Legionella thermalis sp. nov., isolated from hot spring water in Tokyo, Japan

Microbiol Immunol. 2016 Mar;60(3):203-8. doi: 10.1111/1348-0421.12366.

Abstract

Strain L-47(T) of a novel bacterial species belonging to the genus Legionella was isolated from a sample of hot spring water from Tokyo, Japan. The 16S rRNA gene sequences (1477 bp) of this strain (accession number AB899895) had less than 95.0% identity with other Legionella species. The dominant fatty acids of strain L-47(T) were a15:0 (29.6%) and the major ubiquinone was Q-12 (71.1%). It had a guanine-plus-cytosine content of 41.5 mol%. The taxonomic description of Legionella thermalis sp. nov. is proposed to be type strain L-47(T) (JCM 30970(T) = KCTC 42799(T)).

Keywords: Legionella thermalis sp. nov; hot spring water; taxonomy.

MeSH terms

  • Base Sequence
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Fatty Acids / metabolism
  • Hot Springs / microbiology*
  • Hot Temperature
  • Legionella / chemistry
  • Legionella / genetics
  • Legionella / isolation & purification*
  • Legionella / metabolism
  • Phospholipids / metabolism
  • Phylogeny
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Tokyo
  • Ubiquinone / metabolism
  • Water Microbiology*

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial
  • Fatty Acids
  • Phospholipids
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
  • Ubiquinone