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1 State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China
2 Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
3 College of Life Sciences, Xin-Jiang Normal University, Urumqi 830053, China
Correspondence
Shuang-Jiang Liu
shuangjiang{at}hotmail.com
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The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain 7-3T is DQ205516.
A one-dimensional thin-layer chromatogram of total polar lipids from strain 7-3T and related taxa is available as a supplementary figure in IJSEM Online.
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to accommodate two novel species, Natronorubrum bangense and Natronorubrum tibetense. These two species were isolated from the Bange soda lake in Tibet, China, and are able to grow organotrophically under highly saline and alkaline conditions and at moderately high temperatures. Recently, it has been suggested that the genus Natronorubrum might also contain neutrophilic members that potentially have roles in heterotrophic oxidation of thiosulfate in hypersaline habitats (Sorokin et al., 2005). The highly saline lake Aibi (82° 35'–83° 16' E 44° 05'–45° 08' N) in Xin-Jiang, China, has been a long-term target for the study of element cycling and microbial flora under extremely high-salinity conditions (Cui et al., 2006), and many representative halophilic species have been described, such as Natrinema versiforme (Xin et al., 2000) and Haloterrigena saccharevitans (Xu et al., 2005). Here we report the taxonomic characterization and identification of a halophilic archaeal organism.
Strains 7-3T, 7-1, 7-2, D7 and ABH7 were isolated from sediment of the Aibi salt lake. The medium and method used for isolation were as described by Xin et al. (2000) and Feng et al. (2004). The strains were routinely grown aerobically at 37 °C in a complex medium containing the following (per litre distilled water): 7.5 g Casamino acids (Difco), 10 g yeast extract (Difco), 3.0 g trisodium citrate, 10.2 g MgCl2.6H2O, 20 g KCl, 0.05 g FeSO4.7H2O, 180 g NaCl (pH adjusted to 8.0 with 1 M NaOH solution).
Phenotypic tests were performed according to the proposed minimal standards for the description of novel taxa in the order Halobacteriales (Oren et al., 1997). Colony morphology was observed on salt-milk agar medium (Kocur & Hodgkiss, 1973) after incubation at 45 °C for 6 days. Cell morphology was described and growth characteristic tests, miscellaneous biochemical tests, nutrition tests, sensitivity to antimicrobial agents, lipid analysis and nucleic acid characterization were performed as reported and cited by Feng et al. (2004, 2005).
Cells of strains 7-3T, 7-1, 7-2, D7 and ABH7 were rod-shaped, motile, Gram-negative and able to grow over a wide range of salinities (12–25 % salt; optimal growth at 18 %). Cells lysed in distilled water. Colonies on salt-milk agar medium were red-pigmented. Results of phenotypic tests and nutritional features of these strains are given in the species description below and in Table 1. As listed in Table 1, the strains had very similar phenotypic properties. Minor differences among the strains were that strains 7-1, 7-2, D7 and ABH7 produced smaller colonies on complex medium than strain 7-3T, and that strain 7-3T grew faster than the others.
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). Sequence similarity calculations using Kimura's two-parameter and pairwise-deletion model gave values of 99.7–99.9 %, indicating that strains 7-3T, 7-1, 7-2, D7 and ABH7 represented a monophyletic group. The most closely related species were Nrr. bangense and Nrr. tibetense, with 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities of 95.2 and 97.0 %, respectively. Levels of DNA–DNA relatedness between strain 7-3T and Nrr. bangense A33T and Nrr. tibetense GA33T were 45 and 37 %, respectively. The DNA G+C content of strain 7-3T was 61.2 mol%.
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), but these were not detected for Nrr. bangense A33T or Nrr. tibetense GA33T (see Supplementary Fig. S1 in IJSEM Online). Based on these results it is concluded that strain 7-3T represents a novel species of the genus Natronorubrum, for which the name Natronorubrum aibiense sp. nov. is proposed.
Emended description of the genus Natronorubrum Xu et al. 1999
Cells are Gram-negative, rod-shaped or pleomorphic flat-shaped (triangular, square, disc and other polygonal shapes). Colonies are red-pigmented. Cells are non-motile or motile, strictly aerobic, oxidase- and catalase-positive. Require at least 12 % NaCl for growth; cells are lysed in distilled water. Alkaliphilic or neutrophilic. Mesophilic and chemo-organotrophic. Many sugars (glucose, fructose, sucrose, maltose and lactose) are utilized, sometimes with acid production. Polar lipids are C20–C20 and C20–C25 derivatives of PG and PGP. Cells may also contain TGD-1 and other unidentified glycolipids. The type species is Natronorubrum bangense.
Description of Natronorubrum aibiense sp. nov.
Natronorubrum aibiense (ai.bi.en'se. N.L. neut. adj. aibiense from Aibi salt lake, China).
Cells are rod-shaped (0.8–1.0x1.4–3.6 µm) and Gram-negative. Colonies on salt-milk agar plates containing 18 % (w/v) NaCl are red, elevated and round. Chemo-organotrophic and aerobic. Growth occurs at NaCl concentrations of 2.0–4.3 M, at pH 6.5–9.5 and at 20–50 °C. Optimal NaCl concentration, pH and temperature for growth are 2.6–3.1 M, pH 8.0 and 45 °C, respectively. Catalase- and oxidase-positive. Anaerobic growth with nitrate, arginine or DMSO does not occur. Nitrate reduction to nitrite is observed. H2S is not produced from Na2S2O3. Indole formation is positive. Tween 80, casein and starch are not hydrolysed. Gelatin is not liquefied. Casamino acids are required for growth. Glucose, galactose, sucrose and maltose are utilized and acids are produced. No growth or acid production is observed on fructose, sorbose, xylose, mannose, lactose, D-ribose, mannitol or sorbitol. Sensitive to rifampicin and novobiocin. Resistant to erythromycin, neomycin, chloramphenicol, bacitracin, ampicillin, penicillin G, norfloxacin, ciprofloxacin, streptomycin, kanamycin, tetracycline and vancomycin. Cells contain C20–C20 and C20–C25 derivatives of PG and PGP, TGD-1 and two unidentified glycolipids. The DNA G+C content of the type strain is 61.2 mol% (Tm).
The type strain, 7-3T (=CGMCC 1.4299T=JCM 13488T), was isolated from Aibi salt lake in Xin-Jiang, China.
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