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Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-0700, USA
Correspondence
Eric W. Triplett
ewt{at}ufl.edu
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7c + C16 : 1
7c 2-OH iso (52·5 %), C16 : 0 (21·7 %), C18 : 1
7c (8·0 %) and C12 : 0 (5·1 %). Strain TRO-001DR8T grew optimally at 35 °C and pH 6·0, did not utilize sucrose, but did use glucose, some organic acids and most protein amino acids. Biochemical, physiological, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic analyses showed that strain TRO-001DR8T could not be assigned to any known genus of the Betaproteobacteria. Therefore, the isolate represents a novel genus and species, for which the name Aquitalea magnusonii gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is TRO-001DR8T (=ATCC BAA-1216T=BCCM/LMG 23054T).
A table showing some genotypic, phenotypic and nutritional characteristics that distinguish strain TRO-001DR8T from related betaproteobacteria is available as supplementary material in IJSEM Online.
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Phylogenetic assignment of the 16S rRNA gene of strain TRO-001DR8T placed this organism among the Neisseriaceae. DNA isolation prior to 16S rRNA gene amplification was done as described previously (Borneman et al., 1996
). Sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene was performed as described previously (Chelius & Triplett, 2000
), except that the 8f primer (Escherichia coli numbering) was used for the amplification of the gene from strain TRO-001DR8T DNA. DNA sequencing was performed at the Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research at the University of Florida. Using BLASTN from NCBI, the closest cultured relative of strain TRO-001DR8T is Chromobacterium violaceum, with 95 % similarity over 1500 bases between the 16S rRNA gene sequences of these two organisms. C. violaceum inhabits soil and water and produces a characteristic violet pigment on agar media (Dessaux et al., 2004
). Strain TRO-001DR8T does not utilize sucrose but will use glucose, some organic acids and most protein amino acids. It is not pigmented and differs metabolically from Chromobacterium.
The 16S rRNA gene sequences of two uncultured relatives present in the databases showed 9598 % similarity with the 16S rRNA gene from strain TRO-001DR8T. One of the uncultured relatives (AB089102) was discovered in DNA isolated from the gut of the termite Reticulitremes speratus (Hongoh et al., 2003
). The other clone (AB076875) was discovered following PCR amplification of DNA from an activated sludge (Khan et al., 2002
).
The 16S rRNA gene sequences from 11 genera within the Neisseriaceae were compared to determine the mean distance between the most closely related pairs of genera: this was found to be 94 %, with a range of 9098 %. The distance between Chromobacterium and the proposed Aquitalea genus is similar to the mean distance between any two genera in this family.
The 16S rRNA gene sequences were aligned using the web-based CLUSTAL W program at the Biology Work Bench (http://workbench.sdsc.edu/). The 16S rRNA gene of strain TRO-001DR8T (GenBank accession no. DQ018117) was aligned against 19 reference strains (Fig. 1
). The 16S rRNA genes of the two most closely related uncultured organisms were also included in this analysis (Fig. 1
). A Bayesian estimate of phylogeny was determined using MrBayes 3, which infers a posterior probability distribution of trees using Markov chain Monte Carlo searches (Ronquist & Huelsenbeck, 2003
). These searches were run with four chains for 1 000 000 generations with trees sampled every 100 generations. A consensus tree was developed on the basis of the 10 000 trees developed using the Markov chain Monte Carlo method. The consensus tree was generated using TREEVIEW (Page, 1996
).
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4 µm). The larger cells are often slightly curved. In stationary phase, cells can form long filaments. Colonies are a tan colour and produce a moderate amount of slime on R2A agar. Unlike C. violaceum, strain TRO-001DR8T does not produce a pigment on peptone agar. No resting stages were observed.
For light microscopy, strain TRO-001DR8T was visualized under phase-contrast microscopy and differential interference contrast optics on a Zeiss LSM-5 Pascal laser scanning microscope after 24 and 48 h growth (see Fig. 2a
). For electron microscopy, exponential-phase Luria broth-cultured cells were gently deposited on a 300-mesh Formvar-coated grid, washed once with deionized water, briefly stained with 1 % aqueous uranyl acetate and then viewed at 100 kV on a Zeiss Em-10CA transmission electron microscope. The remainder of the culture was pelleted, resuspended in 1 % glutaraldehyde/0·1 M cacodylate (pH 7·2) and then fixed overnight at 4 °C. Cells were secondarily fixed in 1 % osmium tetroxide/0·1 M cacodylate buffer for 1 h and then subjected to 1 % aqueous uranyl acetate treatment for 1 h. After dehydration through an ethanol series and acetone, cells were embedded, thin-sectioned, post-stained with 5 % uranyl acetate and lead citrate and then viewed by transmission electron microscopy as above (Fig. 2bd
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As C. violaceum was the closest cultured relative of strain TRO-001DR8T, C. violaceum ATCC 12472T was used as the reference strain (Table 2
). Selected strains from closely related genera in the Neisseriaceace are also included in Supplementary Table S1 in IJSEM Online. Strain TRO-001DR8T cannot utilize the following substrates utilized by C. violaceum: D-mannose, D-trehalose, L-alaninamide, L-phenylalanine, D-serine, L-threonine, inosine, uridine, thymidine, 2-aminoethanol, 2,3-butanediol, DL-
-glycerol phosphate,
-D-glucose 1-phosphate and D-glucose 6-phosphate. Strain TRO-001DR8T does utilize the following substrates not utilized by C. violaceum: cis-aconitic acid, citric acid, p-hydroxyphenylacetic acid,
-ketoglutaric acid, L-leucine and
-aminobutyric acid. Unlike Chromobacterium, strain TRO-001DR8T ferments (but does not oxidize) glucose and does not hydrolyse gelatin. Strain TRO-001DR8T is also more sensitive to salt as it cannot grow on 1·5 % NaCl whereas C. violaceum can tolerate concentrations up to 6 % NaCl. The carbon-assimilation tests were done using API 20NE (bioMérieux) according to the manufacturer's instructions. Additional carbon-assimilation tests were done using the Biolog GN2 MicroPlate according to the manufacturer's instructions. Cultures were inoculated on Biolog Universal Growth agar with 5 % sheep blood or chocolate agar and then incubated at 30 °C for 46 and 1624 h prior to testing with the Biolog system. On the basis of the results of the Biolog GN carbon-utilization tests and other API 20NE metabolic tests, strain TRO-001DR8T could not be assigned to any known genus.
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Strain TRO-001DR8T will grow on Luria agar supplemented with ampicillin, rifampicin and streptomycin but not with chloramphenicol, kanamycin, spectinomycin, tetracycline and trimethoprim. In contrast, C. violaceum ATCC 12472T expresses resistance to a wider array of antibiotics, being insensitive to kanamycin, tetracycline and trimethoprim. Antibiotic sensitivity was tested using Luria agar supplemented with the following: spectinomycin, streptomycin or tetracycline, each at 10 µg ml1; ampicillin, chloramphenicol or trimethoprim, each at 25 µg ml1; kanamycin at 50 µg ml1.
Description of Aquitalea gen. nov.
Aquitalea (A.qui.ta'le.a. L. fem. n. aqua -ae, water; L. fem. n. talea -ae a slender staff, rod, stick; N.L. fem. n. Aquitalea a rod of water).
Cells are Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, short rods. Rods are straight or slightly curved and 17 µm in length. Strain is aerobic, facultatively anaerobic, chemoheterotrophic and sensitive to NaCl. Cells are motile with one polar flagellum and are catalase- and oxidase-positive. DNA G+C content is 59·2 mol% (HPLC). Predominant fatty acids are C16 : 1
7c (53 %) and C16 : 0 (22 %), C18 : 1
7c (8 %) and C12 : 0 (5 %). Phylogenetically belongs to the family Neisseriaceae.
The type species is Aquitalea magnusonii.
Description of Aquitalea magnusonii gen. nov., sp. nov.
Aquitalea magnusonii (mag'nu.son'i.i. N.L. gen. n. magnusonii of Magnuson, in honour of Professor Emeritus John J. Magnuson, an ecologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who has contributed greatly to the study of the biodiversity, biogeography and climate-change analysis of lake ecosystems.
In addition to possessing the characteristics of the genus, described above, this species can grow on glycogen, pyruvic acid methyl ester, succinic acid monomethyl ester, acetic acid, cis-aconitic acid, citric acid,
-hydroxybutyric acid, p-hydroxyphenylacetic acid,
-ketoglutaric acid, DL-lactic acid, propionic acid, succinic acid, bromosuccinic acid, L-asparagine, L-aspartic acid, L-glutamic acid, L-histidine, L-proline, L-serine and
-aminobutyric acid. Reduces nitrate and produces indole from L-tryptophan. Produces catalase, arginine dihydrolase and cytochrome oxidase. Resistant to ampicillin (25 µg ml1), rifampicin (25 µg ml1) and streptomycin (10 µg ml1), but sensitive to chloramphenicol (25 µg ml1), kanamycin (50 µg ml1), spectinomycin (10 µg ml1), tetracycline (10 µg ml1) and trimethoprim (25 µg ml1). Growth occurs between pH 5 and 8. Growth occurs between 28 and 40 °C but not at 4 or 45 °C. Strain TRO-001DR8T ferments, but does not oxidize, glucose.
The type strain, TRO-001DR8T (=ATCC BAA-1216T=BCCM/LMG 23054T), was isolated from a humic lake in northern Wisconsin, USA.
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