of additional physiological characteristics. Cells were grown on 1/5 NA for these tests. For determination of the temperature range for growth, bacteria were cultured on 1/5 NA medium. NaCl tolerance was examined using YD agar medium. The pH growth range was also determined using YD agar that was adjusted to pH values ranging between 5 and 9 with HCl or NaOH. Antibiotic susceptibility was determined by placing antibiotic discs (KB Disk; Eiken) on 1/5 NA plates seeded with suspensions of strain KV-614^T.

Chemotaxonomic characterization.
Purified cell-wall preparations were obtained using the method of Schleifer & Kandler (1972). The amino acid composition of cell-wall hydrolysates (Becker et al., 1965) was identified by TLC (Hasegawa et al., 1983). The N-acyl type of muramic acid was determined using the colorimetric method of Uchida & Aida (1977). Isoprenoid quinone was extracted as described by Collins et al. (1977). The sample was analysed by HPLC with 802-SC chromatography (JASCO) using a CAPCELL PAK C18 column (Shiseido) (Tamaoka et al., 1983) and was further analysed by MS and NMR. The detection of mycolic acids was performed by TLC (Tomiyasu, 1982). Methyl esters of cellular fatty acids were prepared by direct transmethylation with methanolic hydrochloride using cells grown on trypticase soy agar at 27 °C for 4 days and analysed on a GLC system (HP 6890; Hewlett Packard). Identification and quantification of the fatty acid methyl esters, as well as the numerical analysis of the fatty acid profiles, were performed according to the instructions for the Microbial Identification System (MIDI).

DNA G+C content.
Chromosomal DNA was prepared following the procedure of Marmur (1961) and the DNA G+C content was determined by reverse-phase HPLC according to Tamaoka & Komagata (1984).

Phylogenetic analysis.
DNA was isolated following the method of Marmur (1961). The 16S rRNA gene was amplified using primers described by Takahashi et al. (2002). Amplifications were performed in a TaKaRa thermal cycler (Takara) with an initial incubation of 1 min at 94 °C followed by 30 cycles of 1 min at 94 °C, 1 min at 50 °C and 1·5 min at 72 °C, followed by a 2 min final extension at 72 °C. The PCR products were purified using a QIAquick gel extraction kit (Qiagen) and were sequenced directly on a DNA sequencer (ABI PRISM 3100; Applied Biosystems) using PRISM ready reaction dye primer cycle sequencing kits (Applied Biosystems), according to the manufacturer's instructions. The 16S rRNA gene sequence was manually aligned with the corresponding sequences of representative strains and clones retrieved from the DDBJ database. CLUSTAL W (Thompson et al., 1994) was used to estimate evolutionary distances (the K_nuc value of Kimura, 1980) and similarity values were used to construct the phylogenetic tree by the neighbour-joining method (Saitou & Nei, 1987). The topology of the tree was evaluated by performing a bootstrap analysis (Felsenstein, 1985) using 1000 resamplings. The phylogenetic tree produced by the maximum-likelihood method was generated using PAUP* version 4.0b8 (Swofford, 2001).

	RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

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Cultural and morphological characteristics
Strain KV-614^T forms flat and nearly transparent colonies with a whitish colour on 1/5 NA, ISP 3 medium and R2A agar and with a pale-yellow colour on heart infusion agar and Todd–Hewitt agar. Bacterial cells are Gram-positive and rod-shaped (1·2–1·5x0·6–0·7 µm). Cells are motile due to the presence of long flagella (Fig. 1).

View larger version (102K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Fig. 1. Transmission electron micrograph of negatively stained cells of strain KV-614T. The bacterial cells exhibit long flagella. Bar, 1 µm.

A phylogenetic tree constructed using the 16S rRNA gene sequences of strain and those of cloned and cultured relatives retrieved from GenBank is shown in Fig. 2. Based on its 16S rRNA gene sequence, strain KV-614^T belongs to a phylogenetic cluster consisting of uncultured bacteria from terrestrial environments and unidentified bacterial strains. The closest sequence was that of bacterium Ellin 5025 (93·2 % similarity; Joseph et al., 2003).

View larger version (33K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Fig. 2. Neighbour-joining phylogenetic tree based on 16S RNA gene sequences of strain KV-614T and its closest clonal and cultured relatives. Clones prefixed ‘TM’ were from a peat bog (Rheims et al., 1996, 1999) and strains prefixed ‘Ellin’ were from Australian soils (Sait et al., 2002; Joseph et al., 2003). The sequences of clones YNPFFP1 and 1959-7 were available from public databases. Numbers at nodes are bootstrap values based on 1000 resamplings; only values higher than 500 are shown. The tree was rooted with Bacillus subtilis. Bar, 20 inferred nucleotide substitutions per 1000 nucleotides.

View larger version (43K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Fig. 3. Phylogenetic tree showing the position of strain KV-614T based on 16S rRNA gene sequences. Numbers at nodes indicate the level of bootstrap support based on neighbour-joining analysis of 1000 resampled datasets. Only values higher than 700 are shown. The tree was rooted with Escherichia coli. Bar, 10 inferred nucleotide substitutions per 100 nucleotides.

Physiological characteristics
Strain KV-614^T was aerobic, catalase-positive, oxidase-negative and able to reduce nitrate to nitrite. It did not grow on media containing 2 % (w/v) NaCl. The pH range for growth was 6–8. The temperature range for growth was 16–28 °C and the optimum temperature for growth was 24–27 °C.

Taxonomic conclusions
On the basis of phylogenetic analysis, strain KV-614^T belongs to the order Rubrobacterales of the subclass Rubrobacteridae (Stackebrandt et al., 1997). An A residue at position 906 (E. coli sequence; Brosius et al., 1978) and a U residue at position 955, characteristics of members of the subclass Rubrobacteridae, were confirmed to be present in the 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain KV-614^T. The characteristic pattern of 16S rRNA gene sequence signature nucleotides of the subclass Rubrobacteridae (Stackebrandt, 2004), 127–234 (G–C), 291–309 (U–A), 955–1225 (U–A), 1115–1185 (C–G) and 1410–1490 (A–U), was also present.

Table 1 shows the phenotypic characteristics of strain KV-614^T and members of two phylogenetically related genera, Conexibacter and Solirubrobacter. Like strain KV-614^T, C. woesei has meso-DAP as the diagnostic diamino acid in the cell-wall peptidoglycan and also produces long flagella, but it clearly differs in the major menaquinone MK-7(H₄) and predominant fatty acids. S. pauli is distinguished from strain KV-614^T in that it has non-motile cells and a different fatty acid content. Data on isoprenoid quinones and cell-wall peptidoglycan amino acids are not yet available for this genus. On the basis of phylogenetic analysis and phenotypic characteristics, we propose that strain KV-614^T represents a novel genus and species, Patulibacter minatonensis gen. nov., sp. nov. (type strain KV-614^T=NRRL B-24346^T=JCM 12834^T=NBRC 100761^T).

Description of Patulibacter gen. nov.
Patulibacter (Pat.ul.i.bac'ter. L. adj. patulus spreading; N.L. masc. n. bacter from Gr. n. baktron a rod; N.L. masc. n. Patulibacter bacterium with spreading growth).

Cells are Gram-positive, non-endospore-forming rods. Bacterial respiration is aerobic. Cell-wall peptidoglycan contains meso-DAP as the diagnostic diamino acid and alanine and glutamic acid. The peptidoglycan is of the acetyl type. The fatty acid profile is dominated by C18 : 19c. Mycolic acids are absent. The predominant isoprenoid quinone is DMK-7. The DNA G+C content is 72 mol%. The type species is Patulibacter minatonensis sp. nov.

Description of Patulibacter minatonensis sp. nov.
Patulibacter minatonensis (mi.na.to.nen'sis. N.L. masc. adj. minatonensis pertaining to Minato-ku, the ward of Tokyo, Japan, where the type strain was isolated).

Exhibits the following properties in addition to those given in the genus description. Forms flat and nearly transparent colonies with a whitish or pale yellow colour. Cells are 1·2–1·5x0·6–0·7 µm in size, motile by long flagella, catalase-positive and oxidase-negative. Utilizes the following substrates: dextrin, inulin, mannan, N-acetyl-D-mannosamine, L-arabinose, D-arabitol, cellobiose, D-fructose, L-fucose, D-galactose, D-galacturonic acid, -D-glucose, myo-inositol, maltose, maltotriose, D-mannitol, D-mannose, D-melezitose, methyl -D-galactoside, methyl -D-glucoside, methyl -D-glucoside, methyl -D-mannoside, D-psicose, L-rhamnose, salicin, sedoheptulosan, turanose, -hydroxybutyric acid, lactamide, D-lactic acid methyl ester, L-lactic acid, L-serine, 2,3-butanediol, adenosine, inosine, uridine, adenosine 5'-monophosphate, fructose 6-phosphate, glucose 1-phosphate, glucose 6-phosphate, DL--glycerol phosphate, D-ribose, D-tagatose, D-xylose, acetic acid, propionic acid, D-alanine, putrescine, maltose, potassium gluconate, adipic acid and L-malic acid. Shows the following enzyme activities: alkaline phosphatase, elastase (C4), elastase lipase (C8), lipase (C4), leucine arylamidase, acid phosphatase and naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase. Negative result in Biolog substrate panels, API ZYM enzyme assay and API NE gallery tests for: -cyclodextrin, -cyclodextrin, glycogen, Tween 40, Tween 80, amygdalin, arbutin, gentiobiose, D-gluconic acid, -D-lactose, lactulose, D-melibiose, methyl -D-galactoside, 3-methyl glucose, palatinose, D-raffinose, D-sorbitol, stachyose, sucrose, D-trehalose, xylitol, -hydroxybutyric acid, -hydroxybutyric acid, p-hydroxyphenylacetic acid, -ketoglutaric acid, -ketovaleric acid, D-malic acid, methylpyruvate, monomethyl succinate, pyruvic acid, succinamic acid, succinic acid, N-acetyl L-glutamic acid, alaninamide, L-alanine, L-alanylglycine, L-asparagine, L-glutamic acid, glycyl L-glutamic acid, L-pyroglutamic acid, glycerol, 2'-deoxyadenosine, thymidine, thymidine 5'-monophosphate, uridine 5'-monophosphate, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, n-decanoic acid, citric acid, phenylacetate, valine arylamidase, cystine arylamidase, trypsin, chymotrypsin, -galactosidase, -glucuronidase, -glucosidase, -glucosidase, N-acetyl--glucosaminidase, -mannosidase, -fucosidase, nitrate reduction, tryptophan degradation, glucose fermentation, gelatin hydrolysis, arginine dihydrolase, urease and -galactosidase. Does not grow on media containing 2 % (w/v) NaCl. The pH range for growth is 6–8. The temperature range for growth is 16–28 °C. The type strain is susceptible to tetracycline (30 µg), polymyxin B (300 U), amikacin (30 µg), chloramphenicol (30 µg), erythromycin (15 µg), ciprofloxacin (5 µg), tobramycin (10 µg), vancomycin (30 µg), kanamycin (30 µg), gentamicin (10 µg), ampicillin (10 µg) and imipenem (10 µg). Cells are resistant to aztreonam (30 µg), ceftazidime (30 µg), nalidixic acid (1 µg), norfloxacin (10 µg) and oxacillin (1 µg). The DNA G+C content is 72 mol%.

The type strain, KV-614^T (=NRRL B-24346^T=JCM 12834^T=NBRC 100761^T), was isolated from soil.

Description of Patulibacteraceae fam. nov.
Patulibacteraceae (Pat.ul.i.bact.era'ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Patulibacter type genus of the family; -aceae ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Patulibacteraceae the Patulibacter family).

Cells are Gram-positive and non-endospore-forming. Cell-wall peptidoglycan is based upon meso-DAP. The main isoprenoid quinone is demethylmenaquinone. Mycolic acids are absent. The pattern of 16S rRNA gene sequence signature nucleotides of members of the family consists of 52–359 (C–G), 98 (A), 139 (G), 144–178 (C-G), 370–391 (C–G), 580–761 (U–A), 590–649 (U–A), 600–638 (U–G), 670–736 (A–U), 953–1228 (G–C), 954–1226 (G–C), 999–1041 (U–A), 657–749 (U–A), 681–709 (U–A), 941–1342 (A–U), 1051–1207 (G–C) and 1311–1326 (A–U). Phylogenetically, the family is a member of the class Actinobacteria, subclass Rubrobacteridae, order Rubrobacterales. The type genus is Patulibacter.

	ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

 
The authors wish to thank Yuzuru Iwai and Yuji Uchida of The Kitasato Institute for their kind help and menaquinone analysis, respectively, and also Akiko Kageyama of Kitasato Institute for Life Sciences, Kitasato University, for amino acid analysis. This research was supported in part by a grant from the 21st Century COE Program of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan and Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research of JSPS.

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